Assistance system for personal learning environments

Abstract

In the recent years, the educational landscape has undergone several reversals and changes, the major concern is always improving the learning quality. We moved then from a teacher-directed learning to learner-centered learning. Thus, after having suffered from institutional constraints (imposed curriculum, fixed planning), the learner could today, thanks to technological evolution, rely on himself to control his learning. The Learning Environments came to enable learners to carry out their learning activities. Nevertheless, they remain limited to the personalization level. It is then obvious that the satisfaction of learners is not complete. The following question was arose: Can the learner build his/her own learning experience? This option has become plausible with the emergence of the Personal Learning Environments (PLE). However, with their advent, each learner has become master of his/her learning. So, we are faced with a complex and rich landscape characterized by the abundance and proliferation of web tools and resources. We have developed an assistance approach for PLE learners to face this complexity. We have developed also a prototype that implement our approach for experimental purpose. Experimental results are presented and they are very promising.