Accommodating learning styles in an adaptive educational system

Informatica (Ljubljana)

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 451-462

  Popescu, Elvira ^a   Badica, Costin ^a   Moraret, Lucian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRAIOVA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Adaptive educational system; Intelligent e learning application; Learner modeling; Learning style

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS; AUTHORING TOOL; DATA ANALYSIS TOOL; DYNAMIC ADAPTATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; INNOVATIVE SYSTEMS; INTEGRATING LEARNING; INTELLIGENT E-LEARNING; LEARNER MODELING; LEARNING PREFERENCES; LEARNING PROCESS; LEARNING STYLE; MAIN COMPONENT; POSITIVE EFFECTS; RECENT TRENDS; TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED LEARNING;

E-LEARNING; TEACHING;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 78650107040     PISSN: 03505596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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