{"title":"Interactive screening of learning issues via eye-tracking technology","authors":"S. Paracha, Toshiro Takahara, Ayaka Inoue","doi":"10.1109/LT.2016.7562858","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LT.2016.7562858","url":null,"abstract":"Learning difficulties amongst postgraduate students have been cited as one of the most neglected problems. Eye tracking plays an important role in gathering data about how students interact with the learning material. This paper proposes a new approach of using high speed eye tracking equipment and fast computer monitors to collect the necessary gaze contingent eye fixation data of the Japanese English language learners. Heat maps and eye-gaze patterns generated during the preliminary experiments help inform the methods used to teach English reading. As such this research has the ability to shape the development of the next generation learning technologies based on computational models of eye movements during reading.","PeriodicalId":194801,"journal":{"name":"2016 13th Learning and Technology Conference (L&T)","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132915006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stochastic local search combined with LSB technique for image steganography","authors":"D. Boughaci, Abdelhafid Kemouche, Hocine Lachibi","doi":"10.1109/LT.2016.7562863","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LT.2016.7562863","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we propose a steganography technique to hide a message in an image. The proposed technique combines the stochastic local search meta-heuristic (SLS) with the least significant bits method (LSB). First, we developed the basic technique of LSB to hide information in JPEG images. We found that LSB steganography method is not effective because the size of the image increases greatly after inserting information which facilitates the discovery of hidden information. In order to improve the performance, we added a meta-heuristic approach to LSB technique. We hybridized local search (LS) with LSB. Then we improved LSB by combining it with a stochastic local search (SLS). The three methods LSB, LSB + LS and LSB+ SLS are implemented and evaluated on some series of JPEG images. We decomposed the image and the secret message in 4-bits blocks. Then by applying the principle of each method, we are able to insert the secret message in the images. A key is generated and encrypted with the AES algorithm. The numerical results are interesting and demonstrate the benefits of our proposed method.","PeriodicalId":194801,"journal":{"name":"2016 13th Learning and Technology Conference (L&T)","volume":"119 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116606392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The use of augmented reality enhanced flashcards for arabic vocabulary acquisition","authors":"Nurkhamimi Zainuddin, Rozhan Idrus","doi":"10.1109/LT.2016.7562857","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LT.2016.7562857","url":null,"abstract":"This study describes the development process of an augmented reality (AR) enhanced flashcards for non-native students of Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) students to enhance their knowledge and memorization of basic Arabic Vocabulary. An application namely Aurasma was used in the development process. This study was conducted with 20 elementary-level students in USIM by observing their response and their understanding in using the AR enhanced flashcards for Arabic vocabulary acquisition. Findings indicated that AR enhanced flashcards help in scaffolding the knowledge of students regarding the Arabic vocabulary acquisition. Furthermore, from the data collected through the questionnaires, the researchers found that the process of learning is being much easier with the help of the AR enhanced flashcards. The augmented reality considered as one of the platform that can be used to help the students in memorizing certain information and maintained their knowledge of Arabic vocabulary. In addition, students created novel sentences using the target vocabulary words more than half of the time.","PeriodicalId":194801,"journal":{"name":"2016 13th Learning and Technology Conference (L&T)","volume":"2 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128732011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}