Characterization and personalization of learners in hajj tutoring system using rule-based reasoning

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2009
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Kamaruddin, Hawariah
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Human tutor is a person who gives guidance and assistance to their learners according to the tutor's knowledge. When dealing with human as a tutor, there are a few negative factors to consider such as emotional, time limitation, various level of knowledge and non-standardize learning. The positive side of human tutor is the human affection and the instant feedback given by the tutor which the computer could not beat. Advancement in the electronic education or electronic learning requires more research to be conducted to suit the learning needs of learner or students. This dissertation presents a method on how to personalize the tutoring process based on learner's characteristics and capabilities. The learner will be able to learn more effectively due to the personalization of the learning process based on the learners need. There are many existing electronic education in various domain but the learning style is general for every user and do not take into consideration the users c~pabilities. This dissertation will cater for the diversity of learners for learning lbadah Hajj and Umrah, motivate them by learning needs and to measure performance in order to determine the learning needs. This proposed work applies intelligent tutorin.g. concept in student model by identifying the learners learning style . A mechanism of personalization of the learning process based on learners learning style will be presented. Rule-based reasoning technique will be used in the implementation of the system. The method to identify the learners learning style is by identifying the learner's characteristics. (personal data or background) and their capabilities in term of knowledgeable. A mechanism to personalize according to appropriate learning style grouping based on these 2 identifiers is measured. The users are personalize in three groups of iearning style. Group 1, 2 and 3 are low, medium and high respectively in the learner's characteristics and capabilities. The learning style consists of learning needs and learning method which are the elements being identified by a survey.
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Rule-based reasoning , Tutoring system
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