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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">109</journal-id>
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        <journal-title xml:lang="en">JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title xml:lang="en">jucs</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">0948-695X</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">0948-6968</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Journal of Universal Computer Science</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
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    <article-meta>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3217/jucs-022-08-1175</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">23431</article-id>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Research Article</subject>
        </subj-group>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="scientific_subject">
          <subject>L.1.2 - Learning Objects</subject>
          <subject>L.3.0 - eLearning Systems/Technology/Tools/Platforms</subject>
          <subject>L.3.2 - Information Retrieval and Search</subject>
        </subj-group>
      </article-categories>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>RecSim: A Model for Learning Objects Recommendation using Similarity of Sessions</article-title>
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      <contrib-group content-type="authors">
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Wiedmann</surname>
            <given-names>Tiago</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:type="simple">tiagowrs@gmail.com</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Barbosa</surname>
            <given-names>Jorge Luis Victória</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Rigo</surname>
            <given-names>Sandro José</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A2">2</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Barbosa</surname>
            <given-names>Débora Nice Ferrari</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A3">3</xref>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <aff id="A1">
        <label>1</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo, Brazil</addr-line>
        <institution>University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS)</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">São Leopoldo</addr-line>
        <country>Brazil</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A2">
        <label>2</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS, São Leopoldo, Brazil</addr-line>
        <institution>Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">São Leopoldo</addr-line>
        <country>Brazil</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A3">
        <label>3</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Feevale University, Novo Hamburgo, Brazil</addr-line>
        <institution>Feevale University</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Novo Hamburgo</addr-line>
        <country>Brazil</country>
      </aff>
      <author-notes>
        <fn fn-type="corresp">
          <p>Corresponding author: Tiago Wiedmann (<email xlink:type="simple">tiagowrs@gmail.com</email>).</p>
        </fn>
        <fn fn-type="edited-by">
          <p>Academic editor: </p>
        </fn>
      </author-notes>
      <pub-date pub-type="collection">
        <year>2016</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>01</day>
        <month>08</month>
        <year>2016</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>22</volume>
      <issue>8</issue>
      <fpage>1175</fpage>
      <lpage>1200</lpage>
      <uri content-type="arpha" xlink:href="http://openbiodiv.net/8D49E9A2-F7AF-5257-B9D1-D403BA3CD5D0">8D49E9A2-F7AF-5257-B9D1-D403BA3CD5D0</uri>
      <uri content-type="zenodo_dep_id" xlink:href="https://zenodo.org/record/5505451">5505451</uri>
      <history>
        <date date-type="received">
          <day>01</day>
          <month>07</month>
          <year>2015</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>29</day>
          <month>07</month>
          <year>2016</year>
        </date>
      </history>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>Tiago Wiedmann, Jorge Luis Victória Barbosa, Sandro José Rigo, Débora Nice Ferrari Barbosa</copyright-statement>
        <license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="" xlink:type="simple">
          <license-p>This article is freely available under the J.UCS Open Content License.</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <label>Abstract</label>
        <p>A learning object (LO) is any entity or resource that can be used in computer-aided learning. This can take the form of text, multimedia content, presentations, programs or any other type of digital content, generally made available through web portals or distance learning systems. The LOs consulted by a student while accessing such portals are related to the interests of the student for the duration of the session. This article proposes a model for LOs recommendation using similarity of sessions, called RecSim. The model receives the sequence of LOs consulted during the current user session along with sessions whose sequences are similar to the LOs consulted in the current session. LOs found in similar sessions are then recommended to the user. A prototype was developed and applied into two controlled experiments. The results were encouraging and show potential for implementing RecSim in real-life situations.</p>
      </abstract>
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