{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,2]],"date-time":"2025-08-02T18:04:39Z","timestamp":1754157879873,"version":"3.41.2"},"reference-count":23,"publisher":"Emerald","issue":"3","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2007,9,28]],"date-time":"2007-09-28T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1190937600000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/site-policies"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2007,9,28]]},"abstract":"<jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Purpose<\/jats:title><jats:p>It is recognised that students in higher education need to acquire and develop effective study and transferable skills in order to be successful in their study and beyond. The purpose of this paper is to describe a new custom\u2010built learning content management system (LCMS), which renders intelligent tutoring modules for the provision of study skills training, with emphasis on the educational pedagogies used by the system to deliver the training.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>The system comprises two principal units; an administrator unit and a student\u2010user unit. The administrator unit is designed to enable authorised users with no prior knowledge of web application design and development to create and modify highly dynamic and engaging multimedia training modules. The student unit delivers highly interactive and user\u2010customised modules to help students develop their skills, using a pedagogical approach based on active, student\u2010centred and peer\u2010assisted learning.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>The performance of the proposed system was subjected to a comprehensive test and evaluation process. General feedback from the users recruited to complete the subjective testing was very positive. It was generally acknowledged that the system was intuitive, the content well structured and delivered and the look and feel of the application aesthetically pleasing.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>This paper highlights the use of and benefit of using technology to enhance student learning of study and other transferable skills. It also identifies the need to integrate proven educational pedagogies so as to enhance overall learning and demonstrates how to incorporate these approaches in an LCMS.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/17440080710834256","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2007,9,29]],"date-time":"2007-09-29T07:04:50Z","timestamp":1191049490000},"page":"212-230","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["An innovative web\u2010based approach for study skills development in higher education"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"3","author":[{"given":"Caitriona","family":"Bermingham","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Abdulhussain E.","family":"Mahdi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"140","reference":[{"key":"key2022020720054088900_b1","unstructured":"Ball, G., Ling, D., Kurlander, D., Miller, J., Plugh, D., Skelly, T., Stankosky, A. and Thiel, D. (1997), \u201cLifelike computer characters: The Persona Project at Microsoft research\u201d, in Bradshaw, J.M. (Ed.), Software Agents, AAAI\/MIT Press, Menlo Park, CA."},{"key":"key2022020720054088900_b2","unstructured":"Barajas, M. and Owen, M. (2000), \u201cImplementing virtual learning environments: looking for holistic approach\u201d, Journal of Educational Technology & Society, Vol. 3 No. 3, pp. 39\u201053."},{"key":"key2022020720054088900_b3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Blair, G. and Robinson, C. (1995), \u201cProfessional skills for first\u2010year engineering students'\u201d, Engineering & Science Education Journal, Vol. 4 No. 1, pp. 23\u20108.","DOI":"10.1049\/esej:19950107"},{"key":"key2022020720054088900_b4","unstructured":"Cole, R. (2005), \u201cInventing virtual reading teachers and virtual therapists. Demonstration of three systems\u201d, Proc. of Symp. on Speech Technology for Clinical and Educational Applications, Antwerp University Hospital, 02 September."},{"key":"key2022020720054088900_b5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Connelly, J. and Middleton, J. (1996), \u201cPersonal and professional skills for engineers: one industry's perspective\u201d, Engineering and Science Educational Journal, Vol. 5 No. 3, pp. 139\u201042.","DOI":"10.1049\/esej:19960309"},{"key":"key2022020720054088900_b6","unstructured":"Corporate Microsoft (1997), Developing for Microsoft Agent, Microsoft Press, Redmond, WA."},{"key":"#cr-split#-key2022020720054088900_b7.1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Fleming, N. (1995), \"I'm different","DOI":"10.3817\/0695104051"},{"key":"#cr-split#-key2022020720054088900_b7.2","unstructured":"not dumb - modes of presentation (VARK), in the tertiary classroom\", in Zelmer, A. (Ed.), Research and Development in Higher Education, Proc. of the 1995 Annual Conf. of the Higher Education and Research Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA), HERDSA, Vol. 18, pp. 308\u201013."},{"key":"key2022020720054088900_b8","unstructured":"Gardner, J. and Upcraft, M. (1989), The Freshman Year Experience: Helping Students Survive and Succeed in College, Jossey\u2010Bass Inc., San Francisco, CA."},{"key":"key2022020720054088900_b9","unstructured":"Goto, K. (2000), \u201cUsability testing \u2013 access your site's navigation & structure\u201d, Gotomedia, available at: www.gotomedia.com\/downloads\/goto_usability.pdf."},{"key":"key2022020720054088900_b10","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Lester, J., Converse, S., Kahler, S., Barlow, S., Stone, B. and Bhogal, R. (1997), \u201cThe persona effect: affective impact of animated pedagogical agents\u201d, in Pemberton, S. (Ed.), Proc. of the Conf. on Human Factors in Computing Systems '97, Atlanta Georgia, 22\u201027 March, ACM Press, New York, NY, pp. 359\u201066.","DOI":"10.1145\/258549.258797"},{"key":"key2022020720054088900_b11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Nass, C., Steuer, J. and Tauber, E. (1994), \u201cComputers are social actors\u201d, Proc. of Intl. Conf. on Human Factors in Computing, ACM Press, Boston, MA, pp. 72\u20107.","DOI":"10.1145\/259963.260288"},{"key":"key2022020720054088900_b12","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Perez, Y., Gamboa, R. and Ibarra, O. (2004), \u201cModelling affective responses in intelligent tutoring systems\u201d, in Kinshuk, K. et al. (Eds), Proc. of the IEEE Intl. Conf. in Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT'04), Joensuu, Finland, 30 August\u201001 September, IEEE Computer Society Press, Washington, DC, pp. 747\u20109.","DOI":"10.1109\/ICALT.2004.1357644"},{"key":"key2022020720054088900_b13","unstructured":"Rickel, J. and Johnson, W. (1997), \u201cIntelligent tutoring in virtual reality: a preliminary report\u201d, Proc. of 8th World Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, IOS Press, Amsterdam."},{"key":"key2022020720054088900_b14","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Rist, T., Andre, E. and Muller, J. (1997), \u201cAdding animated presentation agents to the interface\u201d, in Moore, J., Edmonds, E. and Puerta, A. (Eds), Proc. of the 1997 Intl. Conf. on Intelligent User Interfaces, Orlando, FL, pp. 79\u201086.","DOI":"10.1145\/238218.238298"},{"key":"key2022020720054088900_b15","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Sheard, J., Ceddia, J., Hurst, J. and Tuovinen, J. (2003), \u201cInferring student learning behaviour from website interactions: a usage analysis\u201d, Education and Information Technologies, Vol. 8 No. 3, pp. 245\u201066.","DOI":"10.1023\/A:1026360026073"},{"key":"key2022020720054088900_b16","unstructured":"Sparrow, H.L., Sparrow, H. and Swan, P. (2000), \u201cStudent centred learning: is it possible?\u201d, in Herrmann, A. and Kulski, M. (Eds), Flexible Futures in Tertiary Teaching: Proceedings of the 9th Annual Teaching Learning Forum, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, 2\u20104 February, available at: http:\/\/lsn.curtin.edu.au\/tlf\/tlf2000\/contents.html."},{"key":"key2022020720054088900_b17","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Sproull, L., Subramani, M., Kiesler, S., Walker, J. and Waters, K. (1996), \u201cWhen the interface is a face\u201d, Human\u2010Computer Interaction, Vol. 11, pp. 97\u2010124.","DOI":"10.1207\/s15327051hci1102_1"},{"key":"key2022020720054088900_b18","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Tinto, V. (1994), Leaving College: Rethinking the Causes and Cures of Student Attrition, 2nd ed., The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.","DOI":"10.7208\/chicago\/9780226922461.001.0001"},{"key":"key2022020720054088900_b19","unstructured":"University of East London, Employability Unit (2005), \u201cFor schools and academic departments\u201d, available at: www.uel.ac.uk\/employability\/serv_academics.htm."},{"key":"key2022020720054088900_b20","unstructured":"University of Limerick, Centre for Teaching and Learning (2003), \u201cStudy skills\u201d, available at: www.ul.ie\/tandl\/skills.html."},{"key":"key2022020720054088900_b21","unstructured":"University of Newcastle upon Tyne \u2013 Disability Support Service (2004), \u201cStudy skills guide\u201d, available at: www.ncl.ac.uk\/disability.service\/dyslexia\/studyskills.pdf."},{"key":"key2022020720054088900_b22","unstructured":"Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Cook Counselling Centre (2005), Note\u2010taking and in\u2010class skills available at: www.ucc.vt.edu\/stdysk\/notetake.html."}],"container-title":["International Journal of Web Information Systems"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/www.emeraldinsight.com\/doi\/full-xml\/10.1108\/17440080710834256","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/content\/doi\/10.1108\/17440080710834256\/full\/xml","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/content\/doi\/10.1108\/17440080710834256\/full\/html","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,25]],"date-time":"2025-07-25T00:24:52Z","timestamp":1753403092000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/www.emerald.com\/ijwis\/article\/3\/3\/212-230\/164317"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2007,9,28]]},"references-count":23,"journal-issue":{"issue":"3","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2007,9,28]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1108\/17440080710834256"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/17440080710834256","relation":{},"ISSN":["1744-0084"],"issn-type":[{"type":"print","value":"1744-0084"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2007,9,28]]}}}