Adaptive Hypermedia Services for E-Learning

This paper discusses the advantages of offering adaptive hypermedia functionality in the e-Learning context through adaptive hypermedia services. We think that this option bridges the gap between the complexity of authoring and the ease-of-use necessary for successful adaptive hypermedia. This paper presents an open architecture for adaptive e-Learning that would make these adaptive hypermedia services possible. It briefly describes two adaptive hypermedia services QuizGuide and NavEx that stands between E-Learning portal and re-usable interactive content providing additional value for teachers and students who want to use content through an e-Learning portal. The value added by QuizGuide and NavEx is the ability to provide navigation support for each student without causing overhead for the teacher. Teachers can bypass the time-consuming process of selecting relevant, reusable content for each course lecture while students receive better guidance when e-Learning is adapted to their learning goals and knowledge.