An Intentional Model for Learning Process Guidance in Adaptive Learning System

The boom of educational technology has resulted in an increased number of systems that provide adaptive learning. These systems are used by diverse learners to identify the most appropriate learning resource. However, research into adaptive learning has concentrated primarily on suggestion for teaching material to be used in particular situation, and studies have focused on improving the technique underlying the adaptation of learning process without focusing on the guidance of process to achieve the individual learning goal. To tackle these problems this research proposes an intentional model that adopts Map formalism to support personalized learning guidance by an adaptive learning system. The model couples the learner's intention with the learning strategies, and provides a multitude of paths between learner intentions. In fact, based on the corresponding learning mode, the individual learning style and the current electronic media, the learning system can adaptively support the learner to achieve his/her intention through the selected strategy. Preliminary evaluation results shows that the proposed model can successfully guide the adaptive and dynamic learning process construction according to the learning situation and the learners' preferences.