Abstract
The personalization of certain teaching processes produces improved learn-ing results. In the assessment of learning, there is a need to personalize the test items according to the learning styles of the students. This paper pro-poses the design of an adaptive application that generates personalized tests according to the students' learning styles. To facilitate the design of the proposed application, an ontology for creating personalized tests was de-signed based on the use of learning styles by means of applying the Methontology methodology. This ontology has a hierarchy of 3 levels, 9 first-level classes, 12 second-level subclasses, and 10 third-level sub-classes. The application was developed using the Primefaces framework and the Jena library to manage the ontology. At the end of the development stage, the usability of the application created was measured using the heu-ristic evaluation method based on the ten principles of Jackob Nielsen. The results obtained indicate that the application complies with the aforemen-tioned principles, earning a 94% usability rating. Consequently, it can be deemed a useful application for end-users
Highlights
The use of virtual learning systems has become indispensable in educational institutions
Kolb, combined with ontologies allow us to produce individualized learning for each individual student that serves as the basis for personalized online assessments
Using Methontology, a conceptual model of the LSCT - Learning Style based Custom Tests ontology was defined with a total of 31 classes in a three-level hierarchy, 58 properties, and 39 binary relationships that cover the domain of Kolb’s learning styles and their related skills, the Learning Styles Inventory (LSI), and information from the personalized assessments
Summary
The use of virtual learning systems has become indispensable in educational institutions. Most of these institutions offer virtual platforms for their students to attend virtual classrooms. The teaching process of these systems is characterized by selecting educational material that is transmitted by the teacher to all of the students present. Students do not have personalized alternatives and are unable to choose the educational resources and activities according to their preference or learning style, given that the instructor does not design the material for individuals, but rather, does so in a generalized way. Among the most prominent to have emerged are personalized learning services, which provide adaptable educational solutions to improve the teaching process for individual students [2]. Personalization is a process iJET ‒ Vol 16, No 03, 2021
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