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Gontzis, Andreas F.; Kotsiantis, Sotiris; Panagiotakopoulos, Christos T.; Verykios, Vassilios S. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2022
Attrition is one of the main concerns in distance learning due to the impact on the incomes and institutions reputation. Timely identification of students at risk has high practical value in effective students' retention services. Big Data mining and machine learning methods are applied to manipulate, analyze and predict students' failure,…
Descriptors: Student Attrition, Distance Education, At Risk Students, Achievement
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Gkontzis, Andreas F.; Kotsiantis, Sotiris; Panagiotakopoulos, Christos T.; Verykios, Vassilios S. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2022
Attrition is one of the main concerns in distance learning due to the impact on the incomes and institutions reputation. Timely identification of students at risk has high practical value in effective students' retention services. Big Data mining and machine learning methods are applied to manipulate, analyze, and predict students' failure,…
Descriptors: Student Attrition, Distance Education, At Risk Students, Achievement
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Paquette, Luc; Baker, Ryan S. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2019
Learning analytics research has used both knowledge engineering and machine learning methods to model student behaviors within the context of digital learning environments. In this paper, we compare these two approaches, as well as a hybrid approach combining the two types of methods. We illustrate the strengths of each approach in the context of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Student Behavior, Models, Case Studies