Title :
Notice of Retraction
A Markov Chain Model for the Trend of E-Learning
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math., Comput. Sci. & Stat., Bloomsburg Univ. of Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg, PA, USA
Abstract :
Notice of Retraction
After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE´s Publication Principles.
We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.
The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.
With the rapid development of multimedia devices and services, E-learning has emerged and is growing as a new way of teaching and learning. This paper concentrates on the trend of E-learning and proposes a class of generalized Markov chain models based on normal distributions for estimating this trend with changing transition matrices. Numerical procedures for establishing such models and estimating changes and trend are also presented. Further comments are also made in the paper to address the possibilities of using other types of models, the classifications of the learner population, and possible issues that may affect personal decisions on adopting E-learning.
Keywords :
Markov processes; computer aided instruction; matrix algebra; multimedia computing; normal distribution; E-learning; generalized Markov chain model; multimedia devices; multimedia services; normal distribution; teaching; transition matrices; Computer science; Computer science education; Educational technology; Electronic learning; Gaussian distribution; Mathematical model; Mathematics; Numerical models; Statistics; Switches; E-learning; Markov chain model; normal distribution; numerical procedure;
Conference_Titel :
Education Technology and Computer Science (ETCS), 2010 Second International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6388-6
DOI :
10.1109/ETCS.2010.30
