Search results for: Theo van der Weide
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In this paper, we focus on the embedding of an online learning market in the software ecosystem of higher education institutions. The intention of this online learning market is to allow the students to find courses from a massive open online course (so-called MOOCs) repository within the context of their program that may not be available at their home university or that better suit their personal...
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2016 IEEE 18th Conference on Business Informatics (CBI) > 1 > 238 - 247
Gamification as a topic is getting increasing attention within organizations as a method of organizing and structuring business processes. Gamification is about using game elements in a non-game context with the intention to effectuate a sustainable behavior change. In this paper we introduce Persuasive and Motivational Design (PMD) for information system design methods. This method applies Game Psychology...
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Higher education institutions in Indonesia are widely dispersed by their expertise, their supporting infrastructure, and even by geographical separation. To facilitate knowledge sharing in such a complex system is a challenging task. This paper proposes a conceptual model of a knowledge market as a possible mechanism to overcome the problem. By employing the market mechanism in higher education knowledge...
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Information Processing and Management > 2014 > 50 > 4 > 599-620
Query enrichment is a process of dynamically enhancing a user query based on her preferences and context in order to provide a personalized answer. The central idea is that different users may find different services relevant due to different preferences and contexts. In this paper, we present a preference model that combines user preferences, user context, domain knowledge to enrich the initial user...
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Knowledge and Information Systems > 2000 > 2 > 1 > 33-52
Abstract. In this article, a formalisation of index expressions is presented. Index expressions are more expressive than keywords while maintaining a comprehensible complexity. Index expressions are well-known in Information Retrieval (IR), where they are used for characterising document contents, formulation of user interests, and matching mechanisms. In addition, index expressions have found both...
