Interactive Documents based on Discrete Trials

Abstract

Interactive documents offer users alternatives for accessing the content available. In Education, researchers employ Individualized Learning Programs as interactive multimedia documents in order to teach students a variety of subjects. In order to author such interactive document, domain experts have to control features such as pace, duration, response-based criteria, and the hierarchy of learning units. We present how individualized learning programs can be modeled as interactive documents based on discrete trials and deterministic finite automata. We also report the main numbers associated with the use of a companion system deployed in real environments by domain specialists and learners.