Adaptive Content Creation for Personalized e-Learning Using Web Services

Abstract

A challenging topic in computer based education is to provide personalization support for learners when e-learning takes place in an open and dynamic environment. By selecting and combining appropriate learning assets into a learning object a learner's needs and preferences may be accounted for. Also by implementing web service in an adaptive learning environment the reusability of the learning content can be ensured. This paper addresses the problems of automatically selecting and integrating appropriate learning materials for a learner using web services based on the learners initial knowledge, goals, preferences etc. A system is described that provides learning content to multimedia industries and institutions those who are working in Adobe Flash. Instead of providing a learner with static data, the approach is based on fulfilling learning objectives based on a dynamic supply of services. Furthermore, the approach is based on reusable learning objects describing a learning process as a composition of learning goals. Based on the learning goals as well as web services, services appropriate to achieve a specific learning goal can be selected, composed and invoked dynamically.