scholarly journals Optimal multimedia combination for students with dyslexia

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maja Lebeničnik ◽  
Ian Pitt ◽  
Andreja Istenič Starčič
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Sensory Modality ◽  
Presentation Mode ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Learning Material ◽  
Learning Resources ◽  
Video Lecture ◽  
Online Learning Resources

Many contemporary online learning resources use more than one sensory modality (audio, visual) or presentation mode (pictures, text). Multimedia learning material is often recommended for and adopted by students with dyslexia. However, there are not many empirical studies that support the benefits of multimedia for this group. Due to the variety of difficulties that these students may experience, multimedia may not be the most appropriate type of online content for them. Our study aimed to identify the most appropriate combination of multimedia content for them from among three commonly-used types of online learning resources. An experiment was conducted in which 27 students with dyslexia learned about a topic under one of three conditions: a scroll-down website with onscreen text and static pictures, video lecture and subtitled video lecture. No significant differences in learning outcomes were found between the groups. However, the effect sizes indicated the superiority of the website over the other two conditions. Because of the small sample size, further research is needed.

scholarly journals EduCOR: An Educational and Career-Oriented Recommendation Ontology

2021 ◽  
pp. 546-562
Author(s):  
Eleni Ilkou ◽  
Hasan Abu-Rasheed ◽  
Mohammadreza Tavakoli ◽  
Sherzod Hakimov ◽  
Gábor Kismihók ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Learning Material ◽  
Learning Resources ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Personalised Learning ◽  
Learning Path ◽  
Online Learning Resources

AbstractWith the increased dependence on online learning platforms and educational resource repositories, a unified representation of digital learning resources becomes essential to support a dynamic and multi-source learning experience. We introduce the EduCOR ontology, an educational, career-oriented ontology that provides a foundation for representing online learning resources for personalised learning systems. The ontology is designed to enable learning material repositories to offer learning path recommendations, which correspond to the user’s learning goals and preferences, academic and psychological parameters, and labour-market skills. We present the multiple patterns that compose the EduCOR ontology, highlighting its cross-domain applicability and integrability with other ontologies. A demonstration of the proposed ontology on the real-life learning platform eDoer is discussed as a use case. We evaluate the EduCOR ontology using both gold standard and task-based approaches. The comparison of EduCOR to three gold schemata, and its application in two use-cases, shows its coverage and adaptability to multiple OER repositories, which allows generating user-centric and labour-market oriented recommendations.Resource: https://tibonto.github.io/educor/.

Online Learning Resources Finder Based on Computer Programming Domain

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kasun Somadasa ◽  
Monarindu Karunadhipathi ◽  
Nishan Wickramasinghe ◽  
Sampath Subasingha ◽  
Nuwan Kodagoda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Computer Programming ◽  
Learning Resources ◽  
Online Learning Resources

Enriching online learning resources with "explanograms"

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arnold N. Pears ◽  
Lars Pettersson ◽  
Carl Erickson
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Resources ◽  
Online Learning Resources

Enriching online learning resources with "explanograms"

2003 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-237
Author(s):  
Arnold N. Pears ◽  
Lars Pettersson ◽  
Carl Erickson
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Resources ◽  
Online Learning Resources
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