This paper is a study on the interaction patterns of distance learners enrolled in the Mathematics and Physics programmes of Universiti Sains Malaysia in the videoconferencing learning environment (VCLE). Interaction patterns are analysed in six randomly chosen videoconferencing sessions within one academic year. The findings show there are more interactions in the graphics display mode than th...

A good dialogue agent should have the ability to interact with users. In this work, we explore this direction by designing a simulator and a set of synthetic tasks in the movie domain that allow the learner to interact with a teacher by both asking and answering questions. We investigate how a learner can benefit from asking questions in both an offline and online reinforcement learning setting...

In this paper, we discuss the issue of adaptativity in mobile learning. To adapt a system, we need a learner model. We discuss the limits of learner model in the environment of mobility. We present LIP (Learner Information Package) and we propose an extension of LIP (C-LIP) in order to take into consideration new dimensions induced by mobility. To test this extension, we conceive and develop a ...

We propose a learning paradigm in which the responsibility of choosing samples is shared between the teacher and the learner. We present an experiment that demonstrates the potential of this approach with human teachers and discuss interesting related research problems.

This study investigated the extent to which teachers’ learning of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) has an impact on their classroom practices. The study involved 12 in-service teachers and 40 students from Kibasila secondary school in Tanzania. During the study, teachers participated in training about TPACK and later on joined in teacher design teams to design and teach techn...

This paper describes a computational method of complexity of a question for an adaptive question and answer function in an intelligent support system for English learning, and its evaluation. To realize adaptive question and answer, systems should generate questions depending on both educational intentions and learner's understanding state. For generating suitable questions for a learner automa...