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The paper presents LOCO-Analyst, an educational tool for providing teachers with feedback on the relevant aspects of the learning process taking place in a web-based learning environment. The feedback provision is based on the learning context, which we dubbed Learning Object Context and consider as a complex interplay of learning activities, learning objects, and learners. Here we present a usage scenario based on the real data obtained from the Web-based iHelp Courses Learning Content Management System, in order to illustrate some of the functionalities that LOCO-Analyst provides. We also briefly overview Semantic Web technologies that lay beneath LOCO-Analyst and make it a generic feedback provision tool. Related work is presented as well. The paper concludes with a sketch of our current and planned future efforts for further improving LOCO-Analyst.
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Jovanović, J., Gašević, D., Brooks, C., Devedžić, V., Hatala, M. (2007). LOCO-Analyst: A Tool for Raising Teachers’ Awareness in Online Learning Environments. In: Duval, E., Klamma, R., Wolpers, M. (eds) Creating New Learning Experiences on a Global Scale. EC-TEL 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4753. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75195-3_9
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