Activity-Based Learner-Models for Learner Monitoring and Recommendations in Moodle

Beatriz Florian; Christian Glahn; Hendrik Drachsler; Marcus Specht; Ramón Fabregat Gesa

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-23985-4_10

Activity-Based Learner-Models for Learner Monitoring and Recommendations in Moodle

Beatriz Florian, Christian Glahn, Hendrik Drachsler, Marcus Specht, Ramón Fabregat Gesa

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In technology-enhanced learning, activity-based learner models can provide evidence for competence assessment. Such models are the foundation for learning and teaching support, such as: adaptation, assessment, and competence analytics, recommendations, and so on. This paper analyses how to construct activity-based learner models based on existing data in the Moodle learning management system. Based on the activity theory model and the actuator-indicator model, aggregators of learner activities for different activity types were implemented in Moodle. This requires the consideration of the social roles in a course, in order to enable adaptive views for learners and instructors on the stored activity information. The implementation showed that Moodle stores information about course activities that requires filtering before it can get used for higher level processing. The social planes in Moodle reveal a higher complexity than it has been previously described by theories of classroom orchestration, such as actors who are no longer present in a course.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Towards Ubiquitous Learning
Subtitle of host publication	6th European Conference of Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2011, Palermo, Italy, September 20-23, 2011. Proceedings
Editors	Carlos Delgado Kloos, Denis Gillet, Raquel M. Crespo García, Fridolin Wild, Martin Wolpers
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Chapter	10
Pages	111-124
Number of pages	14
Volume	6964
ISBN (Electronic)	9783642239854
ISBN (Print)	9783642239847
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23985-4_10
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	6th European conference on Technology enhanced learning: towards ubiquitous learning: Towards Ubiquitous Learning - Palermo, Italy Duration: 20 Sept 2011 → 23 Sept 2011 Conference number: 6

Conference

Conference	6th European conference on Technology enhanced learning: towards ubiquitous learning
Abbreviated title	EC-TEL 2011
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Palermo
Period	20/09/11 → 23/09/11

Keywords

activity-based learner models
moodle
learner tracking
learning analytics
competence assessment
TEL recommender systems
TEL
recommender systems
learner model

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Florian, B., Glahn, C., Drachsler, H., Specht, M., & Fabregat Gesa, R. (2011). Activity-Based Learner-Models for Learner Monitoring and Recommendations in Moodle. In C. Delgado Kloos, D. Gillet, R. M. Crespo García, F. Wild, & M. Wolpers (Eds.), Towards Ubiquitous Learning: 6th European Conference of Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2011, Palermo, Italy, September 20-23, 2011. Proceedings (Vol. 6964, pp. 111-124). Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23985-4_10

Florian, Beatriz ; Glahn, Christian ; Drachsler, Hendrik et al. / Activity-Based Learner-Models for Learner Monitoring and Recommendations in Moodle. Towards Ubiquitous Learning: 6th European Conference of Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2011, Palermo, Italy, September 20-23, 2011. Proceedings. editor / Carlos Delgado Kloos ; Denis Gillet ; Raquel M. Crespo García ; Fridolin Wild ; Martin Wolpers. Vol. 6964 Berlin : Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2011. pp. 111-124

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Florian, B, Glahn, C, Drachsler, H, Specht, M & Fabregat Gesa, R 2011, Activity-Based Learner-Models for Learner Monitoring and Recommendations in Moodle. in C Delgado Kloos, D Gillet, RM Crespo García, F Wild & M Wolpers (eds), Towards Ubiquitous Learning: 6th European Conference of Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2011, Palermo, Italy, September 20-23, 2011. Proceedings. vol. 6964, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, pp. 111-124, 6th European conference on Technology enhanced learning: towards ubiquitous learning, Palermo, Italy, 20/09/11. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23985-4_10

Activity-Based Learner-Models for Learner Monitoring and Recommendations in Moodle. / Florian, Beatriz; Glahn, Christian; Drachsler, Hendrik et al.
Towards Ubiquitous Learning: 6th European Conference of Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2011, Palermo, Italy, September 20-23, 2011. Proceedings. ed. / Carlos Delgado Kloos; Denis Gillet; Raquel M. Crespo García; Fridolin Wild; Martin Wolpers. Vol. 6964 Berlin: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2011. p. 111-124.

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Florian B, Glahn C, Drachsler H, Specht M, Fabregat Gesa R. Activity-Based Learner-Models for Learner Monitoring and Recommendations in Moodle. In Delgado Kloos C, Gillet D, Crespo García RM, Wild F, Wolpers M, editors, Towards Ubiquitous Learning: 6th European Conference of Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2011, Palermo, Italy, September 20-23, 2011. Proceedings. Vol. 6964. Berlin: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. 2011. p. 111-124 doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-23985-4_10

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