Ask4In: A Contextually Sensitive Questions and Answers to Support Learning in Disciplines

• Claucio Sousa Paraíba Federal Institute
• Marcello Freitas Paraíba Federal Institute
• Geilson Andrade Paraíba Federal Institute
• Thiago Moura Paraíba Federal Institute
• Damires Souza Paraíba Federal Institute

Abstract

Technological advances and the use of social networks have increasingly promoted the virtualization of real groups, which are usually related to common interests such as family and studies. Particularly, in undergraduate courses, students are used to belong to social network groups related to classes. We argue that we can take into account the context of these group interactions and of each belonging member in order to enhance the learning process among them. With this in mind, this work presents the Ask4Inapplication which assists the process of learning by means of questions and answers based on the perceived context of the users and of the occurred interactions. Some contextual information is acquired from social networks.

Keywords: QeA, Context Sensitive, Learning

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