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Faucon, Louis; Kidzinski, Lukasz; Dillenbourg, Pierre – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2016
Large-scale experiments are often expensive and time consuming. Although Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) provide a solid and consistent framework for learning analytics, MOOC practitioners are still reluctant to risk resources in experiments. In this study, we suggest a methodology for simulating MOOC students, which allow estimation of…
Descriptors: Markov Processes, Monte Carlo Methods, Bayesian Statistics, Online Courses
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Galyardt, April; Goldin, Ilya – Journal of Educational Data Mining, 2015
In educational technology and learning sciences, there are multiple uses for a predictive model of whether a student will perform a task correctly or not. For example, an intelligent tutoring system may use such a model to estimate whether or not a student has mastered a skill. We analyze the significance of data recency in making such…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Performance Based Assessment, Bayesian Statistics, Data Analysis