Using a user-interactive QA system for personalized e-learning

International Journal of Distance Education Technologies

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1-22

  Hu, Dawei ^a   Chen, Wei ^b   Zeng, Qingtian ^c   Hao, Tianyong ^b   Min, Feng ^b   Liu, Wenyin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Question answering; Web based applications; Web based learning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULA; EDUCATION; EFFICIENCY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; TEACHING; WEBSITES;

CONCEPT HIERARCHIES; LEARNING EFFICIENCY; PERSONAL INFORMATION; PERSONALIZED E-LEARNING; QUESTION ANSWERING; USER-INTERACTIVE QUESTION ANSWERING; WEB BASED LEARNING; WEB-BASED APPLICATIONS;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 55949098185     PISSN: 15393100     EISSN: 15393119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jdet.2008070101     Document Type: Article

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