在一方面，研究生缺乏動機閱讀大量的英語論文，所以本計畫將以圖文並茂的方式開發繪本電子書，以引發研究生閱讀英語論文的動機。在另一方面，性別差異是一個有影響性的因素，因此個人化功能將會納入所開發的繪本電子書，以成為個人化繪本電子書，來兼顧女性學習者和男性學習者的需求差異。之後再從性別差異的角度，來進行實證研究，以探討個人化繪本電子書的影響。除了採用傳統的統計方法之外，將同時使用資料探勘(Data Mining)和序列分析(Lag Sequential Analysis)之技術來分析實證研究的資料。分析的結果將會產生動態學習者模型和設計準則，前者可用來描述男性學習者和女性學習者在不同階段使用繪本電子書的需求。後者可幫助設計者了解如何利用個人化功能，發展出能容納性別差異性之繪本電子書。 ;On the one hand, research students are not motivated to read a lot of English academic papers. To address this issue, the proposed project will integrate pictures and texts into the development of an E-Pictures Book. On the other hand, gender differences play an influential role. Thus, personalization will be incorporate into the proposed E-Pictures Book so that a personalized E-Pictures Book can be produced. Furthermore, an empirical study will be undertaken to investigate the effects of the personalized E-Pictures Book from a gender difference perspective. In addition to traditional statistics, data mining and lag sequential analysis will be employed to analyze data from the empirical study. Results from the aforementioned data analyses will be employed to produce dynamic learning models and design principles. The former can be applied to describe the needs of female and male learners at different stages while the latter can be used to help designers develop personalized E-Pictures Books that can accommodate gender differences.
