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3.4 EFTECS at EHP-Layer 3 EFTECS
3.4.3 Adaptation information
It is very important for the EFTECS to have access to specific information about
how the EHPs can be used in an adaptive context. To achieve the adaptation of
the material to the needs of different students it is necessary to have the adaptation
information of the EHPs to realise the optimal adaptation.
• AGE
The information about the age of the student who the EHP is aiming at is
important and can be attached to the EHP with this meta-tag, e.g. material
that is only relevant for 10th grade and above.
• PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE
As already pointed out in the literature review (cf. section 2.11), the knowl-
edge of the student about a specific topic is important for the further learn-
ing process. Therefore, it is necessary for the EFTECS to have the ability to
store some information about the previous knowledge of the EHP that the
student must possess.
• LEARNING PREFERENCES
To achieve the best learning effect for the student, it is necessary to have
some information about the student’s learning preferences. With the learn-
ing preferences meta-tag, the EFTECS can store information about how the
EHP is used best in different TLSs.
• GENDER
To allow the gender specific adaptation of the information this tag was in-
troduced in the EFTECS. However, the meta-tag is not used in the HEAT at
the moment, but could be envisaged to be used in gender specific education
scenarios.
3.4.4 Additional information
Due to the fact that the EFTECS is an extensible framework, the area of additional
information has already been realised in the EFTECS. If the EFTECS needs to be
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