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A Multi-Stage Approach to Personalized Course Selection and Scheduling
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration (2017, San Diego, CA)
  • Tyler Morrow
  • A. R. Hurson, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Sahra Sedigh, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

Recommender systems that utilize pertinent and available contextual information are applicable to and useful in a broad range of domains. This paper utilizes context-aware recommendation to facilitate personalized education and assist students in selecting courses (or in non-traditional curricula, learning artifacts) that meet curricular requirements, leverage their skills and background, and are relevant to their interests. The research contribution described in this paper is a methodology that generates a schedule of courses (and associated course content) that takes into consideration a student's profile, while meeting curricular and prerequisite requirements and aiming to reduce attributes such as cost and time-to-degree. The optimization problem - multiple integer linear programming problems and a single scheduling problem - is solved in stages using a known linear solver as well as graph-based heuristics. The efficacy of the algorithm is demonstrated through a case study.

Meeting Name
IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration (2017: Aug. 4-6, San Diego, CA)
Department(s)
Computer Science
Second Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Center/Lab(s)
Intelligent Systems Center
Keywords and Phrases
  • Curricula,
  • Graphic Methods,
  • Information Use,
  • Optimization,
  • Scheduling,
  • Students,
  • Context-Aware Recommendations,
  • Contextual Information,
  • Integer Linear Programming,
  • Multistage Approach,
  • Optimization Problems,
  • PERCEPOLIS,
  • Personalized Course,
  • Personalized Learning,
  • Integer Programming,
  • Context-Aware Recommendation,
  • Ontologies,
  • Recommender Systems,
  • Computational Modeling,
  • Context Modeling,
  • Object Oriented Modeling,
  • Education Administrative Data Processing,
  • Educational Courses,
  • Graph Theory,
  • Linear Programming,
  • Ubiquitous Computing
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-1538615621; 978-1538615638
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2017 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
8-1-2017
Publication Date
01 Aug 2017
Citation Information
Tyler Morrow, A. R. Hurson and Sahra Sedigh. "A Multi-Stage Approach to Personalized Course Selection and Scheduling" Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration (2017, San Diego, CA) (2017) p. 253 - 262
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sahra-sedigh/5/