An Experience-Connected e-Learning System with a Personalization Mechanism for Learners’ Situations and Preferences

Nagato , KASAKI and Shuichi , KURABAYASHI and Yasushi , KIYOKI (2011) An Experience-Connected e-Learning System with a Personalization Mechanism for Learners’ Situations and Preferences. In: IES 2011-Emerging Technology for Better Human Life, EEPIS-Surabaya.

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Abstract

This paper presents an “experience-connected” e- Learning system that facilitates users to learn practical skills of foreign language by associating knowledge and daily-life experiences. “Experience-Connected” means that the users of this system receive personalized and situation-dependent learning materials automatically. Knowledge associated to users’ daily-life has the following advantages: 1) provides opportunities to learn frequently, and 2) provides clear and practical context information about foreign language usage. The unique feature of this system is a dynamic relevance computation mechanism that retrieves learning materials according to both preference relevance and spatiotemporal relevance. Users of this system obtain appropriate learning materials, without manual and time-consuming search processes. This paper proves the feasibility of the system by showing the actual system implementation that automatically broadcasts the media-data of foreign language learning materials to smart-phones.

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