Various forms of feedback are used in formative assessment and interactive learning environments. The effects of different types of feedback are often examined at a group level. However, effective feedback may differ in learners with different characteristics or between learners at different stages in the learning process. In this paper explanatory item response theory (IRT) models are used to ...

abstract the extent to which teachers’ written corrective feedback (wcf) is conducive to esl learners’ improvement has been discussed since truscott’s claim in 1996. the mentioned debate continues because there has been lots of contrastive research studies with different results. this paper presents the results of a 2-month study of the effectiveness of wcf to 65 low intermediate iranian learne...

This paper extends recent work in interactive machine learning (IML) focused on effectively incorporating human feedback. We show how control and feedback signals complement each other in systems which model human reward. We demonstrate that simultaneously incorporating human control and feedback signals can improve interactive robotic systems performance on a self-mirrored movement control tas...

It is a difficult issue to support interactive image processing software in grid environment, which requires special mapping methods over grid architecture. Interactive service packaging, mapping of interactive interface mechanism are reviewed in heterogeneous grid architecture. Grid Service Automated Packaging and Generating System (GS-APGS) for image processing software is designed to provide...

Interactive lecturing involves an increased interchange between teachers, students and the lecture content.The use of interactive lectures can promote active learning, heighten attention and motivation, g ive feedback to the teacher and the student, and increase satisfaction for both.This article describes a number of interactive techniques that can be used in large group presentations as well ...

Interactive training systems often use avatars to depict an advisor that provides feedback on the exercise. In the framework of the SmartSenior project, which developed technologies for people with age related limitations, we realized an interactive trainer for stroke rehabilitation. The UI contained two avatars, one for the training person itself to provide feedback on her motion, and one for ...

We describe an interactive system that uses gesture recognition to enhance the yoga experience through visual, auditory and olfactory feedback. Ancient theories associated with Kundalini yoga provide the theoretical basis for this research. The sensory feedback provided by the Therapeutic Interactive Yoga System promotes an immersive, multisensory experience that corresponds to the system of se...

This paper, presents an interactive approach for the analysis of electro-acoustic music. An original classification scheme is devised using relevance feedback and active-learning segment selection in an interactive loop. Validation and correction information given by the user is injected in the learning process at each iteration to achieve more accurate classification. An experimental study is ...

Cooperation systems are intrinsically related with user interface systems. The design and implementation of a framework to support the construction of interactive and cooperative applications must be a consistent extension of the models and architectures of single user applications. The requirements for this extension include the management of the communication and coordination between users, t...

The application presented in this paper aims at producing a novel user-friendly haptic environment to allow blind or visually impaired people to access interactive presentations based on HTML web pages. The application is based on haptic and audio feedback. Additionally, an automatic HTML-to-haptics conversion tool is developed in order provide a simple way to create interactive haptic presenta...