Content development for adaptive educational systems is known to be an error-prone task. Gaps can occur when the content is created, modified or when the context of its usage changes. This paper aims at improving the existing practises of learning content quality control in adaptive educational systems by automating detection and management of gaps. Several categories of gaps are identified to ...

In this paper we introduce the characteristics of the educational platform that is being developed within the SYNENNOESE project. The platform integrates avatar and animation technologies, exploiting electronic linguistic resources of the Greek Sign Language (GSL), in order to provide a Greek-to-GSL conversion tool that allows to construct, store and maintain educational material in GSL. Beside...

Dynamically providing students with clear explanations of complex spatial concepts is critical for a broad range of knowledge-based educational and training systems. This calls for a realtime solution that can dynamically create 3D animated explanations that artfully integrate well-chosen speech. We present a visuo-linguistic framework for generating multimedia spatial explanations combining 3D...

In 1999, Mary Brennan wrote "By recognising the child as, in effect, a 'little linguist' we are also recognising the power and effectiveness of the child's linguistic capacity" (Brennan, 1999). The recognition of the power and effectiveness of deaf children's linguistic capacity needs to be taken a step further. Focus should be on the conditions in the children's environments necessary to devel...

This paper examines the amount and type of resources that linguistic minority students—those students who come from households where a language other than English is a spoken—need to meet the same challenging standards and to have the opportunity to achieve the same educational outcomes as other students. In this paper we first describe the nature of the linguistic minority population in Califo...

Computer use draws on linguistic abilities. Using this medium thus presents challenges for young people with Specific Language Impairment (SLI) and raises questions of whether computer-based tasks are appropriate for them. We consider theoretical arguments predicting impaired performance and negative outcomes relative to peers without SLI versus the possibility of positive gains. We examine the...

since any kind of training aims at educating professionals, this research tries to merge theoretical and practical bases of translation training and remove any obstacles in different educational programs existing in the fields of translation studies. translation training is not confined to language teaching, although mastering both source and target languages will make the translators more succ...