Using Social Context and E-Learner Identity as a Framework for an E-Learning Notification System
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International Journal on E-Learning, October 2007 ISSN 1537-2456
Abstract
Educational practitioners and theorists have long recognized that education is a social activity where people make sense of information through interactions that support internalization and externalization. Unfortunately, applying a social theory of learning to the field of e-learning is challenging. Online course management systems (CMS) are typically designed to support the traditional instructor-centered model of instruction and serve primarily as a mechanism for delivering information for student consumption. This article presents a framework and implementation for a notification system that is based on the learner's social context and personal notification preferences. The new notification system, called the Context-Aware Activity Notification System (CANS), uses the concept of social context as a filter for activity notifications to deliver fewer, yet more relevant, notifications to e-learners and provides support for tacit forms of communication through the design of its system architecture and data collection features.
Citation
Amelung, C. (2007). Using Social Context and E-Learner Identity as a Framework for an E-Learning Notification System. International Journal on E-Learning, 6(4), 501-517. Waynesville, NC USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 28, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/21786.
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