D 2014

Detecting disengagement of online students through log files analysis

LUSTIGOVÁ, Zdena, Pavel BROM and Veronika NOVOTNÁ

Basic information

Original name

Detecting disengagement of online students through log files analysis

Authors

LUSTIGOVÁ, Zdena, Pavel BROM and Veronika NOVOTNÁ

Edition

Fiorenze, 6 pp. 2014

Publisher

Pixel Associazione Culturale

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Stať ve sborníku

Field of Study

50300 5.3 Education

Country of publisher

Italy

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Organization unit

University College Prague – University of International Relations and Institute of Hospitality Management and Economics, Ltd.

Keywords (in Czech)

disangagement; online students; log files analysis; data mining

Keywords in English

disangagement; online students; log files analysis; data mining

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 27/2/2014 10:34, doc. RNDr. Zdena Lustigová, CSc.

Abstract

V originále

To achieve effective learning, motivational aspects like engagement play a very important role. Within online learning applications the disengagement detection and prediction based on real data (not always in real time) is becoming more and more popular among educational specialists. Many E-learning systems, and virtual or remote learning environments, could be improved by tracking students’ disengagement that, in turn, would allow personalized interventions at appropriate times in order to re-engage students. The present article describes the results of a medium-scale (N = 56) study, using log files from Open Remote Laboratory at Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, to observe secondary school students’ behaviour during their work in virtual environment. Simple data mining and text mining techniques were used to reveal individual user’s behavioural patterns and to detect disengagement. The results will be used mainly to improve the systems’ adaptability to students’ requirements and to prevent their disengagement.
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