A visualisation tool to aid exploration of students’ interactions in asynchronous online communication

Abstract

Much research in recent years has focused on the introduction of virtual learning environments (VLEs) to universities, documenting practice, and

Analyzing Interactivity in Asynchronous Video Discussions

“…Moreover, online discussions are an important element to trigger extensive and helpful dialogues between students [2,17]. Several authors find that sufficient time to develop own thoughts and to prepare an appropriate statement are further benefits of online discussions [14,18,8,15]. It has been shown that active participation in online discussions oftentimes lead to effective learning outcomes [7].…”

“…Especially with the rise of learning analytics in general and educational data mining (EDM) in particular quantitative indicators for the interactivity of students for educational purposes are of increasing interest. Most approaches in research on EDM related to asynchronous online discussions make use of 'active' indicators such as the 'number of posts per students' or 'number of reviews per student' in order to determine the interactivity and to evaluate the expected learning outcome [7,8]. The role of 'passive' indicators, such as reading the posts and learning from it without actively taking part in a debate [9,6], is only partially considered yet.…”

Conectando La Teoría Con La Práctica en Asignaturas De Ingeniería Química

“…Las Plataformas de Enseñanza Virtual suelen proporcionar herramientas para apoyar la metodología pedagógica utilizada, incluyendo los objetivos de aprendizaje, los módulos de aprendizaje (temas, problemas, bibliografía obligatoria y recomendada), las presentaciones que se muestran en las clases presenciales, la recepción de trabajos de los alumnos, la administración de grupos de estudiantes (prácticas, seminarios, trabajos en grupo), exámenes virtuales, cuestionarios de satisfacción, tutorías online, la comunicación entre estudiantes y entre estudiantes y profesores (foros) y contenidos complementarios y/o enlaces externos. Además, permite el seguimiento del proceso de aprendizaje y rendimiento de cada alumno en tareas específicas (Martín-Blas y Serrano-Fernández, 2009;Jyothi et al, 2012).…”

Learning analytics system for assessing students' performance quality and text mining in online communication

“…One of the important challenges of the concept of visualization tools is to present as much information as possible in a given good display area without overloading or Cluttering either the display, or the cognitive capability of the person viewing. Having reviewed thoroughly the existing different tools, we argue that this challenge has not yet been met with any of those developed so far [3]. Figure1 below provides an overview of these systems tools and their characteristics.…”