Adaptive support for collaborative and individual learning (ASCIL): Integrating AHA! and CLAROLINE

Abstract

In this work we present a tool for Adaptive Support for Collaborative and Individual Learning (ASCIL). Taking as a base the fact that learning is not solely an individual nor collaborative process, we have come to the conclusion that it is an integrated activity which requires integral support. We have therefore applied two previously developed systems, AHA! and CLAROLINE, which we have integrated into ASCIL, a system which has the capacity to deliver adaptive support to individuals as well as collaborative learning. The interesting aspect of this present proposal is that the adaptive support for collaborative learning is integrated with the information contained in the User Model (student), which is kept in operation by AHA!. That is to say that the adaptive tasks are the result of individual learning in AHA! as a starting point. © Springer-Verlag 2004.