19th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence - Vol.2 (ICTAI 2007) A Group Formation Tool in an E-Learning Context Paris, France October 29-October 31 ISBN: 0-7695-3015-X
In this paper we present a web-based group formation tool that supports the instructor to automatically create both homogeneous and heterogeneous groups based on up to three criteria and the learner to negotiate the group- ing. Moreover, the instructor is allowed to manually group learners based on specific criteria. A discriminative fea- ture of this tool is the use of the Fuzzy C-Means algorithm for homogeneous grouping, which provides for each learner the probability of belonging to different groups. This infor- mation is also provided to the instructor to support him/her in manually exchanging learners or intervening in the ini- tial grouping. Moreover, the learners are informed for the groups formed and they are allowed to negotiate their group assignment. Preliminary evaluation results provide indica- tions for the efficiency of the proposed approach in forming homogeneous and heterogeneous groups in a real context.
Citation:
Christos E. Christodoulopoulos, Kyparisia A. Papanikolaou, "A Group Formation Tool in an E-Learning Context," ictai, vol. 2, pp.117-123, 19th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence - Vol.2 (ICTAI 2007), 2007 Usage of this product signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||