Concept Focus

Semantic Meta-Data For Describing MOOC Content

Conference paper (2018)

Authors

S. Mesbah Web Information Systems - EEMCS
G. Chen Web Information Systems - EEMCS
M. Valle Torre Web Information Systems - EEMCS
A. Bozzon Web Information Systems - EEMCS
C. Lofi Web Information Systems - EEMCS
G.J.P.M. Houben Web Information Systems - EEMCS
Research Group
Web Information Systems (EEMCS) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2018 S. Mesbah, G. Chen, M. Valle Torre, A. Bozzon, C. Lofi, G.J.P.M. Houben
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98572-5_36
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Published Date

2018

Language

English

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Faculty

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Department

Software Technology

Research Group

Web Information Systems

Abstract

MOOCs promised to herald a new age of open education.
However, efficient access to MOOC content is still hard, thus unneces-
sarily complicating many use cases like efficient re-use of material, or
tailored access for life-long learning scenarios. One of the reasons for this
lack of accessibility is the shortage of meaningful semantic meta-data de-
scribing MOOC content and the resulting learning experience. In this pa-
per, we explore Concept Focus, a new type of meta-data for describing a
perceptual facet of modern video-based MOOCs, capturing how focused
a learning resource is topic-wise, which is often an indicator of clarity
and understandability. We provide the theoretical foundations of Con-
cept Focus and outline a methodical workflow of how to automatically
compute it for MOOC lectures. Furthermore, we show that the learners’
consumption behavior is correlated with a MOOC lecture’s Concept Focus, thus underlining that this type of meta-data is indeed relevant for user-centric querying, personalizing or even designing the MOOC experience. For showing this, we performed an extensive study with real-life
MOOCs and 12,849 learners over the duration of three months.