6. Books - The knowledge is power! The selection is too broad, it is unclear which one to choose. Maybe t is the same book under different covers? Users tend to buy them, but not read thoroughly.
7. Help system? Got it! … is not helpful . <F1> click click click click
17. 4. New task with same contents but without showing The teacher shows new raw and aim data which define new tasks that can be solved with the same teaching contents. The student is asked to solve these tasks without showing using being controlled as in the first part of the lesson. 5. Updating the students profile To the student’s knowledge profile all new contents of this lesson are added e.g.: - marking of cell compounds - reformatting to different font size, - style and – color … If the way the student solves the tasks doesn’t fit to his skill profile this is changed – e. g.: if he does too much errors his skill level is lowered. 6. Selection of next lesson Dependent on - the teaching aim and its aim profile and - his actual knowledge- and skill profile that lesson whose lesson profiles (knowledge and skills) fits best to the profile gap of the student is chosen as next.
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19. Comparison with existing means Criteria E-teacher (remote access) Classroom (instructor-led) book Built-in help Computer-based Trainings (CD-ROM) e-learning (instructor-led, webinar) e-learning (webcast) e-learning (self-paced) Easy and flexible access (no need to schedule etc.) Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Need to travel No Yes No No No No No No Student is able to communicate with human teacher (ask questions, get answers etc.) No Yes No No No Yes No No Reading skills quite Necessary for student No No Yes Yes Mostly Sometimes Sometimes Yes Need broadband Internet channel Yes No No No No Yes Yes Sometimes Ability to skip unnecessary content to focus on improvement Yes, adaptive! No Yes Sometimes Yes No Sometimes Yes Student can practice (assignments) Yes Yes No Yes Simulation only No No No Student receives immediate feedback during an assignment Yes Yes No No Sometimes, quite primitive No No No Expensive and time-consuming to create and maintain No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Mostly Yes Ability to observe and adapt to student Performance (individual pace of learning, etc.) Yes No No No Quite limited No No No Expensive (trainer, facility, travel etc.) No Yes No No No Trainer only No No Effectiveness for students of widely-varying skill levels Yes No Limited Limited Limited No No No