PERSONALIZED LEARNING PATHS BASED ON WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE STATISTICS

Lauri Lahti

2010

Abstract

We propose a new semi-automated method for generating personalized learning paths from the Wikipedia online encyclopedia by following inter-article hyperlink chains based on various rankings that are retrieved from the statistics of the articles. Alternative perspectives for learning topics are achieved when the next hyperlink to access is selected based on hierarchy of hyperlinks, repetition of hyperlink terms, article size, viewing rate, editing rate, or user-defined weighted mixture of them all. We have implemented the method in a prototype enabling the learner to build independently concept maps following her needs and consideration. A list of related concepts is shown in a desired type of ranking to label new nodes (titles of target articles for current hyperlinks) accompanied with parsed explanation phrases from the sentences surrounding each hyperlink to label directed arcs connecting nodes. In experiments the alternative ranking schemes well supported various learning needs suggesting new pedagogical networking practices.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Lahti L. (2010). PERSONALIZED LEARNING PATHS BASED ON WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE STATISTICS . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-674-023-8, pages 110-120. DOI: 10.5220/0002800901100120

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu10,
author={Lauri Lahti},
title={PERSONALIZED LEARNING PATHS BASED ON WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE STATISTICS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,},
year={2010},
pages={110-120},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002800901100120},
isbn={978-989-674-023-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,
TI - PERSONALIZED LEARNING PATHS BASED ON WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE STATISTICS
SN - 978-989-674-023-8
AU - Lahti L.
PY - 2010
SP - 110
EP - 120
DO - 10.5220/0002800901100120