Contextualized reflective support in designing instruction based on both theory and practice

Abstract

In this study, we developed a system called FIMA (Flexible Instructional Design Support Multi-Agent System) that dynamically supports teachers in designing instruction by facilitating their thinking ways according to the characteristics of those of expert teachers. In the present study, we focused on a support to facilitate teachers' contextualized thinking included in the processes of expert teachers based on instructional/learning theories. In order to provide such support, we make use of the OMNIBUS ontology, which describes knowledge extracted from instructional/learning theories and best practices. © 2011 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.