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Abstract
In this talk it will be argued that a paradigm shift in eLearning is
becoming more and more visible: for a long time eLearning was just a
networked extension of earlier CBT/CAI efforts. However, traditional
approaches in eLearning are now seen as not sufficient and are being
replaced or supplemented by techniques from knowledge management. In
particular, the view of courseware as a fairly static repository of
learning material is being challenged by a much more dynamic view:
courseware "automatically" improves and grows over time by observing user
behaviour and by new clustering and similarity-recognition techniques: some
of those are based on formal methods, others on elements of expert systems.
In addition to how courseware is seen it is also becoming clear that active
and personalised usage of material is as essential for eLearning as it is
for modern digital libraries.
In this talk we will give a broad overview of a number of novel concepts
and we will show how similar techniques have to be applied in eLearning
Environments, in Knowledge Management and in Digital Libraries.
Elliot Soloway
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract