An Approach for Thematic Relevance Analysis Applied to Textual Contributions in Discussion Forums

Machado, Crystiano José Richard; Maciel, Alexandre Magno Andrade; Rodrigues, Rodrigo Lins; Menezes, Ronaldo

doi:10.4018/ijdet.2019070103

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“…The authors developed a pedagogical support tool to allow early identification of students with learning difficulties, as well as students who have made relevant contributions on the topic of the discussion. The difficulties presented by Machado [41] relate to difficulties D1 and D3 and the solution relates to the improvements M6 and M18 presented by our work.…”

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“…The authors report the need to constantly oversee the environment to make calculations on the discussion data and determine whether the discussion is developing well. According to Machado et al [41], due to the large volume of posts that are generated on a daily basis in these environments, manual analysis becomes impractical.…”

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“…For Machado et al [41], the analysis of students' interactions in the forum tool can identify learning difficulties. However, due to the large number of messages that are created, a manual analysis of students' posts can become a very time-consuming task.…”

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What to expect, and how to improve online discussion forums: the instructors’ perspective

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Online discussion forums are asynchronous communication tools that are widely used in Learning Management Systems. However, instructors and students face various difficulties, and instructors lack a guide on what strategies they can use to achieve a more participatory forum environment. This work aims to identify benefits and difficulties of using online discussion forums from the instructors' point of view, and to provide a list of strategies and improvements that can mitigate the challenges and lead to a more participatory forum. We used coding procedures to analyze data collected through semi-structured interviews. The results of our exploratory analysis are relevant to the distance learning community and can inform instructors, developers, and researchers to help them improve the quality of mediation and use of forums.

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“…A métrica de Relevância Temática foi originalmente proposta para análise de comunicações em fóruns de discussão educacionais [1,11]. No entanto, seu uso no contexto de Issue Tracking já foi reportado na literatura [13].…”

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“…Nesse contexto de análise das comunicações em issue tracking, este trabalho apresenta a Biblioteca RIT (Relevância em Issue Tracking), que aplica a métrica de relevância temática sobre os comentários das issues em repositórios do GitHub, com o intuito de classificar os mais relevantes para uma dada discussão. De acordo com Machado et al [11], a Relevância Temática pode ser definida como uma métrica que determina a relevância de um texto no contexto do tema da discussão onde está inserido. Dessa forma, o valor da Relevância Temática dos comentários das issues será determinado pela quantidade de termos encontrados no texto dos comentários que são relevantes para a discussão como um todo.…”

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RIT: uma Biblioteca para Análise da Relevância Temática dos Comentários Postados no Issue Tracking do GitHub

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The mining of software repositories generates useful and relevantknowledge for project management with direct application in effortestimates, task distribution and resource allocation. This workpresents the RIT Library, which mines communication data fromissue tracking repositories on GitHub, in order to calculate thethematic relevance of issue comments. To validate the library, atwo-step validation procedure was applied: a validation of the resultsby comparing them with the opinion of business experts; and aproof of concept, which exemplifies the use of the library in a clientapplication, highlighting how the different views of the generateddata can be useful for future analyzes in external tools.

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Do sentiments of professors feedback change after migrating from in-person to online modalities? Pre- and during COVID-19 experience

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The COVID-19 pandemic forced higher education institutions to alter how they offer classes at an unprecedented pace. Due to ambiguities and lockdown restrictions, the transition phase negatively impacted students’ and professors emotions. As a result, lecturers had to cope with unfamiliar online class teaching responsibilities and develop new teaching dynamics. This work aims to analyze one of the most adversely affected procedures of teaching, the written feedback provided to students. This research strives to explore whether the professors’ feedback style altered from face-to-face education to online education on digital platforms during the COVID-19 restrictions. This exploratory-design study uses a mixed methodology to explain the subject on hand based on data collected from 117 undergraduate students. Sentiment lexicographers are utilized to address and identify the emotions expressed in the texts. Trust was the most frequent emotion expressed in face-to-face and online courses. It is also observed that the sentiments of joy and sadness changed significantly among online and face-to-face groups based on the professors’ feedback style and approach. Finally, the study reveals that the joy words and the sadness words associated with the learning process are the most commonly utilized sentiments. This study suggests that when the courses transitioned from face-to-face to online learning, the professors’ feedback changed to a more positive feeling that expressed appreciation for the students’ work, encouraging them to strive for their complete academic development, and usher them into a better learning environment.

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An Approach for Thematic Relevance Analysis Applied to Textual Contributions in Discussion Forums

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What to expect, and how to improve online discussion forums: the instructors’ perspective

What to expect, and how to improve online discussion forums: the instructors’ perspective

RIT: uma Biblioteca para Análise da Relevância Temática dos Comentários Postados no Issue Tracking do GitHub

Do sentiments of professors feedback change after migrating from in-person to online modalities? Pre- and during COVID-19 experience

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