Enhancing e-learning effectiveness using an intelligent agent-supported personalized virtual learning environment: An empirical investigation

Information and Management

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 430-440

  Xu, Dongming ^a   Huang, Wayne W ^b,c   Wang, Huaiqing ^d   Heales, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptive e learning; E learning effectiveness; Intelligent information systems; Personalization; Virtual learning environments

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

ADAPTIVE E-LEARNING; CONSTRUCTIVIST LEARNING; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; INTELLIGENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PERSONALIZATIONS; PERSONALIZED E-LEARNING; VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS (VLES);

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84899003022     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2014.02.009     Document Type: Article

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