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View article: Adaptive E-Learning and Dyslexia: an Empirical Evaluation and Recommendations for Future Work
Adaptive E-Learning and Dyslexia: an Empirical Evaluation and Recommendations for Future Work Open
Adaptive e-learning is becoming increasingly popular as a tool to help learners with dyslexia. It provides more customized learning experiences based on the learners’ characteristics. Each learner with dyslexia has unique characteristics f…
View article: ArSarcasMoji Dataset: The Emoji Sentiment Roles in Arabic Ironic Contexts
ArSarcasMoji Dataset: The Emoji Sentiment Roles in Arabic Ironic Contexts Open
In digital communication, emoji are essential in decoding nuances such as irony, sarcasm, and humour. However, their incorporation in Arabic natural language processing (NLP) has been cautious because of the perceived complexities of the A…
View article: Understanding the Needs of Arab Learners with Dyslexia for Adaptive Systems
Understanding the Needs of Arab Learners with Dyslexia for Adaptive Systems Open
Dyslexia is a universal reading difficulty independent of ethnicity or race. It is sensitive, though, to language and is affected by the language’s structure and orthography. Also, there are non-reading difficulties that cooccur with dysle…
View article: The Impact on Reading Performance and Learner Satisfaction & Behaviour, of Matching E-Training Material to Dyslexia Type
The Impact on Reading Performance and Learner Satisfaction & Behaviour, of Matching E-Training Material to Dyslexia Type Open
Dyslexia is a universal reading difficulty that can be found everywhere regardless of a person’s ethnicity or race. Its manifestation is language-dependent and is affected by the language’s structure and orthography. There is a lack of res…
View article: Exploring the Effectiveness of Adaptation Based on Dyslexia Type and Reading Skill Level to Support Learners with Dyslexia
Exploring the Effectiveness of Adaptation Based on Dyslexia Type and Reading Skill Level to Support Learners with Dyslexia Open
E-learning has become a popular tool for helping people with dyslexia to improve their reading, as it provides interactivity anywhere and at any time. However, most traditional e-learning systems are designed for a generic learner, regardl…
View article: Emoji Sentiment Roles for Sentiment Analysis: A Case Study in Arabic Texts
Emoji Sentiment Roles for Sentiment Analysis: A Case Study in Arabic Texts Open
Emoji (digital pictograms) are crucial features for textual sentiment analysis. However, analysing the sentiment roles of emoji is very complex. This is due to its dependency on different factors, such as textual context, cultural perspect…
View article: Student Perception of Usability: A Metric for Evaluating the Benefit When Adapting e-Learning to the Needs of Students with Dyslexia
Student Perception of Usability: A Metric for Evaluating the Benefit When Adapting e-Learning to the Needs of Students with Dyslexia Open
Usability is now widely recognised as a critical factor to the success of e-learning systems.A highly usable e-learning system increases students' satisfaction and engagement, thereby enhancing learning performance.However, one challenge i…
View article: The Impact of Ramadan on Online Learners Behaviour: What Can We Learn from Tracking Learners’ Data?
The Impact of Ramadan on Online Learners Behaviour: What Can We Learn from Tracking Learners’ Data? Open
The flexibility of online courses means that people are able to fit them around other commitments, often studying during holiday times. However, there is limited research examining the behaviour of online learners during holidays and speci…
View article: NotifyMeHere
NotifyMeHere Open
Personal interactions and information access are happening more and more through the mediation of computing devices of various types all around us. In our daily life we use many computing devices running different versions of the same appl…
View article: Investigating How Social Elements Affect Learners with Different Personalities
Investigating How Social Elements Affect Learners with Different Personalities Open
Social presence is an essential factor in preventing learners from feeling isolation in online courses and in keeping them connected.Some studies, however, point to the negative impact of the social elements in distracting learners from co…
View article: Investigating the Interaction Between Personalities and the Benefit of Gamification
Investigating the Interaction Between Personalities and the Benefit of Gamification Open
Many studies have confirmed the benefit of gamification on learners' motivation. However, gamification may also demotivate some learners, or learners may focus on the gamification elements instead of the learning content. Some researchers …
View article: Does Adding Reinforcement of Implementation Intentions Support Behaviour Change?
Does Adding Reinforcement of Implementation Intentions Support Behaviour Change? Open
It has been suggested that implementation intentions could help people to translate intentions into action and help them form a new habit by repeating their behavioural action consistently. However, implementation intentions remain underus…
View article: PrefMiner
PrefMiner Open
Mobile notifications are increasingly used by a variety of applications to inform users about events, news or just to send alerts and reminders to them. However, many notifications are neither useful nor relevant to users' interests and, a…
View article: My Phone and Me
My Phone and Me Open
Notifications are extremely beneficial to users, but they often demand their attention at inappropriate moments. In this paper we present an in-situ study of mobile interruptibility focusing on the effect of cognitive and physical factors …