Connecting electronic portfolios and learner models
| dc.contributor.advisor | Greer, J. E. (Jim) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | McCalla, Gordon I. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Cooke, John | en_US |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Morrison, Dirk | en_US |
| dc.creator | Guo, Zinan | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-03-26T13:52:19Z | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-01-04T04:27:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2008-03-26T08:00:00Z | en_US |
| dc.date.available | 2013-01-04T04:27:24Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2007-03 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2007-03-26 | en_US |
| dc.date.submitted | March 2007 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Using electronic portfolios (e-portfolios) to assist learning is an important component of future educational models. A portfolio is a purposeful collection of student work that exhibits the student's efforts, progress and achievements in one or more areas. An e-portfolio contains a variety of information about a person's learning outcomes, such as artifacts, assertions from others, self-reflective information and presentation for different purposes. E-portfolios become sources of evidence for claims about prior conceptual knowledge or skills. This thesis investigates using the information contained in e-portfolios to initialize the learner model for an intelligent tutoring system. We examine the information model from the e-portfolio standardized specification and present a method that may assist users in initializing learner models using e-portfolios as evidence for claims about prior conceptual knowledge or skills. We developed the EP-LM system for testing how accurately a learner model can be built and how beneficial this approach can be for reflective and personalized learning. Experimental results are presented aiming at testing whether accurate learner models can be created through this approach and whether learners can gain benefits in reflective and personalized learning. Monitoring this process can also help ITS developers and experts identify how an initial learner model can automatically arise from an e-portfolio. Additionally, a well-structured learner model, generated by an intelligent tutoring system also can be attached to an e-portfolio for further use by the owner and others. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-03262007-135219 | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.subject | intelligent tutoring system | en_US |
| dc.subject | e-portfolio | en_US |
| dc.subject | learner model | en_US |
| dc.title | Connecting electronic portfolios and learner models | en_US |
| dc.type.genre | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.type.material | text | en_US |
| thesis.degree.department | Computer Science | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Computer Science | en_US |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Saskatchewan | en_US |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en_US |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Science (M.Sc.) | en_US |