The use of electronic environment in our life has become inevitable fact. In the educational field, the learners find many difficulties to attend a classical mode of learning (in class) that obliges them to be present according to daily schedule. Thus, the E-learning allows the process of learning anywhere and any when. However, the absence of the teacher, in the E-learning process, leads to th...

Today’s learners are using multimedia on a daily basis. From computers to cell phones, it’s very difficult to get through a day without being exposed to multimedia. Prior research from Mayer and colleagues has revealed the multimedia principle, which communicates that two representations that explain for one another are better for learning than just one. While much of this research focused on c...

In the context of the current debate about teaching reading, research to ascertain primary teachers’ personal and professional reading practices was undertaken. The study explored teachers’ reading habits and preferences, investigated their knowledge of children's literature, and documented their reported use of such texts and involvement with library services. Questionnaire responses were gath...

There is a need for designing educationally oriented recommendations that deal with educational goals as well as learners’ preferences and context in a personalised way. They have to be both based on educators’ experience and perceived as adequate by learners. This paper compiles practical guidelines to produce personalised recommendations that are meant to foster active learning in online cour...

We examine the effects of various political campaign activities on voter preferences in the domain of US Presidential elections. We construct a comprehensive data set that covers the three most recent elections, with detailed records of voter preferences at the state-week level over an election period. We include various types of the most frequently utilized marketing instruments: two forms of ...

In many interactive decision making scenarios there is often no solution that satisfies all of the user’s preferences. The decision process can be helped by providing explanations. Relaxations show sets of consistent preferences and, thus, indicate which preferences can be enforced, while exclusion sets show which preferences can be relaxed to obtain a solution. We propose a new approach to exp...

In this paper, an Adaptive Feedback Framework (AFF) is proposed for the provision of personalized feedback accommodating learners’ individual characteristics and needs in the context of computer-based learning environments. Multiple Informative, Tutoring and Reflective Feedback Components (ITRFC) are incorporated into the framework, aiming to stimulate learners to reflect on their beliefs, to g...

By the increase of e-learning platforms, huge data sets are made from different kinds of the collected traces. These traces differ from one learner to another according to their characteristics (learning styles, preferences, performed actions, etc.). Learners’ traces are very heterogeneous and voluminous, so their treatments and exploitations are difficult, that make hard the tutors’ tasks. Thi...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in the teaching anxiety of preservice teachers in mathematics according to their learning style preferences. There were a total of 506 pre-service teachers involved in this study. Of the total, 205 were pre-service elementary school teachers, 173 were pre-service elementary mathematics teachers, and 128 were pre-service secondary math...