Using Adaptive Link Hiding to Provide Learners with Additional Learning Materials in a Web-Based System

dc.creator	Robert Oboko
dc.creator	Peter Wagacha
dc.date	2012-04-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:09:36Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:09:36Z
dc.identifier	1948-075X
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/e98291c7752e4937b4d61d72182f628e
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/12949
dc.description	This article reports results from a web-based online learning experiment that provided learning support to students in an object-oriented programming course. This support was intended to assist learners in acquiring domain knowledge (in this case object-oriented programming knowledge) which they were to use later for problem solving. The course was delivered using adaptive support techniques in which the system interface adjusts in ways that suit different learners. The impact of using one of the implemented support techniques, adaptive link hiding, is reported here. Using this technique, the system provided links to additional learning materials according to its prediction whether or not a learner was likely to access them. The system’s decision was guided by a machine learning algorithm, the Naïve Bayes Classifier (NBC). The system’s prediction was compared to actual access of these additional learning materials, yielding a predictive accuracy of 72%.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Kent State University
dc.relation	http://rcetj.org/index.php/rcetj/article/view/176/262
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1948-075X
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND
dc.source	Journal of the Research Center for Educational Technology, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 11-25 (2012)
dc.subject	Machine Learning Algorithms
dc.subject	Learner Modelling
dc.subject	Naïve Bayes Classifier
dc.subject	Adaptive Navigation Support
dc.subject	Adaptive Link Hiding
dc.subject	Learning Material Links
dc.subject	Web-Based Learning
dc.subject	Learner Knowledge Level
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Using Adaptive Link Hiding to Provide Learners with Additional Learning Materials in a Web-Based System
dc.type	article