LSRI: Automatically data-mining learners' behaviour using CALL software to generate learning recommendations

Paul Dempster

Learning Sciences Research Institute, University of Nottingham

Howler is a hypertextual, partly-collaborative Computer Assisted Language Learning system.  It pervasively tracks user interaction with the system and uses this individual and group data to cluster similar learners by their behaviour.  These clusters are then used to automatically generate tutor-style recommendations to resources, and to alterations in an individual's learning styles.  I will discuss the motivation for the system, a bit about the design and implementation, and then focus on interesting uses of the system.

This event will be live streamed via http://www.lsri.nottingham.ac.uk/live/

This talk will take place in Room 35a, Flexible Learning Room, LSRI, The Exchange, Jubilee Campus