Recommendation Systems in Course Selection: A Benchmark of Fairness Across Student Groups

Authors

  • Ilze-Anna Eihmane Centre for Learning Analytics, Ogre Centre for Digital Education, Ogre, Latvia Author
  • Daniela-Ana Gheorghita Centre for Educational Equity, Codru Centre for Digital Education, Alesd, Romania Author
  • Muireann-Ni Keaveney Centre for Higher Education Studies, Slievenamon Centre for Digital Education, Carrick-on-Suir, Ireland Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22694808

Keywords:

Recommendation Systems in Course Selection; Educational technology; E-learning; Evidence synthesis; Research methodology

Abstract

Recommendation Systems in Course Selection has moved quickly from a niche scientific question to something a wider community
can now investigate with reasonably reliable tools, but the evidence behind it has not always kept pace. We pull together the
current evidence for recommendation systems in course selection, covering the methodological, practical, regulatory and cost
angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where researchers and reviewers are still largely working it out
for themselves. Selective, context-specific pursuit looks better supported by the evidence gathered here than either broad rollout or
blanket avoidance.

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2025-09-28