Summary of A Pre-trained Graph-based Model For Adaptive Sequencing Of Educational Documents, by Jean Vassoyan (cb) et al.
A Pre-Trained Graph-Based Model for Adaptive Sequencing of Educational Documents
by Jean Vassoyan, Anan Schütt, Jill-Jênn Vie, Arun-Balajiee Lekshmi-Narayanan, Elisabeth André, Nicolas Vayatis
First submitted to arxiv on: 18 Nov 2024
Categories
- Main: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
- Secondary: Computers and Society (cs.CY); Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary A novel framework for learning path personalization in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) is introduced, which operates without expert annotation and can be pre-trained with reinforcement learning on a dataset of raw course materials. The framework employs a flexible recommender system that can optimize individual student learning outcomes by tailoring sequences of educational content. Experiments on semi-synthetic data demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach in adaptive learning scenarios featuring new educational materials. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary MOOCs have made education more accessible, but many courses don’t adapt to students’ needs and backgrounds. Learning path personalization tries to fix this by creating a custom sequence of lessons for each student. Right now, most methods need either lots of data about students or expert help to work well. The researchers came up with a new way to do this that doesn’t require any expert help and uses less data than before. They tested it on fake data and showed that it works well in different situations. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Reinforcement learning » Synthetic data
