Since the 1960s, researchers have been trying to optimize the sequencing of instructional
activities using the tools of reinforcement learning (RL) and sequential decision making …

Within the field of e-Learning, a learning path represents a match between a learner profile
and his preferences from one side, and the learning content presentation and the …

The prevalence of e-learning systems and on-line courses has made educational material
widely accessible to students of varying abilities and backgrounds. There is thus a growing …

The growing prevalence of e-learning systems and on-line courses has made educational
material widely accessible to students of varying abilities, backgrounds and styles. There is …

We address the problem of how to personalize educational content to students in order to
maximize their learning gains over time. We present a new computational approach to this …

In this paper, we describe our goal of an effective course management system for assisting
course managers to make informed decisions about what materials should be most …

Ecological theory conceptualized the student as surrounded by a series of environmental
systems and the processes of learning as interaction between the student (ie, bioecology) …

This report describes a randomized controlled study that compared the personalization of
educational content based on neural networks to personalization by human experts. The …

From the mechanical teaching machines of the early twentieth century to the wave of
massive open online courses in recent years, many have been motivated by the dream of …

In this paper, we examine a challenge that arises in the application of peer-based tutoring:
coping with inappropriate advice from peers. We examine an environment where students …