Adaptive feedback generation to support teachers in web-based distance education

User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 379-413

  Kosba, Essam ^a   Dimitrova, Vania ^b   Boyle, Roger ^b  

^a Egypt Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

(Semi )automatic advice generation; Distance learning; Empirical evaluation; Intelligent course management systems; Personalised feedback; Teacher support help

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; DATA REDUCTION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TAXONOMIES; USER INTERFACES;

(SEMI-)AUTOMATIC ADVICE GENERATION; EMPIRICAL EVALUATION; INTELLIGENT COURSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; PERSONALIZED FEEDBACK; TEACHER SUPPORT/HELP;

DISTANCE EDUCATION;

EID: 34548087811     PISSN: 09241868     EISSN: 15731391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11257-007-9031-z     Document Type: Article

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