Towards an Academic Social Network to Support Students Decision Making Processes
摘要
Normally, university students are concerned about their academic progress which is reflected with the knowledge and skills acquired in the courses they attend. However, such knowledge and skills depend on the professors’ academic and social capabilities. In this way, students may appreciate having in advance information regarding professors’ methodology, suitability, and kindness, among other qualities, when enrolling in a specific course. This information might be provided by students who already have attended a course with a certain professor. Thus, in this work, we propose an academic social network to enable students to offer references to professors to support other students when enrolling in new courses. Such references include comments and grades for desired criteria that describe the professors’ qualities.