L. Colazzo

This article sets out a quantitative theory of the interaction among" subjects" which allows a: description of the pragmatic aspects of communication. Within a system of interacting subjects each individual is described by means of a set of interaction ...

This article sets out a quantitative theory of the interaction among "subjects" which allows a description of the pragmatic aspects of communication. Within a system of interacting subjects each individual is described by means of a set of interaction parameters. In this way an interaction pattern relative to each subject can be defined. The model provides a "change law" which describes the evolution of individual patterns as a consequence of different communication events. This allows interaction deficiencies to be identified and suggests possible strategies for dealing with them. The theory was first developed in the area of clinical psychiatry and underwent two kinds of external verification: one psychometric-diagnostic, the other clinical. The theory was then applied to an economic environment in the behavioral study of decision-making processes. In this paper we suggest that it may be applied in computerized environments for cooperation support.

Int. J. Cont. Engineering Education and Lifelong Learning, Vol. 14, Nos. 4/5, 2004 353 ... Personalisation services for learning management systems in mobile settings ... Department of Information Engineering, University of Siena, Via Roma, 56 53100 Siena, Italy Fax: +39 0577 233602 ...

Abstract The use of systems for e-learning has been widely discussed in terms of its efficiency and efficacy as part of the learning process. Less attention has been given to the fact that these systems produce, as an inherent collateral effect of their adoption, highly useful and interesting information regarding the development of learning processes and the behaviour of the various actors. The latter point is the focus of this study. We present the initial results of an experiment with the use of e-learning at the University of Trento. ...