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Selma Tosun; Dilara Bakan Kalaycioglu – Journal of Educational Technology and Online Learning, 2024
Predicting and improving the academic achievement of university students is a multifactorial problem. Considering the low success rates and high dropout rates, particularly in open education programs characterized by mass enrollment, academic success is an important research area with its causes and consequences. This study aimed to solve a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Open Education, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
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Eegdeman, Irene; Cornelisz, Ilja; Meeter, Martijn; van Klaveren, Chris – Education Economics, 2023
Inefficient targeting of students at risk of dropping out might explain why dropout-reducing efforts often have no or mixed effects. In this study, we present a new method which uses a series of machine learning algorithms to efficiently identify students at risk and makes the sensitivity/precision trade-off inherent in targeting students for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Schools, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
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Robert L. Peach; Sophia N. Yaliraki; David Lefevre; Mauricio Barahona – npj Science of Learning, 2019
The widespread adoption of online courses opens opportunities for analysing learner behaviour and optimising web-based learning adapted to observed usage. Here, we introduce a mathematical framework for the analysis of time-series of online learner engagement, which allows the identification of clusters of learners with similar online temporal…
Descriptors: Learning Analytics, Web Based Instruction, Online Courses, Learner Engagement