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    Ambient learning - knowledge as a service model: towards the achievement of sustainable development goal four
    (IEEE, 2018) Mwendia, Simon N.; Karanja, Richard G.
    Studies show that United Nations Sustainable Development Goal Four is yet to be achieved. This paper presents an artefact named “Ambient learning- Knowledge as a Service model” for describing how actionable knowledge can be extracted from ambient learning systems to support improvement and consequently facilitate the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal Four. A creative process was adopted to guide the development of the model. The process involved carrying out problem analysis through literature review, designing the model by combining ambient learning and Knowledge as a Service concept and demonstrating its application by developing a prototype. Evaluation results revealed that C4.5 algorithm that is implemented in Waikato Environment for Knowledge Analysis (WEKA) software is suitable for extracting knowledge from ambient learning systems while Swi-prolog software can be applied to create a tool for knowledge delivery.
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    Evaluation model for improving ambient learning systems towards achieving sustainable development goal four
    (2018) Mwendia, Simon N.
    Among the 17 sustainable development goals specified by United Nations organization in 2015, goal four is the key for progress towards the achievement of all the other goals. However, studies show that this goal is yet to be achieved among African universities in terms of supervision due to inadequate availability of supervisors to their research students. Ambient learning approach promises to address the problem by allowing access to education services like research supervision at anytime, anywhere and anyhow. Nevertheless, little research has been conducted to assess its effectiveness towards achieving sustainable development goal four. The aim of this paper is to describe a model that illustrates how ambient learning systems can be combined with decision support tools to support evaluation of its effectiveness.