Intervention Strategies for Increasing Engagement in Volunteer-Based Crowdsourcing

Abstract: Volunteer-based crowdsourcing depend critically on maintaining the engagement of participants. We explore a methodology for extending engagement in citizen science by combining machine learning with intervention design. We first present a platform for using real-time predictions about forthcoming disengagement Continue reading

EduRank: A Collaborative Filtering Approach to Personalization in E-learning

Avi Segal, Ziv Katzir, Ya’akov Gal, Guy Shani and Bracha Shapira. EduRank: A Collaborative Filtering Approach to Personalization in E-learning. Seventh International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2014), London, England, July 2014. ** winner of best student paper award ** Continue reading

Sequencing Educational Content in Classrooms using Bayesian Knowledge Tracing

This work was presented at HAIDM 2015. The 2015 workshop on Human-Agent Interaction Design and Models was co-organised by SmartSociety. Abstract: Despite the prevalence of e-learning systems in schools, most of today’s systems do not personalize educational data to the Continue reading

Improving Productivity in Citizen Science through Controlled Intervention

This work was presented at HAIDM 2015. The 2015 workshop on Human-Agent Interaction Design and Models was co-organised by SmartSociety. Abstract: The majority of volunteers participating in citizen science projects perform only a few tasks each before leaving the system. Continue reading