Generative LLM-based distance education decision design in Argentine universities

As distance education in Argentine higher education expands rapidly, decision-making systems must evolve to support personalized, fair, and scalable learning pathways. Existing recommendation tools often ignore curriculum dependencies, student goals, and the pedagogical value of recommendations. This paper proposes a generative LLM-based decision design that integrates course knowledge graphs and student profiles into a retrieval-augmented prompting framework. The system leverages large language models (LLMs), particularly GPT-4, to generate curriculum-aligned recommendations that support human-in-the-loop educational decisions. A scoring mechanism ensures graph consistency and prerequisite compliance, while experimental evaluations demonstrate improvements in recommendation accuracy, personalization, and fairness. The proposed approach offers a flexible and context-aware decision support model suitable for Latin American distance education institutions.

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Edelweiss Applied Science and Technology
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2025-04-26
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https://doi.org/10.55214/25768484.v9i4.6608
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Open Education and E-Learning
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Generative LLM-based distance education decision design in Argentine universities

Lingyan Meng, Yeyuan Guo
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Generative LLM-based distance education decision design in Argentine universities

Lingyan Meng, Yeyuan Guo
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Abstract

As distance education in Argentine higher education expands rapidly, decision-making systems must evolve to support personalized, fair, and scalable learning pathways. Existing recommendation tools often ignore curriculum dependencies, student goals, and the pedagogical value of recommendations. This paper proposes a generative LLM-based decision design that integrates course knowledge graphs and student profiles into a retrieval-augmented prompting framework. The system leverages large language models (LLMs), particularly GPT-4, to generate curriculum-aligned recommendations that support human-in-the-loop educational decisions. A scoring mechanism ensures graph consistency and prerequisite compliance, while experimental evaluations demonstrate improvements in recommendation accuracy, personalization, and fairness. The proposed approach offers a flexible and context-aware decision support model suitable for Latin American distance education institutions.

Edelweiss Applied Science and TechnologyVol. 9(4)
Beijing Institute of Education (CN), Universidad de Buenos Aires (AR)
Openalex Percentile: Top 14%
Open Education and E-Learning
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