The role of social networks in students' learning experiences
Working group reports on ITiCSE on Innovation and technology in computer science education
Forming reasonably optimal groups: (FROG)
Proceedings of the 16th ACM international conference on Supporting group work
Evaluating automatic group formation mechanisms to promote collaborative learning - a case study
International Journal of Learning Technology
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Collaboration has long been considered an effective approach to learning. However, forming optimal groups can be a time consuming and complex task. Different approaches have been developed to assist teachers allocate students to groups based on a set of constraints. However, existing tools often fail to assign some students to groups creating a problem well known as “orphan students”. In this paper we propose a framework for learner group formation, based upon satisfying the constraints of the person forming the groups by reasoning over semantic data about the potential participants. The use of both Semantic Web technologies and Logic programming proved to increase the satisfaction of the constraints and overcome the orphans’ problem.