A Personalized Learning Object Approach to Teaching Victor Adamchik Ananda Gunawardena Carnegie Mellon University ITCC 2003 April 28-30, 2003

It is practically impossible to have a personal instructor for each student, but with this tool, we believe that we are one step closer to realizing the dream of having an individualized virtual instructor for each and every student. ITCC 2003 April 28-30, 2003

Introduction Specific of the intro courses Course management systems Knowledge transfer mechanism

ITCC 2003 April 28-30, 2003 Problems Reusability CS domain is dynamic Presentation

ITCC 2003 April 28-30, 2003 Our Approach Learning objects/modules/profiles Pedagogy and experience Adaptive book learning-teaching environment

ITCC 2003 April 28-30, 2003 Content Core material Code examples Review questions Assignments

ITCC 2003 April 28-30, 2003 Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM)

ITCC 2003 April 28-30, 2003 Customization (instructor’s role) Integrating or assembling Tagging the Learning Objects Creating learning profiles Hook-up (external) assessment tool

ITCC 2003 April 28-30, 2003 Learning Object Profiles XML document Metadata describing learning objects Integrates learning objects in one module

ITCC 2003 April 28-30, 2003 LO profiles

ITCC 2003 April 28-30, 2003 Adaptive Book Learning and authoring tool Allows instructors to create learning profiles Serves as a collaborative environment for students

ITCC 2003 April 28-30, 2003 Personalization (student’s role) Markup the content Create review sheets Implement assignments Answer review questions

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