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de Lima, Mariana; Zorrilla, Marta – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
This study aimed to analyze the student's behaviour in relation to their degree of commitment, participation, and contribution in a MOOC based on a social learning approach. Interaction data was collected on the learning platform and in social networks, both of which were used in the third edition of a social MOOC course. This data was then…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Large Group Instruction, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Zhang, Jia-Hua; Zhang, Ye-Xing; Zou, Qin; Huang, Sen – Educational Technology & Society, 2018
The practice and application of education data mining and learning analytics has become the focus of educational researchers. However, it is still a difficult task to explore the law of group learning and the characteristics of individual learning. In this study, the online learning logs of 1,088 students from 22 classes were analyzed from the…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Educational Research, Diaries
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Satar, H. Muge; Akcan, Sumru – Language Learning & Technology, 2018
Participation in online communities is an increasing need for future language teachers and their professional development. Through such participation, they can experience and develop an awareness of the behaviors required to facilitate their future learners' participation in online learning. This article investigates participation, interaction…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Martins da Silva, Vanessa Cristina; Siqueira, Sean Wolfgand Matsui – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
In online learning environments, tutors have several problems to carry out their activities, such as evaluating the student, knowing the right way to guide each student, promoting discussions, and knowing the right time to interact or let students build knowledge alone. We consider scenarios in which teaching and learning occurs in online social…
Descriptors: Interaction, Social Networks, Electronic Learning, Tutors
Jiang, Zhuoxuan; Zhang, Yan; Liu, Chi; Li, Xiaoming – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2015
With the development of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) in recent years, discussion forums there have become one of the most important components for both students and instructors to widely exchange ideas. And actually MOOC forums play the role of social learning media for knowledge propagation. In order to further understand the emerging…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Large Group Instruction, Educational Technology, Social Networks
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Kovanovic, Vitomir; Gaševic, Dragan; Hatala, Marek – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2014
This paper describes doctoral research that focuses on the development of a learning analytics framework for inquiry-based digital learning. Building on the Community of Inquiry model (CoI)--a foundation commonly used in the research and practice of digital learning and teaching--this research builds on the existing body of knowledge in two…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Doctoral Dissertations, Electronic Learning, Active Learning
Davis, Lorretta J. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Membership in social networking sites is increasing rapidly. Social networking sites serve many purposes including networking, communication, recruitment, and sharing knowledge. Social networking sites, public or private, may be hosted on applications such as Facebook and LinkedIn. As individuals begin to follow and participate in social…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Communities of Practice, Informal Education, Virtual Classrooms