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Di Sun; Gang Cheng; Heng Luo – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
Recently, researchers have proposed to leverage technology-supported data (log files) to investigate temporal and sequential patterns of interaction behaviors in learning processes. There are two major challenges to be addressed: clarifying the positioning of interaction levels and identifying the evolution of the interaction action patterns in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Computer Science, MOOCs
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Tlili, Ahmed; Wang, Huanhuan; Gao, Bojun; Shi, Yihong; Zhiying, Nian; Looi, Chee-Kit; Huang, Ronghuai – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
Online and open learning has recently been made prevalent in many regions in order to mitigate educational inequality and to enhance students' learning experiences and outcomes. Previous studies showed that students perform differently in the learning process, where cultural differences matter. However, little is known about how cultural…
Descriptors: Diversity, Cultural Differences, Behavior Patterns, Electronic Learning
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Chen, Changsheng; Meng, Xiangzeng – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2021
As a supplement to face-to-face teaching, small private online courses (SPOCs) have become increasingly popular in higher education. Nevertheless, there is a lack of research on behavioral patterns in the university SPOC. This empirical study investigates the behavioral patterns of 306 undergraduate students taking a degree course partially taught…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Outcomes of Education, Online Courses
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Liu, Zhi; Cheng, Hercy N. H.; Liu, Sanya; Sun, Jianwen – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2017
Due to high retention rates, small private online course (SPOC) has become increasingly popular among universities. However, existing analyses of learning behavioral patterns in SPOC remain extremely lacking. This present study conducts an empirical analysis on the behavioral patterns of 12,517 undergraduates engaging in a college's SPOC platform,…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Online Courses, Undergraduate Students, Learning Processes
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Liu, Zhi; Zhang, Wenjing; Cheng, Hercy N. H.; Sun, Jianwen; Liu, Sannyuya – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2018
As an overt expression of internal mental processes, discourses have become one main data source for the research of interactive learning. To deeply explore behavioral regularities among interactions, this article firstly adopts the content analysis method to summarize students' engagement patterns within a course forum in a small private online…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Correlation, Academic Achievement, Learner Engagement
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Zhang, Zuochen – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2004
As new technologies become less expensive, provide greater access to various forms of multimedia, and are integrated into all aspects of everyday life, online learning environments are becoming more prevalent. Online education, as experienced through course management systems, is being heralded as meeting the needs of students' lifestyles by…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Instructional Design, Management Systems