Improving undergraduate students’ performance through a Situation Aware e-learning system

This paper focuses on an adaptive learning system based on the principles of Situation Awareness and Goal Directed Task Analysis to improve students’ performance by increasing awareness of their status as defined by the parameters of engagement, motivation, and participation. A technique based on a Fuzzy Cognitive Map (FCM) has been defined to identify the current situation by tracking the learner's behavior and interactions with the system. The FCM drives the feedback generation process to improve the situation awareness of the learner and their motivation, engagement, and participation. The system has been evaluated using the Situation Awareness Global Assessment Technique, involving students during the academic years ranging from 2017 to 2022. The experimental results demonstrate that the system, thanks to the FCM, can significantly improve the situation awareness of the learner, even in an emergency.