Postgraduate Course: Adaptive Learning Environments 2 (Level 11) (INFR11040)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Informatics |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Informatics |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/ale2 |
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| Course description |
This course provides the opportunity for students, working in groups, to design, specify, implement and evaluate an adaptive learning environment in order to facilitate learning in relation to a specific task domain.
The course presentation will primarily be group based project work, with a small number of suporting lectures and laboratory sessions. The groups will meet in the tutorial slots. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
Prior attendance at Adaptive Learning Environments 1 (Level 10/11) and Human-Computer Interaction (Level 10/11).
For Informatics PG and final year MInf students only, or by special permission of the School. Students should also be able to program in Java.
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
1 - demonstrate the use of appropriate user-centred design methods through carrying out a specific design task;
2 - identify a set of design constraints, informed by the user-centred design task, and interpret these in a system design specification;
3 - use existing tools to design and build an adaptive learning environment that satisifies these design constraints;
4 - critically review and evaluate the resulting system;
5 - present the work done as reports, orally and within a system demonstration.
6 - work as part of a team and participate in group decision-making;
7 - devise and satisfy realistic goals given external time constraints. |
Assessment Information
Written Examination 0
Assessed Assignments 90
Oral Presentations 10
Assessment
Group assessment (80% of the mark) is based on the system design, resulting system, system evaluation and evidence of collaboration within the group, through:
a. Report on the user-centred design study, initial requirement specification and description of the proposed design, including proposed milestones and expected outcomes (10%)
b. Interim progress report (10%)
c. Oral presentation and demonstration of final system (10%)
d. Final report including system evaluation (50%)
20% of the mark is based on individual contribution assessed by: individual electronic work diaries; contribution to group meetings, presentations and demonstrations; records of group meetings. Students making no group contribution will receive 0%.
If delivered in semester 1, this course will have an option for semester 1 only visiting undergraduate students, providing assessment prior to the end of the calender year. |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Douglas Armstrong
Tel: (0131 6)50 4492
Email: Douglas.Armstrong@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Gillian Watt
Tel: (0131 6)50 5194
Email: gwatt@inf.ed.ac.uk |
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