Enriching e-learning metadata through digital library usage analysis

Ferran-Ferrer, Núria, Casadesús, Jaume, Krakowska, Monika and Minguillón, Julià Enriching e-learning metadata through digital library usage analysis. The Electronic Library, 2007, vol. 25, n. 2. (In Press) [Journal article (Paginated)]

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Purpose: In this paper we propose an evaluation framework for analyzing learning objects usage, with the aim of extracting useful information for improving the quality of the metadata used to describe the learning objects, but also for personalization purposes, including user models and adaptive itineraries. Methodology: We present experimental results from the log usage analysis during one academic semester of two different subjects, 350 students. The experiment looks into raw server log data generated from the interactions of the students with the classroom learning objects, in order to find relevant information that can be used to improve the metadata used for describing both the learning objects and the learning process. Findings: Preliminary studies have been carried out in order to obtain an initial picture of the interactions between learners and the virtual campus, including both services and resources usage. These studies try to establish elationships between user profiles and their information and navigational behavior in the virtual campus, with the aim of promoting personalization and improving the understanding of what learning in virtual environments means. Research limitations: During the formal learning process, students use learning resources from the virtual classroom provided by the academic library, but they also search for information outside the virtual campus. Not all of these usage data are considered in the model we propose. Further research needs to be done in order to get a complete view of the information search behavior of students for improving the users’ profile and creating better personalized services. Practical implications: In this paper we suggest how a selection of fields used in the LOM standard could be used for enriching the description of learning objects, automatically in some cases, from the learning objects usage performed by an academic community. Originality: Ever since the beginnings of libraries, they have been a “quiet storage place”. With the development of digital libraries, they become a meeting place where explicit and implicit recommendations about information sources can be shared among users. Social and learning process interactions, therefore, can be considered another knowledge source.

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: digital libraries, recommender systems, learning objects, metadata, personalization, e-learning, usage analysis
Subjects: D. Libraries as physical collections. > DD. Academic libraries.
G. Industry, profession and education. > GH. Education.
B. Information use and sociology of information
H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HS. Repositories.
Depositing user: Núria Ferran
Date deposited: 17 Mar 2007
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:06
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/9180

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