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Understanding the University Student Experience through Big Data Analytics
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Wonkyung Choi; Jun Jo; Geraldine Torrisi-Steele – International Journal of Adult Education and Technology, 2024
Despite best efforts, the student experience remains poorly understood. One under-explored approach to understanding the student experience is the use of big data analytics. The reported study is a work in progress aimed at exploring the value of big data methods for understanding the student experience. A big data analysis of an open dataset of…
Descriptors: College Students, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Learning Analytics
A Virtual Campus Based on Human Factor Engineering
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Yang, Yuting; Kang, Houliang – Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 2014
Three Dimensional or 3D virtual reality has become increasingly popular in many areas, especially in building a digital campus. This paper introduces a virtual campus, which is based on a 3D model of The Tourism and Culture College of Yunnan University (TCYU). Production of the virtual campus was aided by Human Factor and Ergonomics (HF&E), an…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Human Factors Engineering, Campuses, Computer Software
Selecting the "Right" Microcomputer.
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Smith, Susan Staples – EDUTECH Report, 1986
Microcomputers need to be introduced and effectively managed in academic organizations, where compatibility becomes an important issue as users wish to communicate with other users via computer. The need to standardize hardware and software thus becomes an important issue. The first step in selecting a microcomputer standard is the selection of a…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Change Strategies, Computer Software, Educational Administration
Research Needs for Human Factors.
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Army Research Inst. for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Arlington, VA. – 1983
Human factors engineering can be defined as the application of scientific principles, methods, and data drawn from a variety of disciplines to the development of engineering systems in which people play a significant role. Since human factors issues arise in every domain in which humans interact with the products of a technological society, six…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Decision Making
An Unfolding, Not an Unveiling: Creating an Online Public Library.
Nielsen, Brian – Library Journal, 1984
Focusing on online library catalogs as examples of human relationships as they are involved in process of technological innovations, this paper discusses introduction of innovation using a process model based on public policy research (theory) and experiences of Northwestern University with its online catalog (application). Five references are…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Software, Higher Education, Human Factors Engineering
Beyond Courseware: A Report and Bibliography Prepared for the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation on Computing Technology in Higher Education.
Bantz, David; And Others – 1990
This annotated bibliography is based on a literature search which was commissioned to complement the report on a conference hosted by Dartmouth University (New Hampshire) in October 1988. An introductory essay describes the conference, which brought together 30 educators from a wide variety of institutions for 3 days to reflect on the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation