A conceptual framework for enhancing the motivation in an open learner model learning environment

Rapid advances in information and communications technology offer new challenges and opportunities for web-mediated instructions. User-friendly interface design visualization tools directly influence the sustainability of learners´ motivation to continuously engage with the instruction. This paper proposes a conceptual framework for enhancing the motivation of learners in an open learner model environment. Such a framework incorporates six motivational open learner model tools, which are in alignment with the attention (A), relevance (R), confidence (C), and satisfaction (S) model´s motivational components respectively. The integration of these tools not only will enhance learners´ motivation in engaging with open learner models, but also assist learners to sustain their motivation in dealing with this instruction. The findings of this study will assist designers to develop a more effective open learner model to enhance and sustain learners´ learning motivation in technology-assisted learning environments.