Concepts and Interactions of Personalization, Collaboration, and Adaptation in Digital Learning

Abstract

There are several ways learners can interact when studying, and each of these ways requires a somewhat different mix of media and technology to be adapted to each learner in a personalized way. Through this chapter, the authors try to link personalization, collaboration, and adaptation in digital learning. To do so, they begin by defining digital learning after giving a historical overview of the concept. Then they define the notion of the group in learning and the place of the individual in the group. Also they describe the concept of personalization, and at the same time, they adjust the meaning of personalization in digital learning. To define the concept of collaboration, they situate the place of the individual in the group in digital learning, so they could define the notion of adaptation; and they define the role of adaptation in digital learning. Finally, they present the different interactions between the three concepts in digital learning.