@inbook{574e23b2951544cf8bb88f661603710a,
title = "Teaching improvement technologies for adaptive and personalized learning environments",
abstract = "Due to the widespread of online learning, learning management systems (LMSs) contain many of online courses but very little attention is paid to how well these courses actually support learners. Teachers build courses according to their preferred teaching methods; on the other hand, learners have different learning styles. The harmony between the learning styles that a course supports and the actual learning styles of students can help to magnify the efficiency of the learning process. In this chapter, an interactive tool is presented for analyzing existing course contents in learning management systems based on learning styles. This tool allows teachers to be aware of the course support level for different learning styles. It visualizes the suitability of a course for students{\textquoteright} learning styles and helps teachers to improve the course support level of their courses. It aims at supporting teachers in adaptive and personalized learning environments to decide-making efficient modifications in the course structure in order to meet the need of different students{\textquoteright} learning styles.",
keywords = "Interactive course analyzer, Learning management systems, Learning styles",
author = "El-Bishouty, {Moushir M.} and Kevin Saito and Tingwen Chang and Kinshuk and Sabine Graf",
note = "Funding Information: Kinshuk holds the NSERC/iCORE/Xerox/Markin Research Chair for Adaptivity and Personalization in Informatics, funded by the Federal government of Canada, Provincial government of Alberta, and by national and international industries. He is also Full Professor in the School of Computing and Information Systems and Associate Dean of Faculty of Science and Technology, at Athabasca University, Canada. After completing first degree from India, he earned his Masters{\textquoteright} degree from Strathclyde University (Glosgow) and Ph.D. from De Montfort University (Leicester), United Kingdom. His work has been dedicated to advancing research on the innovative paradigms, architectures, and implementations of online and distance learning systems for individualized and adaptive learning in increasingly global environments. Areas of his research interests include learning analytics; learning technologies; mobile, ubiquitous, and location aware learning systems; cognitive profiling; and, interactive technologies. Funding Information: Acknowledgements The authors acknowledge the support of NSERC, iCORE, Xerox, and the research-related gift funding by Mr. A. Markin. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015.",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-662-44659-1_12",
language = "English",
series = "Lecture Notes in Educational Technology",
number = "9783662446584",
pages = "225--242",
booktitle = "Lecture Notes in Educational Technology",
edition = "9783662446584",
}