Dataset-driven research for improving recommender systems for learning

  • Authors:
  • Katrien Verbert;Hendrik Drachsler;Nikos Manouselis;Martin Wolpers;Riina Vuorikari;Erik Duval

  • Affiliations:
  • K.U.Leuven, Celestijnenlaan, Leuven, Belgium;Open University of the Netherlands (OUNL), Heerlen, The Netherlands;Agro-Know Technologies, Athens, Greece and University of Alcala, Spain;Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology (FIT), Schloss Birlinghoven, Sankt Augustin, Germany;European Schoolnet (EUN), Brussels, Belgium;K.U.Leuven, Celestijnenlaan, Leuven, Belgium

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

In the world of recommender systems, it is a common practice to use public available datasets from different application environments (e.g. MovieLens, Book-Crossing, or Each-Movie) in order to evaluate recommendation algorithms. These datasets are used as benchmarks to develop new recommendation algorithms and to compare them to other algorithms in given settings. In this paper, we explore datasets that capture learner interactions with tools and resources. We use the datasets to evaluate and compare the performance of different recommendation algorithms for learning. We present an experimental comparison of the accuracy of several collaborative filtering algorithms applied to these TEL datasets and elaborate on implicit relevance data, such as downloads and tags, that can be used to improve the performance of recommendation algorithms.