FOKE: A Personalized and Explainable Education Framework Integrating Foundation Models, Knowledge Graphs, and Prompt Engineering

TL;DR

FOKE is a novel educational framework that combines foundation models, knowledge graphs, and prompt engineering to enable personalized, interactive, and explainable learning experiences, demonstrated through programming education and learning path planning.

Contribution

The paper introduces a hierarchical knowledge forest, multi-dimensional user profiling, and an interactive prompt scheme, advancing personalized and explainable AI-driven education.

Findings

Effective in programming education and homework assessment

Enhances personalized learning through comprehensive learner modeling

Demonstrates practical application with Scholar Hero system

Abstract

Integrating large language models (LLMs) and knowledge graphs (KGs) holds great promise for revolutionizing intelligent education, but challenges remain in achieving personalization, interactivity, and explainability. We propose FOKE, a Forest Of Knowledge and Education framework that synergizes foundation models, knowledge graphs, and prompt engineering to address these challenges. FOKE introduces three key innovations: (1) a hierarchical knowledge forest for structured domain knowledge representation; (2) a multi-dimensional user profiling mechanism for comprehensive learner modeling; and (3) an interactive prompt engineering scheme for generating precise and tailored learning guidance. We showcase FOKE's application in programming education, homework assessment, and learning path planning, demonstrating its effectiveness and practicality. Additionally, we implement Scholar Hero, a real-world instantiation of FOKE. Our research highlights the potential of integrating foundation models, knowledge graphs, and prompt engineering to revolutionize intelligent education practices, ultimately benefiting learners worldwide. FOKE provides a principled and unified approach to harnessing cutting-edge AI technologies for personalized, interactive, and explainable educational services, paving the way for further research and development in this critical direction.