Course Timetabling Problem during COVID-19: An Optimal Model Based on the Comparative Advantage of Online/Offline Education

15 Pages Posted: 7 Sep 2021

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Yunhao Wang

Northeast Normal University - KLASMOE & School of Mathematics and Statistics

Songqiao Han

Leiden University - Faculty of Science

Da Huang

Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)

Xiuying Zhang

Northeast Normal University

Date Written: May 26, 2021

Abstract

COVID-19 has profoundly changed the way that we study and work. For students, especially primary and middle school students, online education has become a solution to learning problems. However, online and offline education have their own characteristics and different learning efficiencies in different disciplines, which in turn will bring different learning effects. Therefore, based on the learning styles and types of knowledge, we establish an optimization model by weighing the comparative advantages of online and offline learning, so as to make the best learning effect for students. Then, a course timetabling algorithm proposed verifies its feasibility through examples.

Keywords: online/offline education, comparative advantage, course timetabling problem, COVID-19

JEL Classification: I20, I21, I23, I28

Suggested Citation

Wang, Yunhao and Han, Songqiao and Huang, Da and Zhang, Xiuying, Course Timetabling Problem during COVID-19: An Optimal Model Based on the Comparative Advantage of Online/Offline Education (May 26, 2021). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3917251 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3917251

Yunhao Wang (Contact Author)

Northeast Normal University - KLASMOE & School of Mathematics and Statistics ( email )

Changchun
China

Songqiao Han

Leiden University - Faculty of Science ( email )

Postbus 9500
Leiden, 2300 RA
Netherlands

Da Huang

Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) ( email )

KoGuan Law School
Shanghai 200030, Shanghai 200052
China

Xiuying Zhang

Northeast Normal University ( email )

Changchun
China

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