The application and evaluation of adaptive hypermedia techniques in Web-based medical education

Abstract

This article discusses the design issues involved in delivering Web-based learning materials. An existing application in the medical domain - JointZone - is used to illustrate how personalization and an interactive environment can be incorporated into Web-based learning. This work applies the combination of an adaptive hypermedia, situated-learning approach and hypermedia linking concepts to facilitate online learning. A usability study was carried out on the work described and an evaluation was undertaken to measure the effect of personalization on various learning factors. The evaluation outcome was analysed subjectively and objectively. The results proved to be contradictory but, nevertheless, the work gives new insights into the use of technology to support learnin

Biomedical Adaptive Educational Hypermedia System: a Theoretical Model for Adaptive Navigation Support

“…Many studies are dedicated to the study of quality of Health Education Systems. However, much of the literature studies are focused on teaching (Kosone, 2009), learning strategies (Patel et al, 2009), usability (Ng et al, 2002), etc. No importance is given to studies on the construction of educational programs in this area.…”

Adaptive Navigation Support

“…The power of simple history-based mechanisms can be expanded if the adaptive system is able to track user visit to a page on a deeper level. For example, an information system may track time spent reading a page [64] or amount of page exploration (using eye-tracking or mouse tracking). Educational systems can measure the success of user work, e.g., a quiz that a link leads to can be solved partially, completely, or not yet attempted.…”