Reuse of e-learning personalization components

Abstract

Personalized learning systems use several components in order to create courses adapted to the learners’characteristics. Current emphasis on the reduction of costs of development of new resources has motivated the reuse of the e-learning personalization components in the creation of new components. Several systems have been proposed in the literature. Each system implements a specific approach and includes a set of software components. However, many of these components are not easily reusable. This paper proposes an architecture, which aims to improve the representation of learning components in a reusable and interoperable way. As a result, these components could be integrated easily for the creation of personalized learning courses. This architecture consists of five main packages: learner model, adaptation model, reuse facilities, learner interface and pedagogical knowledge. An experiment is conducted to validate the proposed architecture. The obtained results illustrate the optimal composition of e-learning personalization components through an example.