• DOI:10.1145/3506860.3506917
• Corpus ID: 245385625

Hybrid Human-AI Curriculum Development for Personalised Informal Learning Environments

@article{Tavakoli2021HybridHC,
  title={Hybrid Human-AI Curriculum Development for Personalised Informal Learning Environments},
  author={Mohammadreza Tavakoli and Abdolali Faraji and Mohammadreza Molavi and Stefan T. Mol and G'abor Kismih'ok},
  journal={LAK22: 12th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference},
  year={2021}
}

• Mohammadreza Tavakoli, Abdolali Faraji, +2 authors G'abor Kismih'ok
• Published 22 December 2021
• Computer Science, Education
• LAK22: 12th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference

Informal learning procedures have been changing extremely fast over the recent decades not only due to the advent of online learning, but also due to changes in what humans need to learn to meet their various life and career goals. Consequently, online, educational platforms are expected to provide personalized, up-to-date curricula to assist learners. Therefore, in this paper, we propose an Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Crowdsourcing based approach to create and update curricula for individual learners. We show the design of this curriculum development system prototype, in which contributors receive AI-based recommendations to be able to define and update high-level learning goals, skills, and learning topics together with associated learning content. This curriculum development system was also integrated into our personalized online learning platform. To evaluate our prototype we compared experts’ opinion with our system’s recommendations, and resulted in 89%, 79%, and 93% F1-scores when recommending skills, learning topics, and educational materials respectively. Also, we interviewed eight senior level experts from educational institutions and career consulting organizations. Interviewees agreed that our curriculum development method has high potential to support authoring activities in dynamic, personalized learning environments.