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Reasoning-Based Curriculum Sequencing and Validation: Integration in a Service-Oriented Architecture

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We present a service-oriented personalization system, set in an educational framework, based on a semantic annotation of courses including prerequisites and learning objectives. The system supports users in planning personalized curricula and in verifying the compliance of curricula against a model describing the designer goals. We have developed a prototype of the planning and validation services, by using SWI-Prolog and the SPIN model checker as reasoning engines. The services are supplied and combined in the Personal Reader framework.

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Baldoni, M., Baroglio, C., Brunkhorst, I., Marengo, E., Patti, V. (2007). Reasoning-Based Curriculum Sequencing and Validation: Integration in a Service-Oriented Architecture. In: Duval, E., Klamma, R., Wolpers, M. (eds) Creating New Learning Experiences on a Global Scale. EC-TEL 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4753. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75195-3_32

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