ADAPT2
Overview
ADAPT2 (read adapt-square) - Advanced Distributed Architecture for Personalized Teaching and Training - formerly known as Knowledge Tree, is aimed at providing personalization and adaptation services for developers of otherwise not personalized content. ADAPT2 consists of the following principal components.
- Knowledge Tree - portal
- CUMULATE - user-modeling server
- Adaptive Shells
- Content Servers
- PERSEUS - personalization service engine
Knowledge Tree
Knowledge Tree is a learning portal that aggregates learning content and structures the courses available for learners. Knowledge Tree authenticates users and maintains user identity records. (more on Knowledge Tree)
CUMULATE
CUMULATE is a cental user modeling server responsible for collecting evidence of user activity and for generating assertions about user knowledge and mastery. (more on CUMULATE)
Adaptive Shells
Adaptive shells aka value-adding services - are providing adaptation and personalization. They serve as wrappers for learning objects from content servers. Examples of adaptive shells include NavEx, QuizGuide, and Knowledge Sea II.
Content Servers
Content servers provide learning objects for students to interact with. Content servers that work with ADAPT2 include: WebEx, QuizPACK, c/jWADEIn, SQLKnoT, QuizJET (PAWS native), SQLTutor (University of Canterbury, New Zealand) Jeliot (Johensuu University).
