Addictive Links: The Motivational Value of Adaptive Link Annotation in Web-based Hypermedia Systems

Peter Brusilovsky (SIS/Pitt)

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007
12 pm - SENSQ 5317
Free Pizza will be provided to attendees

Hosted by Jose Brustoloni

Abstract

Adaptive link annotation is a popular adaptive navigation support technology. Empirical studies of adaptive annotation in the educational context have demonstrated that it can help students to acquire knowledge faster, improve learning outcome, reduce navigation overhead, and encourage non-sequential navigation. In this talk I will present the results of our 2-year study of a rather unknown effect of adaptive annotation, its ability to significantly increase student motivation to work with non-mandatory educational content. We explored this effect and confirmed its significance in the context of two different adaptive hypermedia systems developed for an introductory programming course.

Biography of Speaker

Peter Brusilovsky is an Associate Professor of Information Science and Intelligent Systems at the University of Pittsburgh. Peter has been working in the field of adaptive hypermedia and adaptive Web-based systems for more than 15 years. He co-founded the Adaptive Hypermedia conference series and chaired several conferences and workshops on adaptive hypermedia, adaptive Web-based systems, and user modeling. He is also the current President of User Modeling Inc., a professional society of user modeling researchers and a co-editor of Technology, Instruction, Cognition, and Learning.