Highlighting Learning Across a Degree with an Independent Open Learner Model

  • Authors:
  • Susan Bull;Peter Gardner

  • Affiliations:
  • Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Birmingham, U.K., {s.bull, p.gardner}@bham.ac.uk;Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Birmingham, U.K., {s.bull, p.gardner}@bham.ac.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

This paper introduces UK-SpecIAL, a simple independent open learner model to raise learner awareness of their progress towards learning outcomes across components of their degree. UK-SpecIAL was deployed in first year courses in electronic, electrical and computer engineering. Questionnaire responses and usage logs suggest the independent open learner model approach may be able to help students understand how their various courses relate to each other, and to the overall aims and requirements of their degree and future professions.