SAC: a self-paced and adaptive courseware system

Author

Chan, Alvin T S ; Chan, Steven Y C ; Cao, Jiannong

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Kowloon, China

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

78

Lastpage

81

Abstract

The paper presents the design and implementation of a self-paced and adaptive courseware, in short SAC. The main focus of SAC is to formulate a model that encompasses the important requirements of supporting an adaptive learning courseware environment. The paper begins by discussing the issues and design requirements of developing an interactive and adaptive learning system that is able to individualize a student learning style, with the ultimate objective of maximizing his learning experience and effectiveness. The system has been designed and implemented on a three-tier Web application architecture, which uses the AHAM (Adaptive Hypermedia Application Model) approach to structure the domain, user and teaching model for use by the adaptation engine

Keywords

adaptive systems; courseware; hypermedia; information resources; interactive systems; teaching; user interfaces; AHAM approach; Adaptive Hypermedia Application Model; SAC; adaptation engine; adaptive learning courseware environment; design requirements; interactive adaptive learning system; learning experience; self-paced and adaptive courseware; student learning style; teaching model; three-tier Web application architecture; Adaptive systems; Costs; Courseware; Education; Internet; Joining processes; Learning systems; Search engines; Service oriented architecture; World Wide Web;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Learning Technologies, 2001. Proceedings. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Madison, WI

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1013-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICALT.2001.943860

Filename

943860