UM 2003: User Modeling 2003 pp 423-425 | Cite as
Facilitating the Comprehension of Online Learning Courses with Adaptivity
Abstract
Knowledge acquisition with texts is assumed to be a process of building a mental model of the specific subject. For readers with more prior knowledge, the building of an accurate mental model is easier because they do not have to establish a new structure. Readers with less or no prior knowledge might build an inadequate mental model of a subject. In a hypertext learning environment this could be prevented by several adaptive features that support the user with additional information. We plan to examine the effectiveness and efficiency of such adaptive features within an online course by assessing the user’s acquired domain knowledge, the user’s satisfaction, and achievement of the user’s objectives.
Keywords
Mental Model Online Learn Adaptive Feature Novice User Coherence FeaturePreview
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