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In our knowledge based economy, demand for better and effective learning has led to innovative instructional technologies. However, the one-size-fit-all approach taken by many e-Learning systems is not adequate to the different requirements of people who h

AlcoZone: An Adaptive Hypermedia Based Personalized Alcohol Education

Devdutta Bhosale

Thesis submitted to the faculty of the

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of

Master of Science

in

Computer Engineering

Dr. Sandeep Shukla, Chair

Dr. Edward A. Fox, Co-Chair

Dr. Thomas L. Martin

May 8, 2006

Blacksburg, Virginia

Keywords: Adaptive hypermedia, usability, e-learning, alcohol education

Copyright 2006 ©, Devdutta Bhosale

In our knowledge based economy, demand for better and effective learning has led to innovative instructional technologies. However, the one-size-fit-all approach taken by many e-Learning systems is not adequate to the different requirements of people who h

AlcoZone: An Adaptive Hypermedia Based Personalized Alcohol Education

Devdutta Bhosale

(ABSTRACT)

In our knowledge based economy, demand for better and effective learning has led to innovative instructional technologies. However, the one-size-fit-all approach taken by many e-Learning systems is not adequate to the different requirements of people who have different goals, preferences, and previous knowledge about a subject. Many e-Learning systems have approached this problem with personalized and customized content. However, many of these systems are closely tied to one particular subject that they are trying to teach; authoring of courses on different subjects using the same framework is a difficult process. Adaptive Hypermedia is an approach in which content presentation and navigation assistance is personalized depending on the requirements of the user. The user requirements are represented using a user model, while the content is represented using a content model. By using a set of algorithms, an Adaptive Hypermedia based system is able to select the most appropriate content to be presented, as the user interacts with the system. The objective of AlcoZone is to educate all of the 5,000 freshman students of Virginia Tech about alcohol education using Adaptive Hypermedia technology, as part of the mandatory university requirement. The course presents different content to different students based on their drinking pattern. AlcoZone integrates Curriculum Sequencing, Multimedia and Interactivity, Alternate Content Explanation, and Navigational Assistance to make the course interesting for students. This research investigates the design & implementation of AlcoZone and its Adaptive Hypermedia based reusable framework for course creation and delivery.

In our knowledge based economy, demand for better and effective learning has led to innovative instructional technologies. However, the one-size-fit-all approach taken by many e-Learning systems is not adequate to the different requirements of people who h

To My Parents,

Thank you for all your help and support

In our knowledge based economy, demand for better and effective learning has led to innovative instructional technologies. However, the one-size-fit-all approach taken by many e-Learning systems is not adequate to the different requirements of people who h

Acknowledgements

This thesis has been the most rewarding experience of my academic life and could not have been accomplished without support from a variety of individuals.

I would like to thank Steven Clarke for his inspiration and patience and for his encouragement in the creation of alcohol education courses for Virginia Tech students. I would like to thank my advisors: Dr. Sandeep Shukla and Dr. Edward Fox, for guiding me in this effort. I would like to thank Dr. Shukla for being very helpful and considerate and for agreeing to serve as the chair on my committee. I would like to thank Dr. Fox for helping me in making the key technological decisions and for his reassurance.

I am thankful to Dr. Martin for serving on my thesis committee.

Special thanks go to Veena Basavraj for her help in this project. My thanks also go to all the members of College Alcohol Abuse Prevention Center: Kashmira, and Lorianne. I would like to acknowledge the support provided by my friends: Abhijeet, Anant, Aditya, Harshit, and Bharati.

I am grateful to my parents and sister, Jayashree, for their love, support and inspiration throughout my life. And finally, thanks go to all those people who have helped me finish my graduate studies and who contributed to the wonderful time that I have had at Virginia Tech.

In our knowledge based economy, demand for better and effective learning has led to innovative instructional technologies. However, the one-size-fit-all approach taken by many e-Learning systems is not adequate to the different requirements of people who h

Table of Contents

List of Figures..............................................................................................................VIII List of Tables.....................................................................................................................X

Chapter 1: Introduction....................................................................................................1

1.1 Overview...................................................................................................................1

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