A Computer Support Collaborative Authoring Model for Authoring Adaptive Educational Hypermedia Systems

Adaptive Educational Hypermedia (AEH) systems require massive and complex knowledge spaces in order to provide adaptation and personalisation in learning. Hence, it is difficult for a single person or a small group of people to develop them effectively. Former studies addressed the problem by developing collaborative authoring systems. However, the systems tended to support object reusability rather than enabling authors to collaboratively work in the same workspace. Potential ways to address these issues come from recent developments in social semantic web technologies that have successfully shifted authoring to a community based development. The application of such technologies together with Computer Support Collaborative Work (CSCW) could enhance collaborative authoring on documents and ontologies. This paper presents a Computer Support Collaborative Adaptation Authoring (CSCAA) model for AEH systems. The novelty of the model lies in the use of Semantic Mediawiki and the application of CSCW principles. The model aims at improving authoring for AEH systems by allowing more people to participate and enhancing authors’ interaction. We have established requirements for the model and evaluated it by drawing a comparison with other existing collaborative authoring models made for developing documents, simple knowledge, and ontology. The result shows that such tools can be complementary for CSCAA, and CSCAA has a novelty by applying the CSCW aspects for authoring adaptation.