Paper Info
Title
A framework for recommendation in learning object repositories: An example of application in civil engineering
Abstract
Learning Object Repositories (LORs) are an important element in the management, publishing, location and retrieval of instructional resources. In recent times, the task of finding and recommending a list of learning objects that fits the specific user's needs and requirements is a very active area of research. In this regard, this paper proposes DELPHOS, a framework to assist users in the search for learning objects in repositories and which shows an example of application in engineering. LORs can be used in engineering not only for learning and training for students, instructors and professionals but also for sharing knowledge about engineering problems and projects. The proposed approach is based on a weighted hybrid recommender that uses different filtering or recommendation criteria. The values of these weights can be assigned by the user him/herself or can be automatically calculated by the system in an adaptive and dynamic way. This paper describes the architecture and interface of DELPHOS and shows some experiments with a group of 24 civil engineering students in order to evaluate and validate the usefulness of this tool.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1016/j.advengsoft.2012.10.005
Advances in Engineering Software
Keywords
Field
DocType
recent time,specific user,learning object repositories,object repository,engineering problem,important element,active area,recommendation criterion,instructional resource,civil engineering student,metadata,civil engineering
Metadata,Architecture,World Wide Web,Computer science,Filter (signal processing),Learning object,Civil engineering,Publishing
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
56,
0965-9978
16
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.79
21
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
A. Zapata1160.79
V. H. MenéNdez2160.79
M. E. Prieto3160.79
Cristóbal Romero42226148.97