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        <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">INFEDU</journal-id>
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            <journal-title>Informatics in Education</journal-title>
        </journal-title-group>
        <issn pub-type="epub">1648-5831</issn>
        <issn pub-type="ppub">1648-5831</issn>
        <publisher>
            <publisher-name>VU</publisher-name>
        </publisher>
    </journal-meta>
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                <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">INFE156</article-id>
                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15388/infedu.2010.06</article-id>
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            <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
                <subject>Article</subject>
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                        <title-group>
            <article-title>Learning Content and Software Evaluation and Personalisation Problems</article-title>
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                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                <name>
                    <surname>KURILOVAS</surname>
                    <given-names>Eugenijus</given-names>
                </name>
                                <email xlink:href="mailto:eugenijus.kurilovas@itc.smm.lt">eugenijus.kurilovas@itc.smm.lt</email>
                                                <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_INFEDU_aff_000"/>
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                        <aff id="j_INFEDU_aff_000">Institute of Mathematics and Informatics
Akademijos 4, LT-08663 Vilnius, Lithuania
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
Saul˙etekio 11, LT-10223 Vilnius Lithuania</aff>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                <name>
                    <surname>SERIKOVIENE</surname>
                    <given-names>Silvija</given-names>
                </name>
                                <email xlink:href="mailto:silvija.serikoviene@gmail.com">silvija.serikoviene@gmail.com</email>
                                                <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_INFEDU_aff_001"/>
                                            </contrib>
                        <aff id="j_INFEDU_aff_001">Institute of Mathematics and Informatics
Akademijos 4, LT-08663 Vilnius, Lithuania
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
Saul˙etekio 11, LT-10223 Vilnius Lithuania</aff>
                                </contrib-group>
                                                                                                        <volume>9</volume>
                                <issue>1</issue>
                                    <fpage>91</fpage>
                        <lpage>114</lpage>
						<pub-date pub-type="epub">
                        <day>15</day>
                                    <month>04</month>
                        <year>2010</year>
        </pub-date>
                                                        <abstract>
                        <p>The paper aims to analyse several scientific approaches how to evaluate, implement or choose learning content and software suitable for personalised users/learners needs. Learning objects metadata customisation method as well as the Method of multiple criteria evaluation and optimisation of learning software represented by the experts&#039; additive utility function are analysed in more detail. The value of the experts&#039; additive utility function depends on the learning software quality evaluation criteria, their ratings and weights. The Method is based on the software engineering Principle which claims that one should evaluate the learning software using the two different groups of quality evaluation criteria - `internal quality&#039; criteria defining the general software quality aspects, and `quality in use&#039; criteria defining software personalisation possibilities. The application of the Method and Principle for the evaluation and optimisation of learning software is innovative in technology enhanced learning theory and practice. Application of the method of the experts&#039; (decision makers&#039;) subjectivity minimisation analysed in the paper is also a new aspect in technology enhanced learning science. All aforementioned approaches propose an efficient practical instrumentality how to evaluate, design or choose learning content and software suitable for personalised learners needs.</p>
                    </abstract>
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            <label>Keywords</label>
                        <kwd>e-learning systems</kwd>
                        <kwd>learning objects</kwd>
                        <kwd>repositories</kwd>
                        <kwd>virtual learning environments</kwd>
                        <kwd>personalisation</kwd>
                        <kwd>multiple criteria evaluation</kwd>
                        <kwd>optimisation</kwd>
                        <kwd>reusability</kwd>
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