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Greller, Wolfgang; Drachsler, Hendrik – Educational Technology & Society, 2012
With the increase in available educational data, it is expected that Learning Analytics will become a powerful means to inform and support learners, teachers and their institutions in better understanding and predicting personal learning needs and performance. However, the processes and requirements behind the beneficial application of Learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Uses in Education, Ethics, Best Practices
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Dyckhoff, Anna Lea; Zielke, Dennis; Bultmann, Mareike; Chatti, Mohamed Amine; Schroeder, Ulrik – Educational Technology & Society, 2012
Learning Analytics can provide powerful tools for teachers in order to support them in the iterative process of improving the effectiveness of their courses and to collaterally enhance their students' performance. In this paper, we present the theoretical background, design, implementation, and evaluation details of eLAT, a Learning Analytics…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Uses in Education, Semi Structured Interviews, Usability
Olmos, Martin; Corrin, Linda – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2012
The ability to visualize student engagement and experience data provides valuable opportunities for learning support and curriculum design. With the rise of the use of learning analytics to provide "actionable intelligence" on students' learning, the challenge is to create visualizations of the data, which are clear and useful to the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Graphics, Internet, Open Source Technology
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Costagliola, Gennaro; Fuccella, Vittorio – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2009
To correctly evaluate learners' knowledge, it is important to administer tests composed of good quality question items. By the term "quality" we intend the potential of an item in effectively discriminating between skilled and untrained students and in obtaining tutor's desired difficulty level. This article presents a rule-based e-testing system…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Test Items, Computer Assisted Testing, Item Response Theory
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Stoilescu, Dorian – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2009
This paper discusses modalities of meaningful use of multimedia sources in Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) theory and the design of CSCL software tools. A discussion about main similarities and differences between the concepts of networking, coordination, cooperation, and collaboration is presented at the beginning. These concepts…
Descriptors: Multimedia Instruction, Multimedia Materials, Cooperative Learning, Learning Modalities
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Debuse, J.; Lawley, M.; Shibl, R. – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2007
Providing detailed, constructive and helpful feedback is an important contribution to effective student learning. Quality assurance is also required to ensure consistency across all students and reduce error rates. However, with increasing workloads and student numbers these goals are becoming more difficult to achieve. An automated feedback…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Assignments, Quality Control, Student Attitudes