department of mathematics and computer science TU/e eindhoven university of technology CEDEFOP workshop: Policy, Practice, Partnership: Getting to Work.

CEDEFOP workshop: Policy, Practice, Partnership: Getting to Work on Lifelong Learning, Thessaloniki, Greece

/department of mathematics and computer science

TU/e eindhoven university of technology

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ADAPT"Adaptivity and adaptability in ODL based on ICT"

Alexandra [email protected]

http://wwwis.win.tue.nl/~alex/




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Contents• Project data at a glance• Goal• People• Types of activities• Evaluation/ dissemination strategies• Outcome of the project• Products and outputs• Global time-table• Adapt papers• Interesting information




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Project data at a glance• Minerva (Socrates) project: ADAPTADAPT

• project reference number: 101144-CP-1-2002-NL-MINERVA-MPP*101144-CP-1-2002-NL-MINERVA-MPP*

• Duration of project (in months): 2424

• Number of partners: 66

• Partner countries involved: The The Netherlands, United Kingdom, ItalyNetherlands, United Kingdom, Italy

• Sub-title: ““Adaptivity and adaptability in ODL based on IAdaptivity and adaptability in ODL based on ICCTT””

• Project site: http://wwwis.win.tue.nl/~alex/HTML/Minerva/index.htmlhttp://wwwis.win.tue.nl/~alex/HTML/Minerva/index.html




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ADAPT goal

• to establish a European platform of standards (guidelines, platform of standards (guidelines, techniques and tools) for user modeling -based adaptability techniques and tools) for user modeling -based adaptability and adaptationand adaptation, in the sense of the new paradigm of intelligent human -computer interaction, based on the new generation of ODL tools, towards individualization of the learning process.

• aims at virtual campuses, e-learning, students tutoring and services, with special focus on adaptation to the learner's needs.




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People




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Partners in a few words• Rik Min & Italo De Diana, Twente - pioneers in use and research of

technology in education• Carlo Strapparava – natural language processing• Franca Garzotto – design patterns experience• Hugh Davis – Microcosm (one of the few commercial hypertext systems)• Tim Brailsford - WHURLE project: transclusion – simple adaptation user

model – creating individualized virtual docs• Helen Ashman - hypertext & hypermedia, book on new frontiers of learning• Paul De Bra – AHA! System, AHAM adaptive hypermedia framework• Alexandra Cristea – LAOS adaptive authoring framework for adaptive

hypermedia; LAG the three layers of adaptation granularity; MOT System




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Types of activities

• project meetings, study of existing practices, system development, evaluation meetings, reports, project workshop, dissemination, testing, conferences, workshops




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Target groups

• university students from the 3 countries involved (The Netherlands, Italy and United Kingdom) and others,

• teaching staff from the institutions participating in the project and outside,

• researchers in these disciplines, • the larger research community, • the standards community




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Evaluation/ dissemination strategies

• PROJECT MONITORING

• EVALUATION STRATEGIES

• DISSEMINATION IN THE PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES AND BEYOND




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PROJECT MONITORING

• Progress is monitored by the project leader during the whole duration of the project.





EVALUATION STRATEGIES

• self-evaluation and distribution of own results, partner cross-evaluation, peer evaluation, user feedback (from students and course developers), external experts, opinion exchange, written evaluations, suitability evaluation, using both empirical methods (i.e., user testing) and inspection methods (e.g., heuristic evaluation) and finally an overall achievement test and evaluation.





DISSEMINATION IN THE PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES AND BEYOND

• The initial outputs of the project will be exploited by the partners.

• The output and deliverables list itself includes dissemination of findings and products, via

• international conferences and workshops, • Internet publication (on-line dissemination of

project results and deliverables) and • contacting the IEEE LTTF LTSC standard

committee.





Outcome of the project

• The project’s main outcome is to significantly contribute not only towards standardization of standardization of the new generation of ODL adaptation the new generation of ODL adaptation techniques and toolstechniques and tools, but also to provide alternate styles of teaching and learningalternate styles of teaching and learning, optimally suited for ODL or a combination of ODL and traditional classroom teaching.





Products and outputs• a set of relevant good practices of adaptation techniques for

education and counter-examples, • a minimal set of relevant, necessary features for adaptation

techniques in education and counter-examples, • research of integration of adaptive hypermedia elements into

existing learning environments, • reports, both internal and external (conferences, workshops,

etc.), • a sample authoring system for adaptive techniques in education,

one (or more) training system(s) based on the minimal set of relevant adaptive features,

• evaluation, dissemination and promotion of results.





We were here

background study

system development

testing & 2nd prototype

final test





ADAPT Papers

• http://wwwis.win.tue.nl/~alex/HTML/Minerva/papers/http://wwwis.win.tue.nl/~alex/HTML/Minerva/papers/





Interesting information• IFETS Discussion: http://ifets.ieee.org/• 4000 people subscribed to IFETS discussion list:

regular discussions on topics related to educational technology

• 14 - 25 July 200314 - 25 July 2003• Alexandra Cristea will moderate a discussion on:• adaptive (andadaptive (and adaptable)adaptable) hypermedia applied in hypermedia applied in

education, at the moment, from an authoringeducation, at the moment, from an authoring point of view.point of view.Discussion took place!!:

• http://ifets.ieee.org/discussions/discuss_july2003.html





We are

here

background study

system development

testing & 2nd prototype

final test





ADAPT System developments

http://wwwis.win.tue.nl/~acristea/HTML/Minerva/systems/http://wwwis.win.tue.nl/~acristea/HTML/Minerva/systems/

Here you can try out, online or by downloading, the different systems created or developed within the ADAPT project.





Updated Interesting information• announcing:

• The First International Workshop on Authoring of The First International Workshop on Authoring of Adaptive and Adaptable Educational HypermediaAdaptive and Adaptable Educational Hypermedia:

• http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2004/Innsbruck/wbe-specsess-cristea.htm

• A special session at the IASTED International Conference on Web-based Education, WBE 2004

• February 16-18, 2004, Innsbruck, AustriaFebruary 16-18, 2004, Innsbruck, Austria• You’re all invited to participate!!

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