Fostering engaged and directed learning by activity foregrounding and backgrounding

Authors:
Katy Howland;Benedict Du Boulay;Judith Good
Affiliations:
IDEAs Lab, Department of Informatics, University of Sussex, UK;IDEAs Lab, Department of Informatics, University of Sussex, UK;IDEAs Lab, Department of Informatics, University of Sussex, UK
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2009 conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education: Building Learning Systems that Care: From Knowledge Representation to Affective Modelling
Year:
2009

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Abstract

We propose a design model for guiding learning in exploratory environments through representational choices. Selecting the appropriate representations at the correct granularity can foreground the salient activities and background the irrelevant.. We demonstrate how this model can be applied via learner-centred design to ensure that the engaging factors of an environment are preserved whilst the learner is guided towards the development of specific skills.