Application of Swarm Intelligence in E-Learning Systems

  • Authors:
  • Elżbieta Kukla

  • Affiliations:
  • Technical University of Wrocław, Institute for Applied Informatics, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 53-370 Wrocław, Poland, e-mail: elzbieta.kukla@pwr.wroc.pl

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2008 conference on New Trends in Multimedia and Network Information Systems
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

E-learning systems are intended to offer their users didactic material tailored to their actual needs, preferences and abilities. This idea is consistent with the general principles of constructivism. Additionally it offers a student great flexibility in organizing his own curriculum and his learning scenario in the scope of particular course. However, it has also some side effects causing that students have many problems with making curriculum adapted to their needs or choosing subsequent course elements while complying the course. Many of e-learning courses designers, teachers and students emphasize the necessity of guidance in effective traversing a “knowledge network”. The chapter presented below explores some of the recent solutions in this subject. They were carefully selected to represent the widest possible range of research concerning the application of swarm intelligence to recommendation in e-learning systems.