A proposed learner activity taxonomy and a framework for analysing learner engagement versus performance using big educational data

Konstantinidis, Stathis, Fecowycz, Aaron, Coolin, Kirstie, Wharrad, Heather, Konstantinidis, George and Bamidis, Panagiotis (2017) A proposed learner activity taxonomy and a framework for analysing learner engagement versus performance using big educational data. Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems . pp. 429-434. ISSN 2372-9198

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Abstract

The inclusion of information and communication technologies in Healthcare and Medical Education is a fact nowadays. Furthermore numerous virtual learning environments have been established in order to host both educational material and learner’s online activities. Online modules in a VLE can be designed in very different ways being part of different types of courses, while different models can be used to design the course based on what the creator aims to achieve. Thus, the types and the importance of the different elements of the online course may vary a lot. At the same time the need of a global approach to gather big educational data in order to provide valid meaning to the data through learning analytics and educational data mining is urgent. In order this to be achievable we propose a Learner Activity Taxonomy in which the different elements of the learners activity data can be categorised and a Learner Engagement Framework in which the importance of the different elements is vital in order for an analysis of the big educational data to provide a meaningful result. The initial application to practice of the Taxonomy and the Framework are presented based on data from 3 modules at 2 Universities, while the impact of them along with its limitations are discussed.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/894924
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Keywords: Learning Analytics; Big Data; learner engagement; online learning analysis, activity data; paradata;
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences
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Depositing User: Konstantinidis, Stathis
Date Deposited: 11 Sep 2017 13:28
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 19:17
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/45607

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