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Various approaches have been made to make students adaptively learn through online learning. With the advancement of Internet technologies and the wide application of e-learning tools, it is certainly possible to provide effective learning tools for younger generation of learners. The younger generation of learners are more Internet savvy, and they tend to learn through online material which provides easy-to-use menus and functionality. However, few online tools provide adaptive learning materials to these generations of learners, and most of them are rather static in nature and provide simplistic functions. In fact, studies have shown that different learners have different learning abilities, and thus, they require a different set of learning materials. In this paper, we proposed a novel adaptive learning tool which could effectively gauge the user’s learning behavior and adapt the content material to suit his needs. Our preliminary study shows that the users show positive response to our tool.
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Hong, J.L. (2016). An Adaptive Tool for Learning. In: Tang, S., Logonnathan, L. (eds) Assessment for Learning Within and Beyond the Classroom. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0908-2_7
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