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Item A Model for Online Assessment in Adaptive E-Learning Platform(Consejería de Educación, Ciencia y Tecnología de la Junta de Extremadura, 2005-06-07) Barbosa León, H.; Rego, H.; Moreira, T.; García-Peñalvo, F. J.In this article, we present some general aspects of the on-line assessment activity. For the pur-pose of this paper, we want to focus ourselves in the activity of evaluation that takes place in the e-learning process and discuss the importance of this action for each participant of the pro-cess. After that, we profile the desirable characteristics of an adaptive system and we describe the importance of the assessment activity. Later we present a proposal model for an adaptive assessment tool for an educational platform now in development.Item Psychiatric patients tracking through a private social network for relatives: development and pilot study(Springer, 2016-07) García-Peñalvo, F. J.; Franco Martín, M.; García-Holgado, A.; Toribio Guzmán, J. M.; Largo Antón, J.; Sánchez-Gómez, M. C.The treatment of psychiatric patients requires different health care from that of patients from other medical specialties. In particular, in the case of Department of Psychiatry from the Zamora Hospital (Spain), the period of time which patients require institutionalized care is a tiny part of their treatment. A large part of health care provided to the patient is aimed at his/her rehabilitation and social integration through day-care centres, supervised flats or activities. Conversely, several reports reveal that approximately 50% of Internet users use the network as a source of health information, which has led to the emergence of virtual communities where patients, relatives or health professionals share their knowledge concerning an illness, health problem or specific health condition. In this context, we have identified that the relatives have a lack of information regarding the daily activities of patients under psychiatric treatment. The social networks or the virtual communities regarding health problems do not provide a private space where relatives can follow the patient's progress, despite being in different places. The goal of the study was to use technologies to develop a private social network for being used by severe mental patients (mainly schizophrenic patients). SocialNet is a pioneer social network in the health sector because it provides a social interaction context restricted to persons authorized by the patient or his/her legal guardian in such a way that they can track his/her daily activity. Each patient has a private area only accessible to authorized persons and their caregivers, where they can share pictures, videos or texts regarding his/her progress. A preliminary study of usability of the system has been made for increasing the usefulness and usability of SocialNet. SocialNet is the first system for promoting personal interactions among formal caregivers, family, close friends and patient, promoting the recovery of schizophrenic patients. Future studies should study the network’s potential usefulness for improving the prognosis and recovery of schizophrenia.Item Estado actual de los sistemas E-Learning(Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, 2005-06-01) García-Peñalvo, F. J.En este número especial de la revista Teoría de la Educación. Educación y Cultura en la Sociedad de la Información se abordan diferentes aspectos relacionados con los sistemas de formación electrónica, más conocidos como sistemas de e-formación o sistemas e-learning, desde distintos puntos de vista, que intentan reflejar el “mestizaje” científico que se presenta en este campo, y así dibujar un mapa actual del mismo, que incluya investigación y uso, con sus puntos fuertes y, especialmente, con sus áreas de mejora.Item Enabling adaptability in web forms based on user characteristics detection through A/B testing and machine learning(IEEE, 2018-02-14) Cruz-Benito, J.; Vázquez-Ingelmo, A.; Sánchez-Prieto, J. C.; Therón, R.; García-Peñalvo, F. J.; Martín-González, M.This paper presents an original study with the aim of improving users' performance in completing large questionnaires through adaptability in web forms. Such adaptability is based on the application of machine-learning procedures and an A/B testing approach. To detect the user preferences, behavior, and the optimal version of the forms for all kinds of users, researchers built predictive models using machine-learning algorithms (trained with data from more than 3000 users who participated previously in the questionnaires), extracting the most relevant factors that describe the models, and clustering the users based on their similar characteristics and these factors. Based on these groups and their performance in the system, the researchers generated heuristic rules between the different versions of the web forms to guide users to the most adequate version (modifying the user interface and user experience) for them. To validate the approach and con rm the improvements, the authors tested these redirection rules on a group of more than 1000 users. The results with this cohort of users were better than those achieved without redirection rules at the initial stage. Besides these promising results, the paper proposes a future study that would enhance the process (or automate it) as well as push its application to other eldsItem Towards a social and context-aware mobile recommendation system for tourism(Elsevier, 2017-06-11) Colomo-Palacios, R.; García-Peñalvo, F. J.; Stantchev, V.; Misra, S.Loyalty in tourism is one of the main concerns for tourist organizations and researchers alike. Recently, technology in general and CRM and social networks in particular have been identified as important enablers for loyalty in tourism. This paper presents POST-VIA 360, a platform devoted to support the whole life-cycle of tourism loyalty after the first visit. The system is designed to collect data from the initial visit by means of pervasive approaches. Once data is analysed, POST-VIA 360 produces accurate after visit data and, once returned, is able to offer relevant recommendations based on positioning and bio-inspired recommender systems. To validate the system, a case study comparing recommendations from the POST-VIA 360 and a group of experts was conducted. Results show that the accuracy of system’s recommendations is remarkable compared to previous efforts in the field.Item Learning Object Management and Evaluation: Working with IMS Specifications and Metadata on AHKME LOM Tool(INSTICC Press, 2006-04-11) Reo, H.; Moreira, T.; García-Peñalvo, F. J.AHKME e-learning platform’s main aim is to provide a system with adaptive and knowledge management abilities for students and teachers. This system is based on the IMS specifications representing information through metadata, granting semantics to all contents in the platform, giving them meaning. In this platform, metadata is used to satisfy requirements like reusability, interoperability and multipurpose. The system provides authoring tools to define learning methods with adaptive characteristics, and tools to create courses allowing users with different roles, promoting several types of collaborative and group learning. It is also endowed with tools to retrieve, import and evaluate learning objects based on metadata, where students can use quality educational contents fitting their characteristics, and teachers have the possibility of using quality educational contents to structure their courses. The metadata management and evaluation play an important role in order to get the best results in the teaching/learning process.Item e-Learning Platform Implementation - Learning Object an Learning Design Management Through Metadata Standards(Academic Conferences Limited, 2007-10-04) Rego, H.; Moreira, T.; García-Peñalvo, F. J.AHKME (Adaptive Hypermedia Knowledge Management E-learning) system main aim is to provide a modular and extensible system with adaptive and knowledge management abilities for students and teachers. This system is based on the IMS specifications, developed by the IMS consortium since 2001, that allow the representation of information through metadata, granting semantics to all contents in the system, giving them meaning. Metadata is used to satisfy requirements like reusability, interoperability and multipurpose. The system provides authoring tools to define learning methods with adaptive characteristics, and tools to create courses allowing users with different roles, student or staff, promoting several types of collaborative and group learning. The system is also endowed with tools to retrieve, import and evaluate learning objects based on metadata, where students can use and learn through quality educational contents taking into account their characteristics. Also teachers have the possibility of using quality educational contents to structure their courses and activities. In our system, metadata management and metadata evaluation play an important role in order to get the best results in the teaching/learning process. Regarding the mechanics of the system, we have divided it in four different subsystems. These subsystems are in constant communication receiving feedback between them in order to adapt to students, teachers and different kinds of learning contexts. In order to develop our system we have started to analyse several current existing e-learning platforms and systems to identify strong points and weaknesses, so we could try to overcome these weeknesses with our system. We have also analysed several standards and specifications to find the one that best fitted our needs in order to help us reach our objectives. In this paper we will focus on the two subsystems that make possible the management and evaluation of learning objects through metadata described by the IMS specifications.Item Una experiencia Práctica de Reutilización: Puesta en Marcha del Repositorio GIRO(1998-11-13) Romay Rodríguez, M. P.; García-Peñalvo, F. J.; Crespo González-Carvajal, Y.; Laguna Serrano, M. Á.Tras las propuestas teóricas presentadas en varios trabajos previos, se ha puesto en marcha un repositorio con elementos reutilizables obtenidos de dos dominios diferentes: Tratamiento digital de imágenes e Informática para discapacitados. Esta primera fase está sirviendo como base para posteriores desarrollos que permitan recoger todas las características, restricciones y requisitos necesarios para incorporar la estructura compleja de reutilización que llamamos Mecano. En esta presentación se expone un pequeño resumen del trabajo que se esta realizando, incluyendo la adaptación del repositorio EUROWARE con el fin de soportar la estructura Mecano.Item Una Ontología de Vinos Españoles(IADIS, 2007-10-07) Gil, O; Gil, A. B.; García-Peñalvo, F. J.El artículo describe los pasos seguidos en el desarrollo de una ontología de vinos españoles desarrollada en OWL, tomando como referencia una versión previa y menos exhaustiva de la ontología desarrollada con anterioridad en DAMLOIL. Dicha ontología partía de la ontología de vinos de la Universidad de Stanford es adaptada y extendida a las particularidades del mundo vitivinícola español; para su utilización en la herramienta iSumiller. Para su desarrollo se ha seguido la metodología de construcción de ontologías, METHONTOLOGYItem Tutoría entre iguales en contextos de educación intercultural. Propuesta de intervención en el marco de los Proyectos INTO y E-EVALINTO(Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, 11-11-19) No-Gutiérrez, P.; Rodríguez-Conde, M. J.; Torrecilla-Sánchez, E.; Zangrando, V.En las últimas décadas el porcentaje de estudiantes extranjeros ha aumentado en las aulas, lo que ha dado lugar a una mayor heterogeneidad del cuerpo estudiantil, incluyendo un aumento de sus necesidades. Con el fin de dar respuesta a esta situación se configura el Proyecto INTO1 y, poste-riormente, el Proyecto E-EVALINTO2. La finalidad de estos proyectos es potenciar la técnica de tutoría entre iguales en un contexto de educación intercultural, para ayudar a los alumnos inmi-grantes a mejorar sus resultados académicos, su integración en la sociedad de acogida y reducir sus niveles de abandono escolar temprano, absentismo, repetición de curso, entre otros aspectos.En este artículo, se presenta la planificación de los Proyectos INTO y E-EVALINTO en el contexto español, desde la investigación de la situación del colectivo estudiantil extranjero y la metodolo-gía a utilizar. Posteriormente, desde un enfoque metodológico mixto (cuantitativo y cualitativo), mediante estudio de casos, se aplican un focus group, cuestionarios tipo Likert, un diario y una entrevista semi-estructurada. Los resultados finales, obtenidos de los instrumentos mencionados, permiten concluir que la experiencia es positiva, remarcando la necesidad de alargar la misma en el tiempo, a la vez que, integrar a otros colectivos estudiantiles, en situaciones de exclusión. En conclusión, la experiencia desarrollada en el contexto español avala la necesidad de técnicas relacionadas con la interacción entre estudiantes para mejorar tanto aspectos académicos como ligados a la convivencia.