Empowering AEH Authors Using Data Mining Techniques

Abstract. Authoring adaptive educational hypermedia is a very complex activity. In order to promote a wider application of this technology, there is a need of methods and tools which support the work of teachers and course designers. In that sense, data mining is a promising technology. Data mining techniques have already been used on/in e-learning systems, but most of the times their application is oriented to provide better support to students; little work has been done for assisting adaptive hypermedia authors through data mining. In this paper we present a proposal for using data mining during the process of adaptive hypermedia design and also for its evaluation. A tool implementing the proposed approach is also presented, along with examples of how data mining technology can assist teachers