COURSE SKELETON FOR ADAPTIVE LEARNING
A method and apparatus for utilizing a course skeleton for adaptive learning is provided. Based on student profile information and course goal information, a query is generated to dynamically determine which learning items should be presented to the student. The query, which is based on a particular learning goal, may differ from student to student, and therefore different students may be presented with different learning items to achieve the same learning goal. In addition, as new learning items is added to the learning item repository, the learning items returned by the query for a particular learning goal may change, even if the query used for the goal does not.
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23 . A method, comprising
analyzing performance, by a student, to determine (a) a type of learning item that works well for the student and (b) a learning goal for the student;
executing a query against a learning item repository to identify a learning item using at least (a) the type of learning item that works well for the student and (b) the learning goal for the student;
identifying the learning item based on results from the query;
presenting the learning item to the student.