ActiveMath: A Generic and Adaptive Web-Based Learning Environment

Erica Melis (1) , Eric Andres (1) , Jochen Budenbender (1) , Adrian Frischauf (1) , George Goduadze (1) , Paul Libbrecht (1) , Martin Pollet (1) , Carsten Ullrich (1)

1 DFKI - Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH = German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence

ActiveMath is a generic web-based learning system that dynamically generates interactive (mathematical) courses adapted to the student's goals, preferences, capabilities, and knowledge. The content is presented in a semantic XML-based format. For each user, the appropriate content is retrieved from a knowledge base and the course is generated individually according to pedagogical rules. Then the course is presented to the user via a standard web-browser. One of the exceptional features of ActiveMath is its integration of stand-alone mathematical service systems. This offers the means for exploratory learning, realistically complex exercises as well as for learning proof methods. The article provides a comprehensive account of the current version of ActiveMath. (http://aied.inf.ed.ac.uk/members01/archive/vol_12/melis/full.html)

Keywords: technology enhanced learning (TEL) design; web-based learning environments; adaptive and intelligent web-based educational systems (AIWBES)

Domains: Computer Science [cs]; Technology for Human Learning

Erica Melis, Eric Andres, Jochen Budenbender, Adrian Frischauf, George Goduadze, et al.. ActiveMath: A Generic and Adaptive Web-Based Learning Environment. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2001, 12, pp.385-407. ⟨hal-00197329⟩