[Talks@IDSIA] [Reminder] Modeling and Individualizing Learning in Computer-Based Environments (Apr 30, 9.30am)
Today, 9.30am, Idsia meeting room.
On 26 Apr 2019, at 10:50, Alessandro Antonucci
<alessandro(a)idsia.ch> wrote:
Speaker: Tanja Christina Kaeser Jacober (Stanford University)
Title: Modeling and Individualizing Learning in Computer-Based Environments
Abstract: Learning technologies are becoming increasingly important in today's
education. This includes game-based learning and simulations, which produce high volume
output, and MOOCs (massive open online courses), which reach a broad and diverse audience
at scale. The users of such systems often are of very different backgrounds, for example
in terms of age, prior knowledge, and learning speed. Adaptation to the specific needs of
the individual user is therefore essential. In this talk, I will present two of my
contributions on modeling and predicting student learning in computer-based environments
with the goal to enable individualization. The first contribution introduces a new model
and algorithm for representing and predicting student knowledge. The new approach is
efficient and has been demonstrated to outperform previous work regarding prediction
accuracy. The second contribution introduces models, which are able to not only take into
account the accuracy of the user, but also the inquiry strategies of the user, improving
prediction of future learning. Furthermore, students can be clustered into groups with
different strategies and targeted interventions can be designed based on these
strategies.
When: Tuesday 30th April, 9.30am.
Where: IDSIA Meeting Room, Galleria 1, Manno