Personalized Intelligent Context-Aware E-Learning on Demand

Abstract

Personalized on demand e-learning has gained traction driven by socio-economic and demographic change. Concomitant with these developments is the revolution in the capability and ubiquity of mobile systems. The result of these developments is interest in personalized e-learning provided on-demand using mobile technologies. Additionally, e-learning is utilizing Web 2.0 technologies to enable personalized collaborative networking at both a pedagogic and personal level. Personalization requires the creation of a user profile (a context), a context reflects a user's current state. This paper addresses personalized e-learning in the domain of higher education. Following an overview of the educational landscape e-learning the related Web 2.0 influences will be considered and technology enhanced learning discussed. Context and related research is introduced followed by an overview of the posited approach to enable effective personalization. The paper concludes with final observations, a discussion, and an overview of open research questions.