A framework for recommendation in learning object repositories: An example of application in civil engineering

Advances in Engineering Software

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-14

  Zapata, A ^a   Menendez V H ^a   Prieto, M E ^b   Romero, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Civil engineering; Educational recommender system; Learning object repository; Metadata; Search ranking algorithm; Weighted hybrid recommendation

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; METADATA;

ACTIVE AREA; CIVIL ENGINEERING STUDENTS; DELPHOS; ENGINEERING PROBLEMS; HYBRID RECOMMENDATION; INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES; LEARNING AND TRAINING; LEARNING OBJECT REPOSITORIES; LEARNING OBJECTS; RANKING ALGORITHM; SHARING KNOWLEDGE;

RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 84869875753     PISSN: 09659978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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