Developing services for e-learning courses adaptation

Abstract

This paper introduces services for tailoring e-learning courses according to students' characteristics. We describe sophisticated services that enable creation, organization and implementation of adaptive courses, based on the student model. The main aim of the research is to leverage the learning process, as well as the students' achievement by extending Moodle LMS features with services for learning resources and activities adaptation. Advanced technologies and techniques were harnessed in developing adaptation services, such as web services, business intelligence tools, expert system and various adaptation techniques. Three criteria were used in adaptation: students' knowledge from the learning domain, students' learning styles and students' interests. The architecture and the main features of the services for adaptation are described in the paper. The developed services for course adaptation were used within the teaching and learning processes at the Laboratory for e-Business, Faculty of Organizational Sciences.