aLFANET April 29th, 2005ALFANET, IST rd Review Meeting Adaptation in aLFAnet Peter van Rosmalen Open Universiteit Nederland

ADAPTATION April 29 th, 2005ALFANET, IST , 4rd Review Adaptation - introduction 1a. Adaptation: a definition 1b. Adaptation – a full life cycle 1c. Adaptation supported by standards 2. A close up look at the adaptation cycle 3. The adaptation catalogue 4. Conclusions & demonstrations

ADAPTATION April 29 th, 2005ALFANET, IST , 4rd Review Adaptation - introduction 1a. Adaptation: a definition Adaptation is about creating a learner experience that purposely adjusts to various conditions (personal characteristics, pedagogical knowledge, the learner interactions, the outcome of the actual learning processes) over a period of time with the intention to increase pre-defined success criteria (effectiveness of e-learning: score, time, economical costs, user satisfaction)

ADAPTATION April 29 th, 2005ALFANET, IST , 4rd Review Adaptation - introduction 1b. Adaptation: a full life cycle Adaptation is a complex interaction between design time logic and knowledge & run time observations. The results appear as: - direct changes, - recommendations or - advices ALFanet supports this complex process in a 4 step life cycle. USEAuditing DesignPublication LMS

ADAPTATION April 29 th, 2005ALFANET, IST , 4rd Review Adaptation - introduction 1c. Adaptation supported by standards Adaptation in aLFanet deliberately builds on a combination of e-learning standards -increased initial investment but higher potential : - open architecture - re-usable, open source components IMS LD: an explicit instructional design (any IDM) -- IMS Metadata (IEEE LOM) : knowledge of the contents IMS LIP: knowledge of the user IMS QTI: formal progress -- All delivered in IMS CP Note: 1 st integrated application with these 5 standards LD- & QTI authoring tool; LD- & QTI engine; Adaptation- & Interaction package

Design Auditing feedback Alfanet USE Publication Use Auditing Pedagogical models templates: Concept learning ………………… ……………….. Adaptation – a full life cycle

Design Auditing feedback Alfanet USE Publication Use Authoring Tools LD Authoring tool QTI Author tool Content Authoring tools Audit & Adaptation template requirements: norms (audit) metadata learner info …….. Auditing Pedagogical models templates: Concept learning ………………… ……………….. Adaptation – a full life cycle

Design Auditing feedback Alfanet USE Publication Use Authoring Tools LD Authoring tool QTI Author tool Content Authoring tools Audit & Adaptation template requirements: norms (audit) metadata learner info …….. Auditing Pedagogical models templates: Concept learning ………………… ……………….. Adaptation – a full life cycle Sync = Synchronization with QTI-module

Design Auditing feedback Alfanet USE Publication Use Authoring Tools LD Authoring tool QTI Author tool Content Authoring tools Audit & Adaptation template requirements: norms (audit) metadata learner info …….. Auditing Pedagogical models templates: Concept learning ………………… ……………….. Adaptation – a full life cycle Publication: - Storage and management of all data; - User management (enrolment, role management, group and user profiles, rights of students and tutors); - Presentation rules - Recommendation configuration

Design Auditing feedback Alfanet USE: Presentation Layer LD-engine (CopperCore) Adaptation agents Dynamic adaptive assessments (QTI) Publication UseAuditing Course and material design Central in the adaptation process is the design created in Learning Design (the template). The design contains the logic for the pre-designed adaptations and provides the hooks and the information upon which the runtime adaptation bases their reasoning. This combined with an analysis of the actual user interactions lead to the recommendations and adaptive dynamic tests. Adaptation – a full life cycle learner pre-knowledge characteristics progress similarity to peers

Design Auditing feedback Alfanet USE: Presentation Layer LD-engine (CopperCore) Adaptation agents Dynamic adaptive assessments (QTI) Publication UseAuditing Course and material design Auditing is aimed to provide input about how succesful the design is. Audit reports include: - the actual activity sequence - use of the learning objects - questionnaires - satisfaction statistics Adaptation – a full life cycle Auditing example: analyse the study path (actual activity sequence)

ADAPTATION April 29 th, 2005ALFANET, IST , 4rd Review Adaptation – adaptation catalogue learner pre-knowledge characteristics progress similarity to peers Adaptation catalogue

ADAPTATION April 29 th, 2005ALFANET, IST , 4rd Review Adaptation – adaptation catalogue Learning Design adaptation (LD,MD,QTI, LIP): - tutor & learner roles - LD-content: tutor supporting learner - student synchronization - remediation - alternative paths based on user model - etcetera …….

ADAPTATION April 29 th, 2005ALFANET, IST , 4rd Review Adaptation – adaptation catalogue Learning route from design: - Pedagogical model: Concept Learning template - Template based adaptation rules

ADAPTATION April 29 th, 2005ALFANET, IST , 4rd Review Adaptation – adaptation catalogue Presentation (MD, LIP): - Personalised presentation user choice: interface - Adaptive presentation rule based: user characteristics

ADAPTATION April 29 th, 2005ALFANET, IST , 4rd Review Adaptation – adaptation catalogue Recommendation during interaction (LIP, MD): (based on diagnosis of activity, knowledge or interest level) - Recommend self-assesment - Recommend learning material - Motivational messages - Recommend peer interactions

ADAPTATION April 29 th, 2005ALFANET, IST , 4rd Review Adaptation – adaptation catalogue Collaboration (LIP): - implicit collaborations (ratings) - tutor-learner interactions - learner-learner interactions - group work

ADAPTATION April 29 th, 2005ALFANET, IST , 4rd Review Adaptation – adaptation catalogue Dynamic Adaptive questionnaires (QTI, MD, LIP): - Self-assessment - Lesson-assessment - Final assessment - Remediation-assessment Three default questionnaires: - Learning Style & Cognitive Modality & automatic Interest Questionnaires

ADAPTATION April 29 th, 2005ALFANET, IST , 4rd Review Conclusions - defined adaptation - the support for standards - the life cycle of adaptation - an adaptation catalogue - a solid contribution to knowledge & further R&D - an adaptive (open) e-learning system: templates, tools, presentation layer & reports - a set of reusable (open source) components: LD- & QTI authoring tool; LD- & QTI engine; Adaptation- & Interaction package

ADAPTATION April 29 th, 2005ALFANET, IST , 4rd Review The demonstrations 1. LD-design adaptation & Learning design from route & Dynamic Adaptive Questionnaires – KLETT pilot 2. Recommendation during interaction – UNED pilot 3. Collaboration & Presentation – EDP pilot 4. Audit reports – OUNL pilot