Processing Learner Profiles for Smart Indicators
Christian Glahn, Marcus M. Specht, Rob Koper · 2007
Abstract: Indicators help learners to organise, orientate and navigate through complex environments by providing contextual information relevant for the performance of learning tasks. Smart indicator systems support learners to reflect on their learning activities, learning progress or peer relations by adapting the approach of aggregating and presenting information to a learner’s situation or context. In this paper, context is used as temporal context of the learning progress. After introducing an experimental scenario in which smart indicators are applied, the paper discusses two problems of smart indicators. The first problem is related learner and context modelling and addresses issues of information collection and aggregation. The second problem is context aware adaptation of information presentation, and focuses on adaptation rules in a learning context. This paper concludes with an analysis of current learning standards with regard to these two problems, and the implications for open learning communities.