학술논문

The Learners' User Classes in the TERENCE Adaptive Learning System
Document Type
Conference
Source
2012 IEEE 12th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2012 IEEE 12th International Conference on. :572-576 Jul, 2012
Subject
Computing and Processing
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
General Topics for Engineers
Auditory system
Games
Educational institutions
Materials
Adaptive systems
Computer architecture
Adaptation models
KR
UCD
EBD
TEL
user-classes
architecture
use-cases
Language
ISSN
2161-3761
2161-377X
Abstract
Nowadays, circa 10% of 7-11 olds turn out to be poor comprehenders: they demonstrate text comprehension difficulties, related to inference making, despite proficiency in low-level cognitive skills like word reading. To improve the reading comprehension of these children, TERENCE, a technology enhanced learning project, aims at stimulating inference-making about stories. In order to design and develop the TERENCE system, we use a user centred design approach that requires an in depth study of the system's main end-users, namely, its learners and educators. This paper reports on the specification of the user classes for the TERENCE learners by means of user-centred design field studies, the resulting global system architecture, and an example use case of the system, with few related GUI's snapshots.