Learning style Identifier: Improving the precision of learning style identification through computational intelligence algorithms

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 75, Issue , 2017, Pages 94-108

  Bernard, Jason ^a   Chang, Ting Wen ^b   Popescu, Elvira ^c   Graf, Sabine ^a  

^a ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRAIOVA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Computational intelligence; Distance education and telelearning; Intelligent tutoring systems; Interactive learning environments

Indexed keywords

ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DISTANCE EDUCATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INTELLIGENT COMPUTING; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); STUDENTS; SURVEYS;

ANT COLONY SYSTEMS; AUTOMATIC APPROACHES; AUTOMATIC-LEARNING; COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ALGORITHMS; DISTANCE EDUCATION AND TELE-LEARNING; INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEM; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 85011006819     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2017.01.021     Document Type: Article

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