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2016 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Individualization of Foreign Language Teaching Through Adaptive eLearning
Authors : Katerina Kostolanyova, Stepanka Nedbalova
Published in: Current Developments in Web Based Learning
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
Lifelong learning has become an essential part of each profession. For this reason, personalized and adaptive learning has been drawing attention of professionals in the field of formal as well as informal education in the last few years. The effort has been made to design adaptive study supports regarding students’ requirements, abilities and current knowledge. In the Czech Republic, particularly at the University of Ostrava, a team of educators, didactics professionals and IT professionals has been applying their mind to personalized learning in the electronic environment. They have been developing a suitable learning environment to fit students’ learning styles. The paper describes a general model and a theory of adaptive eLearning from the perspective of the University of Ostrava professionals. It also demonstrates hard facts of the research in the field of language learning.