What's in a prerequisite

Roland Hübscher

doi:10.1109/ICALT.2001.943946

What's in a prerequisite

Roland Hübscher

Auburn University, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, 107 Dunstun Hall

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Abstract

It is important that all pedagogical design decisions in educational learning environments are made explicit to the educator. However, implicit assumptions affecting or even contradicting the "official" pedagogical method may unbeknownst slip into the design. We discuss a concrete problem in the area of adaptive hypermedia systems related to the notion of a prerequisite. Prerequisites are frequently used to describe the many different educationally effective paths on which learners may traverse a hypermedia system. However, a closer look reveals that several different concepts are called prerequisite and confusing them may lead to flawed designs. We make recommendations as how to avoid misusing the different notions of prerequisites in adaptive hypermedia systems.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2001
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	365-368
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	0769510132, 9780769510132
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2001.943946
State	Published - 2001
Externally published	Yes
Event	2001 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2001 - Madison, WI, United States Duration: Aug 6 2001 → Aug 8 2001

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Name	Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2001

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Conference	2001 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2001
Country/Territory	United States
City	Madison, WI
Period	08/6/01 → 08/8/01

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Hübscher, R 2001, What's in a prerequisite. in Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2001., 943946, Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2001, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 365-368, 2001 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2001, Madison, WI, United States, 08/6/01. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2001.943946

What's in a prerequisite. / Hübscher, Roland.
Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2001. IEEE Computer Society, 2001. p. 365-368 943946 (Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2001).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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