Mining Web Analytics Data for Information Wikis to Evaluate Informal Learning

International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy

ARTICLE

Heba M. Ismail¹  Boumediene Balkhouche¹  Saad Harous¹ 

[1] UAE University

关键词: Information filtering;    information wikis;    informal learning;    personalized content recommendations;    recommender systems;    Wikipedia;    evaluation;    web analytics;   

DOI  :  10.3991/ijep.v10i1.11713

来源: International Society for Engineering Education (IGIP), Kassel University Press

【 摘 要 】

Information wikis and especially Wikipedia have become one of the most attractive environments for informal learning. The nature of wikis enables learners to freely navigate the learning environment and independently con-struct knowledge without being required to follow a predefined learning path in line with the constructivist learning theory. Link-based navigation and keyword-based search methods used on Wikipedia and similar information wikis suffer from many limitations. In our paper, we present an effective recommendation system that provides easier and faster access to relevant content on Wikipedia to support informal learning. In addition, we evaluate the impact of personalized content recommendations on informal learning from Wikipedia and show how web analytics data can be used to get an in-sight on informal learning in similar environments.

【 授权许可】

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