An Enhanced Learning Style Index: Implementation and Integration into an Intelligent and Adaptive e-Learning System

Mohammed Hamada; Mohamed Hassan

doi:10.12973/eurasia.2017.00940a

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Mohammed Hamada ¹ ^* , Mohamed Hassan ¹

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¹ University of Aizu, Japan^* Corresponding Author

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Advances and accessibility of Internet services around the world have transformed the traditional classroom learning into web-based e-learning systems. In recent years, designing adaptive e-learning systems has become one of striking topic of discussions in the literature. Additionally, integrating such systems with intelligent and adaptive systems that can measure the learning preferences of the user can enable learners to obtain the most suitable learning objects that might be matched with their learning styles. Moreover, even in the classroom teaching, knowing the learning styles of students can also help teachers to adopt appropriate learning materials for efficient learning. This paper is concerned with the study, implementation, and application of a web-based learning style index. The paper also described a case study on the integration of the learning style index into an adaptive and intelligent e-learning system.

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intelligent learning
adaptive learning
learning style index
learning preferences
learning technology

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, 2017, Volume 13, Issue 8, 4449-4470

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Hamada, M., & Hassan, M. (2017). An Enhanced Learning Style Index: Implementation and Integration into an Intelligent and Adaptive e-Learning System. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 13(8), 4449-4470. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00940a

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Hamada M, Hassan M. An Enhanced Learning Style Index: Implementation and Integration into an Intelligent and Adaptive e-Learning System. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2017;13(8):4449-70. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00940a

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Hamada M, Hassan M. An Enhanced Learning Style Index: Implementation and Integration into an Intelligent and Adaptive e-Learning System. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2017;13(8), 4449-4470. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00940a

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Hamada, Mohammed, and Mohamed Hassan. "An Enhanced Learning Style Index: Implementation and Integration into an Intelligent and Adaptive e-Learning System". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2017 13 no. 8 (2017): 4449-4470. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00940a

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Hamada, M., and Hassan, M. (2017). An Enhanced Learning Style Index: Implementation and Integration into an Intelligent and Adaptive e-Learning System. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 13(8), pp. 4449-4470. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00940a

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Hamada, Mohammed et al. "An Enhanced Learning Style Index: Implementation and Integration into an Intelligent and Adaptive e-Learning System". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 13, no. 8, 2017, pp. 4449-4470. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00940a