Estimating time and score uncertainty in generating successful learning paths under time constraints

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2019

Authors

Nabizadeh, AH (Author) Other; Jorge, AM (Author) FCUP; José Paulo Leal (Author) FCUP

Journal

Title: Expert Systems

Vol. 36

ISSN: 0266-4720

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 9 Citations

Scopus - 15 Citations

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00P-SSV

DOI: 10.1111/exsy.12351

Abstract (EN): This paper addresses the problem of course (path) generation when a learner's available time is not enough to follow the complete course. We propose a method to recommend successful paths regarding a learner's available time and his/her knowledge background. Our recommender is an instance of long term goal recommender systems (LTRS). This method, after locating a target learner in a course graph, applies a depth-first search algorithm to find all paths for the learner given a time limitation. In addition, our method estimates learning time and score for all paths. It also indicates the probability of error for the estimated time and score for each path. Finally, our method recommends a path that satisfies the learner's time restriction while maximizing expected learning score. In order to evaluate our proposals for time and score estimation, we used the mean absolute error and average MAE. We have evaluated time and score estimation methods, including one proposed in the literature, on two E-learning datasets.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 17