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Making General-Purpose Adaptive Hypermedia Work
WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet (WEBNET) 2000:1 , 2000

Paul De Bra, Ad Aerts, Geert-Jan Houben & Hongjing Wu, Eindhoven University of Technology

Adaptive hypermedia systems (AHS) have typically been geared towards one specific application or application area, in most cases related to education. The AHA (Adaptive Hyper-media Architecture) system is a Web-based adaptive hypermedia system...

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AHA: an Adaptive Hypermedia Architecture
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 1999:1 , 1999

Geert-Jan Houben, Paul De Bra & Hongjing Wu, Eindhoven University of Technology

Since 1996 we have been developing an adaptive hypermedia architecture, called AHA. Based on our experience with AHA we have defined a reference model, called AHAM (and pre-sented at the ACM Hypertext'99 converence). The main aim of this model is to ...

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Using Knowledge Levels with AHA! for Discovering Interesting Relationship
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2002:1 , 2002

Sebastian Ventura & Cristobal Romero, Universidad de Cordoba, Spain; Paul De Bra, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands; Carlos de Castro, Universidad de Cordoba, Spain

In this paper we show how the AHA! system was (modified and) used to create an adaptive course in which the course material is presented in three levels of difficulty. The aim of the experiment is to perform data mining in order to find good...

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Concept Relationship Types for AHA! 2.0
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2002:1 , 2002

Ad Aerts, Brendan Rousseau & Paul De Bra, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

In adaptive Web-based applications such as on-line course material, virtual museums and shopping sites, there are different types of relationships between objects, pages or high-level concepts. They indicate that some concept is a prerequisite for...

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Creating Adaptive Textbooks with AHA! (roundtable)
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2004:1 , 2004

Paul De Bra, Natalia Stash & David Smits, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

AHA! stands for the Adaptive Hypermedia Architecture. Adaptation in on-line textbooks makes it possible for learners to study the textbook in different ways without encountering difficulties. Link hiding and annotation guide users towards subjects...

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An Authoring Tool for Web-Based Adaptive and Classic Tests
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2004:1 , 2004

Cristobal Romero & Santiago Martin-Palomo, University of Cordoba, Spain; Paul De Bra, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands; Sebastian Ventura, University of Cordoba, Spain

In this paper we describe Test Editor, an authoring tool for building adaptive and classic web-based test. This tool facilitates the development and maintenance of different types of multiple-choice tests for use in web-based education systems. Test ...

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Multimedia Adaptation using AHA!
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2004:1 , 2004

Paul De Bra & Natalia Stash, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

Presentation formats used for publishing information on the World Wide Web are constantly evolving. Simultaneously, the range of devices used to access this information is expanding. In education adaptive hypermedia methods and techniques are often...

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AHA! meets Interbook, and more...
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2003:1 , 2003

Paul De Bra & Tomi Santic, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands; Peter Brusilovsky, University of Pittsburgh, USA

The AHA! system has been repeatedly extended over the past few years, focusing on adaptation flexibility. This has resulted in a powerful adaptation engine. AHA! provides tools for defining the conceptual structure and the adaptation of an...

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Escape from the Tyranny of the Textbook: Adaptive Object Inclusion in AHA!
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2003:1 , 2003

Paul De Bra, Ad Aerts, Bart Berden & Barend de Lange, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

Adaptation in on-line textbooks makes it possible to allow learners to study the textbook in different ways without encountering difficulties. Conditional inclusion of fragments and stretchtext make it possible to provide additional or prerequisite...

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Teaching Through Adaptive Hypertext on the WWW
International Journal of Educational Telecommunications (IJET) 3:2 , 1997

Paul M.E. De Bra, Eindhoven University of Technology

Since early 1994 the introductory course 2L670, Hypermedia Structures and Systems (http://wwwis.win.tue.nl/2L670/), has been available on the World Wide Web (WWW) and is an optional part of the curriculum in computing science at the Eindhoven...

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AHA! Version 2.0, More Adaptation Flexibility for Authors
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2002:1 , 2002

Ad Aerts, David Smits, Natalia Stash & Paul De Bra, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

AHA! is a simple Web-based adaptive hypermedia system. Because of this simplicity it has been studied and experimented with in several research groups. This paper identifies shortcomings in AHA! and presents AHA! version 2.0 which tries to overcome...

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Authoring Support for Adaptive Hypermedia Applications
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 1999:1 , 1999

Geert-Jan Houben, Paul De Bra & Hongjing Wu, Eindhoven University of Technology

A hypermedia application offers its users a lot of freedom to navigate through a large hyperspace. The rich link structure of the hypermedia application can not only cause users to get lost in the hyperspace, but can also lead to comprehension...

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Authoring and Delivery of Adaptive Electronic Textbooks made Easy
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2005:1 , October 2005

Ewald Ramp & Paul De Bra, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands; Peter Brusilovsky, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Abstract: The vast majority of textbooks (even when offered on-line) are still traditional book-like static documents with a fixed structure and content. Authoring a textbook in a "simple" environment like Microsoft Word is much easier than using...

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Adaptation to Learning Styles in E-Learning: Approach Evaluation
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2006:1 , October 2006

Natalia Stash, Alexandra Cristea & Paul De Bra, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

It is obvious that we all have different approaches to learning. Psychologists call these individual differences learning styles (LS). Researchers provide recommendations for possible instructional strategies to support some LS in educational...

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GRAPPLE: Integrating Adaptive Learning into Learning Management Systems
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2008:1 , Jun 30, 2008

Paul De Bra, Mykola Pechenizkiy, Kees van der Sluijs & David Smits, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

GRAPPLE is an EU funded IST FP7 project that brings together a group of researchers into adaptive learning technology and environments and developers of learning management systems (LMSs), in order to offer adaptive learning as a standard feature of ...

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Adaptive or Collaborative Learning?
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2008:1 , Jun 30, 2008

Stephan Weibelzahl, National College of Ireland, Ireland; Paul de Bra, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands; Alexandros Paramythis, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria; Peggy Ertmer, Purdue University, USA; Francois Desjardins, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada

Adaptive Learning Technologies and Collaborative Learning have both been explored and argued for repeatedly. While the two approaches are not in opposition to each other, they include are a number concepts and aims that are potentially conflict such ...

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Tailoring of Feedback in Online Assessment: Lessons Learnt
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2008:1 , Nov 17, 2008

Ekaterina Vasilyeva, Paul De Bra & Mykola Pechenizkiy, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

Feedback plays an important role in the learning process. Particularly, the functions of the elaborated feedback (EF) in online assessment may include assisting students in understanding their mistakes and misconceptions, motivating the student for...

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Adaptivity in GRAPPLE: Adaptation in Any Way You Like
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2008:1 , Nov 17, 2008

Paul De Bra, David Smits, Mykola Pechenizkiy & Ekaterina Vasilyeva, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

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Analysis of Feedback Authoring Possibilities in Web-based Learning Systems
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2008:1 , Nov 17, 2008

Ekaterina Vasilyeva, Mykola Pechenizkiy & Paul De Bra, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

This paper surveys and analyses the feedback authoring possibilities in online assessment modules of the most popular Learning Management Systems (LMS) including Moodle, Sakai, and Blackboard. We consider the problem of authoring and support of...

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GRAPPLE: Personalization and Adaptation in Learning Management Systems
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2010:1 , Jun 29, 2010

Paul De Bra, David Smits & Kees van der Sluijs, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands; Alexandra Cristea & Maurice Hendrix, University of Warwick, UK

Learning Management Systems such as Blackboard, Moodle, Sakai and Claroline focus on supporting the learning process at a fairly global level of courses and tests. Recent additions focus on interaction (discussion forums, chat rooms and wikis)....

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