Adaption and Adaptivity (Cont'd)
Adaptive Hypermedia Learning Systems
The student's learning status is deduced from explicit student feedback and monitored page access [KB01].
examples
- request user confirmation that he/she understands a certain concept in order to choose next page
- user's browser actions are monitored to assess proficiency level
The presentation is then modified as neccessary. It is possible that the user is guided toward relevant, interesting information and away from irrelevant information through the manipulation of the link structure or link presentation.
Another option is to provide additional or alternative information on a page to ensure that the most relevant information is being presented and that the user can understand the information as it is presented [DeB99].
For example, in the Mulitbook project the interactions of the user are stored, and the original navigation path chosen for the student can change if the learner is overtaxed or bored [MB01].
If a beginner level path was originally chosen for the user, but the user often asks for more complex information and achieves very good results solving the more complex problems, the system will ask the learner whether to change the level of difficulty. The navigation path will then be modified if neccessary [MB01].