UbiGroup: Um Modelo de recomendação ubíqua de conteúdo para grupos de aprendizes

Abstract

The necessity of teachers to search and to select appropriate educational materials for their classes is a common fact in the educational environment. However, the wide availability of materials, the heterogeneity of the students’ profiles and the diversity of pedagogical activities that can be conducted, make this task laborious. In this scenario, this work presents a model for ubiquitous recommendation of educational content for groups of learners dynamically created, which aims to help teachers to search and to select educational materials taking into consideration the profile of the group and the teaching context. The strategy adopted in this work differs from related work by making the recommendation of educational content considering jointly the profiles of a group of learners and context in which they find themselves. Based on validation scenarios, it was possible to verify the feasibility of the model, and it was proposed a solution to the research problem.