Tim Brailsford's Outputs (54)

G con: A graph-based technique for resolving ambiguity in query translation candidates
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In the field of cross-language information retrieval (CLIR), the resolution of lexical ambiguity is a key challenge. Common mechanisms for the translation of query terms from one language to another typically produce a set of possible translation can... Read More about G con: A graph-based technique for resolving ambiguity in query translation candidates.

User centred design and development of an educational force-feedback haptic game for blind students
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Integrating game technology into education and learning has had some significant impact on children’s learning and cognitive processes by helping to make learning an even more enjoyable experience. The use of technology in the education of blind chil... Read More about User centred design and development of an educational force-feedback haptic game for blind students.

Guideline for developing mobile technology to support note taking activity in field trip
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Field note is a combination between raw data and ideas that represents the process of transformation of observed interaction to written. This paper is a part of research aims to investigate methods to embed mobile technology in the field trips to sup... Read More about Guideline for developing mobile technology to support note taking activity in field trip.

Personally tailored teaching in WHURLE using conditional transclusion
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The emergence of Technology Based Learning has generated a number of pedagogic problems related to learner diversity.. In this paper we present an interim snapshot of a prototype XSLT / XML hypermedia learning environment able to respond adaptively t... Read More about Personally tailored teaching in WHURLE using conditional transclusion.

From Alexandria to the Aether: Building a digital training resource-the new libraries
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Autonavigation, links and narrative in an adaptive web-based integrated learning environment
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The WWW is having increasingly profound effects upon education at all levels. When carefully implemented, web-based educational technologies can offer a cost-efficient means of maintaining teaching quality in the face of almost universally declining... Read More about Autonavigation, links and narrative in an adaptive web-based integrated learning environment.

Pluggable user models for adaptive hypermedia in education
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Most adaptive hypermedia systems used in education implement a single user model – inevitably originally designed for a specific set of circumstances. In this paper we describe an architecture that makes use of XML pipelines to facilitate the impleme... Read More about Pluggable user models for adaptive hypermedia in education.

Ambiguity and unknown term translation in CLIR
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In this paper we present a report on our participation in the CLEF Chinese-English ad hoc bilingual track, and we discuss a disambiguation strategy which employs a modified co-occurrence model to determine the most appropriate translation for a given... Read More about Ambiguity and unknown term translation in CLIR.

Practical applitudes: Case studies of applications of the ZigZag hypermedia system
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ZigZag is a paradigm of hypermedia that consists of a multidimensional system of principled interconnections. Its basic features and specifications are now well known, but despite this, very few practical applications have been described or discussed... Read More about Practical applitudes: Case studies of applications of the ZigZag hypermedia system.

Authoring and delivering adaptive courseware
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Adaptive Educatiooal Hypermedia (AEH) may be the answer to the imperative need of personalization in web-based education. Up to now, however, adaptive hypermedia environments have focussed more on end- deliveIY, and less on the authoring problems. Th... Read More about Authoring and delivering adaptive courseware.

Revealing the hidden rationality of user browsing behaviour
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In this paper, we analyse web log data from user trials of the WHURLE-LS adaptive educational hypermedia (AEH) system from a behavioural perspective. This system allows users to switch from one presentational mode to another (visual, verbal or neutra... Read More about Revealing the hidden rationality of user browsing behaviour.

Real users, real results: examining the limitations of learning styles within AEH
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This paper examines the current state of AEH (adaptive educational hypermedia) research into explicit learning style modelling for user personalisation. It addresses the problem of non-naïve test subjects, who are often in user trials, thus contribut... Read More about Real users, real results: examining the limitations of learning styles within AEH.

LLAMA: automatic hypertext generation utilizing language models
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Manual hypertext construction is labour intensive and prone to error. Robust systems capable of automatic hypertext generation (AHG) could be of direct benefit to those individuals responsible for hypertext authoring. In this paper we propose a novel... Read More about LLAMA: automatic hypertext generation utilizing language models.

Adapting for visual and verbal learning styles in AEH
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This paper describes how visual and verbal learning styles have been successfully integrated into an adaptive educational environment. User trials of this system were carried out, to determine the effect of the adaptation, and although these user tri... Read More about Adapting for visual and verbal learning styles in AEH.