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Gray, Geraldine; McGuinness, Colm; Owende, Philip; Hofmann, Markus – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2016
This paper reports on a study to predict students at risk of failing based on data available prior to commencement of first year. The study was conducted over three years, 2010 to 2012, on a student population from a range of academic disciplines, n=1,207. Data was gathered from both student enrollment data and an online, self-reporting,…
Descriptors: Prediction, At Risk Students, Academic Failure, College Freshmen
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Lowes, Susan; Lin, Peiyi; Kinghorn, Brian – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2015
As enrolment in online courses has grown and LMS data has become accessible for analysis, researchers have begun to examine the link between in-course behaviours and course outcomes. This paper explores the use of readily available LMS data generated by approximately 700 students enrolled in the 12 online courses offered by Pamoja Education, the…
Descriptors: Integrated Learning Systems, Student Behavior, Online Courses, Asynchronous Communication
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Chiu, Ming Ming; Fujita, Nobuko – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2014
Online forums (synchronous and asynchronous) offer exciting data opportunities to analyze how people influence one another through their interactions. However, researchers must address several analytic difficulties involving the data (missing values, nested structure [messages within topics], non-sequential messages), outcome variables (discrete…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Data Collection, Data Analysis, Discourse Analysis