An overview of adaptive e-learning systems

Due to the emergence of information and communication technologies in various fields, which have also affected the educational sector, adaptive e-learning systems are recognized as one of the most interesting research areas in distance web-based education. This research direction enables developers to build a model of goals, preferences and knowledge of each individual user in order to adapt the learning to his/her needs and characteristics. The objective of this paper is to present the state of the art in adaptive e-learning systems as an alternative to the traditional learning by describing its dimensions, design, architecture and theoretical approaches. We also highlight some prospects for our future work by studying, analyzing and criticizing existing systems.