Modeling and Personalizing Curriculum Using Petri Nets

Abstract

We introduce and discuss our ongoing research project using a multi-agent system to model, personalize and track individual students’ curriculum within the standards of a given course while monitoring and maintaining opportunities for intra-student collaboration. A Petri Net data structure models the relationships amongst learning objects within the course. A particular marking of the net indicates the current state of a given student or entire class of students. Agents use the net to represent their beliefs and to make plans that maximize curriculum personalization opportunities without compromising collaboration between students.