LEARNING WHILE USING AN INSTRUCTIONAL SIMULATION Tayyaba Batool Old Dominion University, 2017 Director: Dr. Ginger S. Watson Learner control is thought to be valuable by some scholars who believe that it allows learners to adapt instructions to their needs while reducing cognitive load (Mayer & Moreno, 2003). Although learner control offers some advantages to the learner, the importance of an i...

Page 5 1. Abstract Every system, which wants to provide personalized learning services, needs learner models in order to be able to do so. These models are the product of learner assessment and modelling by different sources, and are subject to constant changes and extensions. This Bachelor Thesis presents the conceptualization and implementation of a browsing system for open active learner mod...

An Open Learner Model makes a machines' representation of the learner available as an important means of support for learning. This means that a suitable interface is created for use by learners, and in some cases for others who aid their learning, including peers, parents and teachers. The chapter describes the range of purposes that Open Learner Models can serve, illustrating these with diver...

Inspectable (open) learner models have been in use for some time now. This poster presents views of the learner model that have become more common, such as skill meters and concept maps; and introduces developments in novel interfaces for open learner models including the use of animation, audio and haptic feedback, and user-constructed learner model views.

Few-shot learning is challenging for learning algorithms that learn each task in isolation and from scratch. In contrast, meta-learning learns from many related tasks a meta-learner that can learn a new task more accurately and faster with fewer examples, where the choice of meta-learners is crucial. In this paper, we develop Meta-SGD, an SGD-like, easily trainable meta-learner that can initial...

E-learning systems are changing education and organizational training considerably. With the advancement of online-based learning systems, learner control of the instructional process has emerged as a decisive factor inherent to technology-based learning. However, the conceptual work on the role of learner control in e-learning has not advanced sufficiently to predict how learner control impact...

Electronic learning systems and virtual learning environments for education or training are increasingly gaining attention in educational organizations as well as in industry. An important dimension in the evaluation of a virtual learning environment is the assessment of e-learner satisfaction. Critical elements in the assessment procedure are the learner interface, the course content, the acce...