An adaptive learning agent integrated in a collaborative portal for advanced training in the biomedical field

Author

Landro, Daniele ; De Gasperis, Giovanni ; Stifano, Giuseppe ; Macchiarelli, Guido

Author_Institution

Univ. of L´Aquila (Italy), L´Aquila, Italy

fYear

2014

fDate

7-10 July 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

Academic communities need a collaborative portal to provide new distance learning opportunities and to improve personal training opportunities. An innovative portal must integrate an adaptive engine to assist learners individually, meeting them at their skill and knowledge levels. More than 300 biomedical students were enrolled to carry out the assessment of the new developed platform, which integrates a prototype adaptive engine based on Bayesian inference. Students who completed the web-based module left positive feedback and good overall satisfaction.

Keywords

belief networks; biomedical education; computer based training; distance learning; groupware; inference mechanisms; learning (artificial intelligence); portals; Bayesian inference; Web-based module; academic communities; adaptive learning agent; advanced biomedical training; biomedical students; collaborative portal; distance learning opportunities; innovative portal; personal training opportunities; prototype adaptive engine; Bayes methods; Collaboration; Computer aided instruction; Engines; Probabilistic logic; Probability distribution; Training; Bayesian inference system; academic distance learning; artificial neural network; continuing medical education; data mining; decision support system; intelligent agent; machine learning; non-linear statistical data modeling; pattern analysis; virtual laboratories;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Fusion (FUSION), 2014 17th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Salamanca

Type

conf

Filename

6916031