Evaluation of Social Interaction Features in Topolor - A Social Personalized Adaptive E-Learning System

Abstract

Copies of full items can be used for personal research or study, educational, or not-forprofit purposes without prior permission or charge. Provided that the authors, title and full bibliographic details are credited, a hyperlink and/or URL is given for the original metadata page and the content is not changed in any way. A note on versions:The version presented here may differ from the published version or, version of record, if you wish to cite this item you are advised to consult the publisher's version. Please see the 'permanent WRAP url' above for details on accessing the published version and note that access may require a subscription.For more information, please contact the WRAP Team at: publications@warwick.ac.uk Evaluation of Social Interaction Features in Topolor -A Social Personalized Adaptive E-Learning SystemLei Shi, Karen Stepanyan, Dana Al Qudah, Alexandra I. Cristea Department of Computer ScienceThe University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL, UK {lei.shi, kstepanyan, dqudah, acristea}@dcs.warwick.ac.uk Abstract-here we present a case study that analyses the social interaction features in Topolor, an adaptive personalized social e-learning system. This paper focuses on the evaluation of the perceived usefulness and usability. The results show a considerably high satisfaction of the students. We discuss the evaluation results and outline the plan for improvement.

Evaluating System Functionality in Social Personalized Adaptive E-Learning Systems

“…This evaluation methodology were used to evaluate the Topolor system [4] and allowed identifying a set of important features for further improvement [5]. Here, we have only described the first aspect of this framework, the System Functionality evaluation methodology.…”

“…We have developed a component-based evaluation framework, which uses a Likert Scale (1)(2)(3)(4)(5) and has four components: (1) System Functionality; (2) Learning Perspective; (3) System Prospect and (4) Overall System Classification. The first one, System Functionality, is further detailed here.…”

Envolvimento dos Utilizadores na definição de Requisitos: o caso da plataforma WEBMAT

“…De acordo com Shi, Al Qudah, and Cristea (2013) ao misturar os princípios do e-learning com as características e funcionalidades das RS, é possível criar programas educativos e aulas mais dinâmicas, que permitam aos professores definir metas de aprendizagem mais ativas onde os alunos sejam capazes de alcançar os objetivos definidos para as unidades curriculares através da utilização das RS para interação, partilha de conhecimentos pessoais, capacidades e materiais educativos. Shi, Stepanyan, Al Qudah, and Cristea (2013) estudaram também como as interações dos alunos nas RS podem ser usadas como um fator de avaliação de aprendizagem, tendo atingido um conjunto de três tipos de âmbitos que podem ser utilizados para a avaliação das aprendizagens: 1) tipos de interações (Ex: posts, comentários, atualizações de status, mensagens, etc. ), 2) número de interações e 3) a qualidade e complexidade das interações.…”

Social Personalized Adaptive E-Learning Environment: Topolor - Implementation and Evaluation

“…Topolor [2,3] is an adaptive personalized e-learning system developed at the University of Warwick. It is built on Yii Framework (http://yiiframework.com) and hosted on Github (https://github.com/aslanshek/topolor).…”