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This chapter puts forward a proposal for a framework that enables the automatic construction of adaptive and reusable courses. The case study of the implementation of an adaptive Learning Management System (LMS) and an authoring tool, named ProPer and ProPer Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) Authoring Tool (SAT) 2.0 are presented. ProPer delivers SCORM compliant courses and ProPer SAT 2.0 helps authors to construct SCORM courses quickly that can be automatically adapted to user learning style. Additionally, ProPer SAT 2.0 incorporates intelligent functionalities since it has the ability to propose that appropriate content be inserted into a course, according to the domain, difficulty level and user ranking of the proposed content. Evaluation results have shown that end-users find it easy and useful and intend using it in the future.
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Kazanidis, I., Satratzemi, M. (2013). A Framework for Automatic Construction of Reusable Adaptive Courses: The Case of ProPer SAT 2.0. In: Peña-Ayala, A. (eds) Intelligent and Adaptive Educational-Learning Systems. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 17. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30171-1_9
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