Generating question and answer pairs to assess understanding of key concepts in social learning playlist

摘要

A method, system and computer program product for determining whether the social learning playlist is effective in educating participants. The text of the collection of online materials of a social learning playlist is scanned to identify key concepts (i.e., the most important points) using natural language processing. The user selects a concept from a list of key concepts, which includes these identified key concepts, and a type of question (e.g., true/false) to be used in assessing the understanding of the selected key concept. The selected type of question and answer to the question are generated using analytic analysis and artificial intelligence on the online materials of the playlist. In this manner, by generating appropriate question and answer pairs, where the questions are inserted at selected locations within the playlist, the creator of the playlist is able to assess whether the participants are understanding the key concepts in the playlist.

主权项

1. A method for determining whether a social learning playlist is effective in educating participants, the method comprising:
receiving a social learning playlist to educate participants containing a collection of online materials; scanning, by a processor, said collection of online materials of said social learning playlist to identify key concepts from text of said collection of online materials using natural language processing; forming a list of key concepts comprising said identified key concepts; receiving a selection of a key concept from said list of key concepts and a type of question to be used in assessing understanding of said selected key concept; and generating said selected type of question and answer to said selected type of question to assess understanding of said selected key concept using analytic analysis and artificial intelligence on said collection of online materials of said social learning playlist.