A Cross-Curriculum Video Recommendation Algorithm Based on a Video-Associated Knowledge Map

Abstract

Learning resource recommendation, such as curriculum video recommendation, is an effective way to reduce cognitive overload in online learning. The existing curriculum video recommendation systems are generally limited to one course, ignoring the knowledge correlation between courses. In this paper, we propose a two-stage cross-curriculum video recommendation algorithm that considers both the learners' implicit feedback and the knowledge association between course videos. First, we use collaborative filtering to generate a video seed set, which is based on the learner's implicit video feedback, such as video learning frequencies, video learning duration and video pausing and dragging frequencies. Second, we construct a cross-curriculum video-associated knowledge map and use a random walk algorithm to measure the relevance of the course videos. The relevance is based on each video seed as a starting node and is extended to a video subgraph. Then, several cross-curricular video-oriented subgraphs are recommended for the learners. The experimental results indicate that our cross-curriculum video recommendation algorithm performs better than the traditional collaborative filtering-based recommendation algorithms in terms of accuracy, recall rate, and knowledge relevance.

Keywords

• Online learning
• collaborative filtering
• video-associated knowledge map
• curriculum video recommendation