[AISWorld] Contents of Vol. 13, No. 1 of International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (IJDET, an EI journal)
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We are glad to announce the publication of Vol. 13, No. 1 of International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (IJDET, an EI
journal). In this issue, SIX papers are included:
Architecture for an Adaptive and Intelligent Tutoring System that Considers the Learner's Multiple Intelligences (pages 1-21)
Mohamed Hafidi, Taher Bensebaa
The majority of adaptive and intelligent tutoring systems (AITS) are dedicated to a specific domain, allowing them to offer accurate
models of the domain and the learner. The analysis produced from traces left by the users is didactically very precise and specific
to the domain in question. It allows one to guide the learner in case of difficulty and to offer her/him some support. This paper's
objective was to develop an (AITS), adapted for letting the learners work in several disciplinary fields of the University of the
Annaba. In this context, its constraint is threefold: to represent knowledge relative to several disciplinary domains, to propose
interactive activities to the learners based on multiple intelligences, and finally, to be able to support student guidance in
her/his course by proposing her/him relevant support activities when she/he meets difficulties. The proposed system covers all
important properties such as hypertext component, adaptive sequencing, problem-solving support, intelligent solution analysis and
adaptive presentation while available systems have only some of them.
DOI: 10.4018/ijdet.2015010101
A Review of Personalised E-Learning: Towards Supporting Learner Diversity (pages 22-47)
Eileen O'Donnell, Seamus Lawless, Mary Sharp, Vincent P. Wade
The realisation of personalised e-learning to suit an individual learner's diverse learning needs is a concept which has been
explored for decades, at great expense, but is still not achievable by non-technical authors. This research reviews the area of
personalised e-learning and notes some of the technological challenges which developers may encounter in creating authoring tools
for personalised e-learning and some of the pedagogical challenges which authors may encounter when creating personalised e-learning
activities to enhance the learning experience of their students. At present educators who wish to create personalised e-learning
activities require the assistance of technical experts who are knowledgeable in the area. Even with the help of an expert the
creation of personalised e-learning activities still remains a complex process to authors who are new to the concept of tailoring
e-learning to suit learner diversity. Before the successful utilisation of adaptive authoring tools can be realised, academic
authors need to learn how to effectively use these tools. All learners come to education with a diverse set of characteristics;
educators need to decide which learner characteristic(s) they wish to focus on addressing through the use of personalised e-learning
activities. Further investigation, evaluation and analyses of authoring tools is required before personalised e-learning to support
learner diversity can be achieved by many academics. Research members of the AMAS (2013) project team are currently involved in
developing an authoring tool for adaptive activities for e-learning.
DOI: 10.4018/ijdet.2015010102
Investigating Faculty Members' Beliefs about Distance Education: The Case of Sultan Qaboos University, Oman (pages 48-69)
Naifa Eid Saleem, Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri
This research paper aims to investigate the beliefs (perceptions) about distance education(DE) held by the faculty members of Sultan
Qaboos Uuniversity (SQU) at the Sultanate of Oman as well as the differences between their beliefs (perceptions) with regards to
gender, teaching experience, college academic rank, nationality, etc. This study used a questionnaire as a method of data
collection. Findings of the study indicated statistically significant difference in terms of gender. Results show that female
faculty members hold positive beliefs (perceptions) about the use of DE in learning and teaching whereas compared to their male
colleagues. With regards to nationality, the study found statistically slight differences, wherein the Omani faculty members yielded
higher scores on the positive statements and lower at the negative statements.
DOI: 10.4018/ijdet.2015010103
Cross-Sectional Evaluation of Distance Education Students' Learning Styles and Critical Thinking Dispositions in Turkey (pages
70-86)
Ismail Yuksel, Ercument Turkses
This study aims to examine distance education students' learning styles and critical thinking dispositions. This cross sectional
survey was conducted on 114 Turkish distance education students from various departments in a state university. The data of the
study were collected through Grasha-Riechmann Student Learning Style Scale (GRSLSS) and California Critical Thinking Disposition
Inventory (CCTDI). Cronbach Alpha coefficiencies of the scales were .76 for GRSLSS and .79 for CCTDI. To analyze the data,
descriptive statistics (frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviations), t-test and one-way analysis of variance tests were
used. The results indicated that the dependent learning style was the most preferred style and the avoidant learning style was the
least preferred style. The further analysis regarding learning style indicated that female students perceived themselves more
dependent than male students. The results also indicated that students in teacher training programs scored higher in independent and
avoidant sub-scales, while students in arts and sciences programs scored higher in dependent, collaborative, competitive and
participant sub-scales. The results manifested that students' critical thinking dispositions were at a low level, and they mostly
had analyticity and open-mindedness dispositions. Female students were found to have more critical thinking dispositions than male
students.
DOI: 10.4018/ijdet.2015010104
Effects of the Digital Game-Development Approach on Elementary School Students' Learning Motivation, Problem Solving, and Learning
Achievement (pages 87-102)
Hui-Chun Chu, Chun-Ming Hung
In this study, the game-based development approach is proposed for improving the learning motivation, problem solving skills, and
learning achievement of students. An experiment was conducted on a learning activity of an elementary school science course to
evaluate the performance of the proposed approach. A total of 59 sixth graders from two classes of the elementary school
participated in the experiment. One class of 30 students was selected as the experimental group, and the other class of 29 students
was the control group. From the experimental results, it was found that the proposed game development-based learning approach could
effectively promote the students' problem-solving skills. However, the students' learning achievement and motivations were quite
different from our expectations. A discussion of the experimental group interview data is provided and suggestions made.
DOI: 10.4018/ijdet.2015010105
The MORPG-based Learning System for Multiple Courses: A Case Study on Computer Science Curriculum (pages 103-123)
Kuo-Yu Liu
This study aimed at developing a Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game-based (MORPG) Learning system which enabled instructors to
construct a game scenario and manage sharable and reusable learning content for multiple courses. It used the curriculum of
“Introduction to Computer Science” as a study case to assess students' learning effectiveness on the subject of “computer
network”. The sample was 56 freshman students, who were randomly assigned to two groups, one of which used the game-based learning
and the other one the Web-based video lectures. Furthermore, this study also conducted the System Usability Scale (SUS) to measure
satisfaction, usability and learnability of the developed management system for instructors. Five instructors were invited to
participate in the practical use and evaluation. The results showed that game-based learning could be exploited as effective
learning environments and game design system was usable and learnable for instructors to create learning games.
DOI: 10.4018/ijdet.2015010106
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International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (IJDET)
(http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-distance-education-technologies/1078)
The International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (IJDET) is
a forum for researchers and practitioners to disseminate practical solutions
to the automation of open and distance learning. Targeted to academic
researchers and engineers who work with distance learning programs and
software systems, as well as general users of distance education technologies
and methods, IJDET discusses computational methods, algorithms,
implemented prototype systems, and applications of open and distance learning.
All manuscripts submitted to the journal are peer-reviewed according to
the procedure consisting of initial review, peer review, and recommendation
Editor in Chief:
Dr. Maiga Chang (maiga.chang at gmail.com)
Indices:
Compendex (Elsevier EI), DBLP, EBSCOhost, ERIC, Google Scholar,
INSPEC, PsycINFOR, SCOPUS, and many others
Suggested topics:
IJDET is an EI journal and the scope of the journal includes, but is not limited to:
- Assessment
- Distance Learning for Culture and Arts
- Intelligent and Adaptive Learning
- Intelligent Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
- Mobile Learning
- Nurse Medical Healthcare
- Pedagogical Issues
- Social Learning
- Serious Games for Distance Education
- Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Education
- Technology Enhanced Learning
- Ubiquitous Learning
- Virtual Worlds for Distance Education
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FOUR manuscripts a year within FOUR weeks and you will be removed
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if you could maintain high quality reviews in a timely manner for
at least two years.
If you are interested in serving IJDET as a reviewer, please send your CV
to the editor in chief, Dr. Maiga Chang (maiga.chang at gmail.com).
Manuscript guidelines:
At this moment we have not moved to the publisher's online
submission system yet (we plan to move to the publisher's system later),
please go to http://www.ijdet.com to submit your manuscript.
Please note that you need to follow the manuscript template and
author guidelines to prepare your manuscript before submit it.
The links of the manuscript template in DOC format and the author
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"Author" role while registering your account.
All submissions have to follow IJDET manuscript guidelines at
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should be submitted online at http://www.ijdet.com/ after registering an account.
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to form a high quality guest editorial team to submit special issue proposal
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special issue proposal online as a manuscript and choose
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For queries, please contact Dr. Maiga Chang (maiga.chang at gmail.com)
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Sincerely,
Maiga Chang
maiga.chang at gmail.com
http://maiga.athabascau.ca
02, 08 '15
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Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (EI)
http://www.ijdet.com
Associate Editor, IEEE Technology and Engineering Education
Associate Editor, International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design
Smart Learning Environments, Springer
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Program Chair of IASLE International Conference on Smart Learning Systems,
Sinaia, Romania, September 23-25, 2015
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Track Program Chair of Track "Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning"
in 15th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies 2015
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Co-chair of GCCCE 2015 sub-conference on Joyful Learning and Society
http://www.gcsce.org/gccce2015/doc/C3_e.html
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Special Issue on "Recent Advances in Mobile Learning Technologies, Applications, and Evaluation.
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Special Issue on Information Management and Applications of Intelligent Transportation System
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Special Issue on Emergence of Web Data Analysis in Pervasive Multimedia Environment
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Guest Editor, Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning (free open access)
Special Issue on Practical Applications of Mobile and Internet Educational Games (Vol. 8, No. 2)
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Guest Editor, International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (SSCI)
Special Issue on Technology Enhanced Information Retrieval and Processing for Online Learning (Vol. 13, No. 5)
http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/issue/view/54
Guest Editor, International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (EI)
Special Issue on Emotional Intelligence for Online Learning (Vol. 11, No. 2)
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