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In this paper the prototype of an e-learning system that incorporates learning style is described. This system with a personalized courseware was used to conduct an experiment. The e-learning system collected information about a student during the registration process. Next, a user was assigned to an experimental or a control group. Depending on the previous classification the student was offered a learning scenario suited to individual learner’s preferences or a universal learning scenario. The research was devoted to measure students’ learning results from both groups. Significantly higher results were obtained by learners whose user profiles were taken into consideration during the determination of the learning scenario.
This research was financially supported by Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education under the grant N N519 407437.
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Kozierkiewicz-Hetmańska, A. (2012). Evaluating the Effectiveness of Intelligent Tutoring System Offering Personalized Learning Scenario. In: Pan, JS., Chen, SM., Nguyen, N.T. (eds) Intelligent Information and Database Systems. ACIIDS 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 7196. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28487-8_32
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