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Basic learning assistance in SWiM: If the user is reading one page about a concept C, compute the dependencies (possibly filtered?) and offer the following actions for a better understanding of C:

Explain

Show the direct dependencies

Explore

Show all dependencies

No thanks

I already know everything I need to know for understanding C

Later

I'm interested, but remind me later

Store the feedback like a "social tag". From these tags, infer the perceived difficulty of a concept.

Contents 1 Setting 2 1st Step: Make Suggestions 2.1 Input 2.2 Output 3 2nd Step: Display Wanted Pages, Bookmarking 3.1 Input 3.2 Output 4 Reasoning needed 5 Future work

Setting

works in view mode (source or presentation view)

1st Step: Make Suggestions

Input

• the currently viewed concept C
• the dependency graph from the knowledge base (not by value, but by reference, i.e. the ability to query the knowledge base)
• possibly later: user preferences or user's background knowledge (user model!), for filtering

Output

• a tree T of concepts that C depends on

2nd Step: Display Wanted Pages, Bookmarking

Input

• the currently viewed concept C
• the tree T from step 1 (maybe cached)
• the user's input: explain, explore, no thanks, later.

Output

• to the user: the desired pages
• to the knowledge base: what does the user think about the current concept (or the suggestion made)

Reasoning needed

• transitive dependency relation

Future work

Make it Community of Practice-aware: prefer examples the CoP likes. --Christoph 10:55, 16 January 2007 (CET)