Title
Educational recommender systems and their application in lifelong learning.
Abstract
The almost unlimited access to educational information plethora came with a drawback: finding meaningful material is not a straightforward task anymore. Recommender algorithms can be used to make smart decisions in complex information systems and help the users decide upon useful materials; therefore, they become a promising area in academia and industry. The current paper presents a survey on educational recommender systems RS: a set of analysis criteria are exposed and the technological specifications and challenges of each analysed system are provided, in the context of the main trends in the development of RS. Also, an ontology-based educational recommendation mechanism is proposed and its application to lifelong learning is highlighted, proving that RS can successfully support new learning paradigms.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1080/0144929X.2015.1128977
Behaviour & IT
Keywords
Field
DocType
Recommender systems,learning models,information retrieval,semantic web,collaborative learning
Drawback,Recommender system,Information system,Ontology,World Wide Web,Collaborative learning,Computer science,Knowledge management,Semantic Web,Learning models,Lifelong learning
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
35
4
0144-929X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
7
0.48
15
Authors
9