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Figure 6. Screenshot: Teacher and learner assistants
get access to the appropriate item so that user
will not have to ask how to do that. The Learner
Assistant character can be replaced with another
one according to user's preferences and the edu-
cational domain.
derstanding what web 2.0 tools are, and moreover
on how they can be used in teaching since she
has little experience with modern technologies
and computers in education. This is where Diplek
platform unties the instructor's hands. Mr. John
creates a new presentation with more introductory
units that include examples on how computers are
used in education. He then assigns this presentation
only to Georgia. This way the rest of the group is
progressing normally and Georgia has the chance
to learn and keep up with the rest without slow-
ing down the rest of the group. At the same time
Georgia's weakness becomes known only to the
instructor, thus allowing Georgia to express her
misunderstandings more openly.
Two Educational Scenarios
Even though education is indented for the masses,
the educational procedure does not work that way.
The different learning style and ability of each
individual have to be supported.
Training People for Using
Web 2.0 Tools
Using Diplek in Lifelong
Learning Programs
In order to fully understand the personalization
level offered by the platform we shall discuss
the following scenario. Mr John is an instructor
working for an educational organization involved
in adult education and training. He is assigned the
task to instruct a group of fifteen school teachers
in incorporating web 2.0 tools in the educational
practice. He decides to use Diplek to provide
modern educational facilities to the learners of
this group. He creates a class and a course called
'Web 2.0'. He organizes the educational material
into a presentation with ten units. Then he assigns
that presentation to the whole group. Georgia is a
novice instructor who enrols in Mr. John's 'Web
2.0' training course. Georgia has difficulty in un-
The “Greek Ministry of Agriculture” is running
a European Union funded program for lifelong
learning courses in the area of Organic Farming.
They currently offer a course called “Advances
in organic farming and Biological products”
which deals with modern techniques in farming
without fertilizers and best practices for avoiding
popular crop diseases. The course will be deliv-
ered asynchronously through Diplek LMS with
the exception of two one hour sessions for a live
presentation and question answering. Learners
are farmers from European countries like Spain,
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