Learner modeling in cloud computing

Abstract

With the emergence of technology, the personalization of e-learning systems is enhanced. These systems use a set of parameters for personalizing courses. However, in literature, these parameters are not based on classification and optimization algorithms to implement them in the cloud. Cloud computing is a new model of computing where standard and virtualized resources are provided as a service through the Internet. This paper proposes an approach that allows learner modeling in the cloud where these parameters are integrated. The suggested approach is based on the support vector machine algorithm, which analyzes the learners' traces to find the best classification of learners through selected parameters with a low cost. An experimentation is conducted to validate this approach. This experimentation is based on the produced traces for learner modeling. The obtained results show that this approach represents the learner model with low operation costs compared to classic systems (no cloud).