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Technology for Mining the Big Data of MOOCs
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O'Reilly, Una-May; Veeramachaneni, Kalyan – Research & Practice in Assessment, 2014
Because MOOCs bring big data to the forefront, they confront learning science with technology challenges. We describe an agenda for developing technology that enables MOOC analytics. Such an agenda needs to efficiently address the detailed, low level, high volume nature of MOOC data. It also needs to help exploit the data's capacity to reveal, in…
Descriptors: Data, Technology Uses in Education, Online Courses, Open Education
Where Social and Professional Networking Meet: The Virtual Association Chapter
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Noxon, Rose – Performance Improvement, 2011
Online Capella University wanted to sponsor an International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) chapter. Using social networking platforms, a new type of chapter was designed. The virtual chapter breaks new ground on more than the chapter's platform; it is also the first university-sponsored chapter and has a unique approach to…
Descriptors: Performance Technology, Professional Associations, Social Networks, Computer Mediated Communication
Guiding Students to Answers: Query Recommendation
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Yilmazel, Ozgur – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2011
This paper reports on a guided navigation system built on the textbook search engine developed at Anadolu University to support distance education students. The search engine uses Turkish Language specific language processing modules to enable searches over course material presented in Open Education Faculty textbooks. We implemented a guided…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Search Engines, Language Processing, Information Retrieval
Achieving Solution Success: An Investigation of User Participation Approaches
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Mattia, Angela Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2009
User participation and its relationship to system success have been discussed in the information systems (IS) literature from many theoretical and practical perspectives. In reality, most of this discussion is grounded in empirical research that has yielded mixed results on the importance of user participation and its relationship to system…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Computer System Design, Investigations, Network Analysis
Building a Large, Successful Website Efficiently through Inquiry-Based Design and Content Management Tools
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Frick, Theodore; Su, Bude; An, Yun-Jo – TechTrends: Linking Research & Practice to Improve Learning, 2005
In May 1994, the first website for the School of Education at Indiana University Bloomington (IUB) was launched. At that time, the home page had two links: (1) The Instructional Systems Technology Department; and (2) The IUB home page. A decade later, the site now consists of more than 6,000 web pages, and has received more than 41.5 million page…
Descriptors: Instructional Systems, Internet, Web Sites, Program Descriptions
University of Kentucky Engaging Differences Project: Providing Information about Accommodations On Line and Just in Time
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Krampe, Kristina M.; Berdine, William H. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2003
The University of Kentucky Engaging Differences (UK-ED) project focused on developing, evaluating, and disseminating a web-based performance support system (WPSS) to enhance accommodations provided by personnel at the University of Kentucky (UK), the Lexington Community College (LCC), and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, User Satisfaction (Information), Information Networks, Information Management