(This web page will not be updated any more and includes only my research activities at WIT)
CV:
In March 2008, I joined the Graduate Institute of
Learning and Instruction at National Central
University as postdoctoral researcher. Before moving to Taiwan, I worked at WIT as graduate researcher and teaching assistant, conducting research in the area of adaptivity in learning systems and student modelling with respect to learning styles. In December 2007, I completed my PhD studies in Information Systems (German: Wirtschaftsinformatik, Dr.rer.soc.oec) at
Vienna University of Technology. My PhD thesis was about adaptivity in learning
management systems focussing on learning styles and can be downloaded here.
From 1998 to 2003, I did my master studies in Information Systems (German: Wirtschaftsinformatik, Mag.rer.soc.oec.) at
University of Vienna
and Vienna University
of Technology. Within my master thesis, I conducted research in the area of artificial intelligence, applying an ant colony optimization
algorithm in health care. My master thesis (in German) can be downloaded here.
Automatic Student Modelling for Detecting Learning Style Preferences in Learning Management Systems
(CELDA 2007, Algarve, Portugal, 8.12.2007)
Detecting learners' profiles based on the Index of Learning Styles data
(IAWES 2007, Hiroshima, Japan, 6.11.2007)
Providing Adaptive Courses in Learning Management Systems with Respect to Learning Styles
(e-Learn 2007, Quebec, Canada, 19.10.2007)
Adaptivität in Lernplattformen - Wie können Lernstile erkannt und berücksichtigt werden?
(Invited Talk at bt talks, Department of Interactive Media and Educational Technology, University of Continuing Education Krems, Austria, 9.10.2007)
Adaptivity in Learning Management Systems
Focussing on Learning Styles
(Invited Talk at the School of Computing and Information Systems,
Athabasca University, Edmonton, Canada, 7.8.2007)
Cognitive Trait Model and Divergent Associative
Learning
(ICALT 2007, Niigata, Japan, 20.7.2007)
Analysing the Relationship between Learning
Styles and Cognitive Traits
(ICALT 2007, Niigata, Japan, 19.7.2007)
Semantic Relation Analysis and Its Application
in Cognitive Profiling
(ICALT 2007, Niigata, Japan, 18.7.2007)
Incorporating Learning Styles in Learning
Management Systems
(Invited Talk at the INTELLECT Research Forum, Open University,
Milton Keynes, UK, 21.2.2007)
Representative Characteristics of Felder-Silverman
Learning Styles: An Empirical Model
(CELDA 2006, Barcelona, Spain, 10.12.2006)
Considering Learning Styles in Learning Management
Systems: Investigating the Behavior of Students in an Online Course
(SMAP 2006, Athens, Greece, 5.12.2006)
An Exploratory Study of the Relationship
between Learning Styles and Cognitive Traits
(EC-TEL 2006, Crete, Greece, 3.10.2006)
Enabling Learning Management Systems to Identify
Learning Styles
(ICL 2006, Villach, Austria, 29.9.2006)
An Approach for Detecting Learning Styles
in Learning Management Systems
(ICALT 2006, Kerkrade, Netherlands, 7.7.2006)
Forming Heterogeneous Groups for Intelligent
Collaborative Learning Systems with Ant Colony Optimization (ITS 2006, Jhongli, Taiwan, 30.6.2006)
Adaptivity in Learning Management Systems
Focusing on Learning Styles
(Research Day, Massey University, New Zealand, 27.3.2006)
Learning Styles and Cognitive Traits - Their
Relationship and its Benefits in Computer-Based Educational Systems
(Invited talk at the Department of Information Systems,
Massey University, New Zealand, 14.3.2006)
Improving Student Modeling:
The Relationship between Learning Styles and Cognitive Traits
(CELDA 2005, Porto, Portugal, 15.12.2005)
Fostering Adaptivity in E-Learning
Platforms: A Meta-Model Supporting Adaptive Courses
(CELDA 2005, Porto, Portugal, 15.12.2005)
Felder-Silverman Learning Style Model and its implementation
in web-based educational systems
(Block course, Massey University, New Zealand, 5.8.2005)
Adaptivity in E-Learning Platforms Focusing on Learning
Styles
(Research Day, Massey University, New Zealand, 22.7.2005)
An Evaluation of Open Source E-Learning Platforms Stressing
Adaptation Issues
(ICALT 2005 , Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 5.7.2005)
Sabine Graf, Taiyu Lin, and Kinshuk (2008). The relationship
between learning styles and cognitive traits - Getting addtional information
for improving student modelling. Computers
in Human Behavior, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 122-137.
Sabine Graf, Silvia R. Viola, Kinshuk, and Tommaso Leo (2007). In-depth
Analysis of the Felder-Silverman Learning Style Dimensions.
Journal of Research on Technology in Education, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp.
79-93.
Dunwei Wen, Sabine Graf, Chung Hsien Lan, Terry Anderson, Kinshuk,
Ken Dickson (2007). Supporting Web-based Learning through Adaptive
Assessment. FormaMente Journal, Vol. 2, No. 1-2, pp. 45-79.
Silvia R. Viola, Sabine Graf, Kinshuk, and Tommaso Leo (2007). Investigating
Relationships within the Index of Learning Styles: A Data-Driven Approach.
International Journal of Interactive Technology and Smart Education,
Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 7-18.
Book Chapters
Sabine Graf and Kinshuk (accepted). Learner Modelling Through
Analyzing Cognitive Skills and Learning Styles. In H. H. Adelsberger,
Kinshuk, J. M. Pawlowski, D. Sampson, International Handbook on Information
Technologies for Learning, Education and Training (2nd edition), Springer.
Sabine Graf and Kinshuk (accepted). Technologies linking learning,
cognition and instruction. In J. M. Spector, M. D. Merrill,
J. J. G. van Merriënboer, & M. P. Driscoll, Handbook of Research
on Educational Communications and Technology (3rd edition).
Sabine Graf and Kinshuk (2008). Analysing the Behaviour
of Students in Learning Management Systems with respect to Learning
Styles. In M. Wallace, M. Angelides, P. Mylonas, Advanced in Semantic Media Adaptation and Personalization, Springer Series on Studies in Computational Intelligence, Vol. 93, pp. 53-74.
Refereed Conference Publications
Sabine Graf and Kinshuk (accepted). An Adaptive Mechanism for Enhancing Learning Management Systems. Proceedings of the International Conference of the New Canadian Network for Innovation in Education (CNIE 2008), April 2008, Banff, Canada.
Sabine Graf, Kathryn MacCallum, Tzu-Chien Liu, Maiga Chang, Dunwei Wen, Qing Tan, Jon Dron, Fuhua Lin,
Rory McGreal, Kinshuk (accepted). An Infrastructure for Developing Pervasive Learning Environments.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Pervasive Learning (PerEL 2008), Hong Kong, March 2008, to appear.
Sabine Graf, Silvia Rita Viola, Kinshuk (2007). Automatic Student
Modelling for Detecting Learning Style Preferences in Learning Management Systems.
Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory
Learning in Digital Age (CELDA 2007), Algarve, Portugal, Dec. 2007, pp.172-179.
Silvia Rita Viola, Sabine Graf, Kinshuk (2007). Detecting Learners'
Profiles based on the Index of Learning Styles Data. Proceedings
of the International Workshop on Intelligent and Adaptive Web-based
Educational Systems (IAWES 2007), Hiroshima, Japan, November 6, pp. 233-238.
Adrian Scutelnicu, Fuhua Lin, Kinshuk, Tzu-Chien Liu, Sabine Graf and Rory McGreal
(2007). Integrating JADE Agents into Moodle.
Proceedings of the International Workshop on Intelligent and Adaptive
Web-based Educational Systems (IAWES 2007), Hiroshima, Japan, November
6, pp. 215-220.
Sabine Graf and Kinshuk (2007). Providing Adaptive Courses
in Learning Management Systems with Respect to Learning Styles,
Proceedings of the World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate,
Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (eLearn 2007), Quebec
City, Canada, October 2007, pp. 2576-2583.
Sabine Graf, Taiyu Lin, and Kinshuk (2007). Analysing the Relationship
between Learning Styles and Cognitive Traits, Proceedings of
the IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies
(ICALT 2007), Niigata, Japan, July 2007, pp. 235-239. (received Best
Full Paper Award)
Chung Hsien Lan, Sabine Graf, K. Robert Lai, and Kinshuk (2007). Effect
of Learning Styles on Peer Assessment in an Agent-based Collaborative
Learning Environment, Proceedings of the IEEE International
Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2007), Niigata,
Japan, July 2007, pp. 421-423. (received Best Short Paper Award)
Taiyu Lin, Kinshuk, Sabine Graf (2007). Cognitive Trait Model
and Divergent Associative Learning, Proceedings of the IEEE
International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2007),
Niigata, Japan, July 18-20, pp. 325-327. (received Best Short Paper
Award)
Taiyu Lin, Kinshuk, Sabine Graf (2007). Semantic Relation
Analysis and Its Application in Cognitive Profiling, Proceedings
of the IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies
(ICALT 2007), Niigata, Japan, July 18-20, pp 683-685.
Dunwei Wen, Sabine Graf, Chung Hsien Lan, Terry Anderson, Kinshuk,
Ken Dickson (2007). Adaptive Assessment in Web-based learning,
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo
(ICME 2007), Beijing, China, July 2007, pp. 1846-1849.
Kinshuk and Sabine Graf (2007). Considering Cognitive Traits
and Learning Styles to Open Web-Based Learning to a Larger Student Community,
Proceedings of the International Conference on Information and Communication
Technology and Accessibility (ICTA 2007), Hammamet , Tunisia, April
2007, pp. 21-26.
Sabine Graf, Silvia Rita Viola, Kinshuk, and Tommaso Leo (2006). Representative
Characteristics of Felder-Silverman Learning Styles: An Empirical Model.
Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory
Learning in Digital Age (CELDA 2006), Barcelona, Spain, December 8-10,
pp. 235-242.
Silvia Rita Viola, Sabine Graf, Kinshuk, and Tommaso Leo (2006). Analysis
of Felder-Silverman Index of Learning Styles by a Data-driven Statistical
Approach. Proceedings of the First IEEE International Workshop
on Multimedia Technologies for E-Learning (MTEL 06), San Diego, USA,
11-13 December 2006, pp. 959-964.
Sabine Graf and Kinshuk (2006). Considering Learning Styles
in Learning Management Systems: Investigating the Behavior of Students
in an Online Course. Proceedings of the First IEEE International
Workshop on Semantic Media Adaptation and Personalization (SMAP 06),
Athens, Greece, 4-5 December 2006, pp. 25-30.
Sabine Graf, Taiyu Lin, Lynn Jeffrey, and Kinshuk (2006).An
Exploratory Study of the Relationship between Learning Styles and Cognitive
Traits. Proceedings of the European Conference on Technology
Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL 06), Crete, Greece, October 1-4, 2006, pp.
470-475.
Sabine Graf and Kinshuk (2006). Enabling Learning Management
Systems to Identify Learning Styles. Proceedings of the International
Conference on Interactive Computer Aided Learning (ICL 06), Villach,
Austria, September 27-29, 2006.
Sabine Graf and Kinshuk (2006). An Approach for Detecting Learning
Styles in Learning Management Systems. Proceedings of the International
Conference on Advances Learning Technologies (ICALT 06), Kerkrade, Netherlands,
July 2006, pp. 161-163.
Sabine Graf and Rahel Bekele (2006). Forming Heterogeneous
Groups for Intelligent Collaborative Learning Systems with Ant Colony
Optimization. Proceedings of the International Conference on
Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS 06), Jhongli, Taiwan, June 2006, pp.
217-226.
Elke Michlmayr, Arno Pany, and Sabine Graf (2006). Applying
Ant-based Multi-Agent Systems to Query Routing in Distributed Environments.
Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE Conference on Intelligent Systems (IEEE
IS'06), London, UK, September 2006, pp. 36-41.
Sabine Graf, Taiyu Lin, and Kinshuk (2005). Improving Student
Modeling: The Relationship between Learning Styles and Cognitive Traits.
Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory
Learning in Digital Age (CELDA 2005), December 2005, Porto, Portugal,
pp. 37-44.
Sabine Graf (2005). Fostering Adaptivity in E-Learning Platforms:
A Meta-Model Supporting Adaptive Courses. Proceedings of the
IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning
in Digital Age (CELDA 2005), December 2005, Porto, Portugal, pp. 440-443.
Sabine Graf and Beate List (2005). An Evaluation of Open Source
E-Learning Platforms Stressing Adaptation Issues. Proceedings
of the 5th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies
(ICALT'05), July 2005, Taiwan, IEEE Press, pp. 163-165.
Elke Michlmayr, Sabine Graf, Wolf Siberski, and Wolfgang Nejdl (2005).
Query Routing with Ants. Proceedings of the Workshop
on Ontologies in P2P Communities, ESWC2005, May 2005, Heraklion, Crete.
Book Reviews
Sabine Graf (2006). Book review: Adaptable and Adaptive Hypermedia
Systems (Sherry Y. Chen and George D. Magoulas). Educational
Technology & Society, 9 (1), pp. 361-364.
Other Publications
Ian G. Kennedy, Sanaz Fallahkhair, Veronica Rossano, Anna Trifonova,
Antonella Grasso, Sabine Graf, Jean-Claude Ziswiler, Ricardo Fraser
(2004). Simple Web-based Adaptive Learning Technology.
Learning Technology Newsletter, Vol. 6, Issue 4, October 2004. Publication
of IEEE Computer Society, Technical Committee on Learning Technology
(TCLT) [ISSN 1438-0625], pp. 78-83.
Theses
Sabine Graf (2007). Adaptivity in Learning Management Systems focussing on Learning Styles, PhD thesis, Vienna University of Technology, December 2007.
Sabine Graf (2003). Auswahl und Implementierung eines Ameisenalgorithmus
zur Steuerung von Patienten im Planspiel INVENT, Master thesis,
University of Vienna, March 2003.
