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Reich, Justin; Tingley, Dustin; Leder-Luis, Jetson; Roberts, Margaret E.; Stewart, Brandon M. – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2015
Dealing with the vast quantities of text that students generate in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and other large-scale online learning environments is a daunting challenge. Computational tools are needed to help instructional teams uncover themes and patterns as students write in forums, assignments, and surveys. This paper introduces to the…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Online Courses, Data Collection, Data Analysis
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Hecking, Tobias; Chounta, Irene-Angelica; Hoppe, H. Ulrich – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2017
To further develop rich and expressive ways of modelling roles of contributors in discussion forums of online courses, particularly in MOOCs, networks of forum users are analyzed based on the relations of information-giving and information-seeking. Specific connection patterns that appear in the information exchange networks of forum users are…
Descriptors: Role Models, Group Discussion, Online Courses, Large Group Instruction