Clustering blended learning courses by online behavior data: A case study in a Korean higher education institute
Discussion (18.0%), and Type S — Sharing or Submission (7.2%). We discussed the implications of BL based on data-driven decisions to provide strategic institutional initiatives. (Source: The Internet and Higher Education)
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - December 16, 2015 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Using non-identifiable data to predict student course selections
Publication date: Available online 10 December 2015 Source:The Internet and Higher Education Author(s): Ivana Ognjanovic, Dragan Gasevic, Shane Dawson The ability to predict what university course a student may select has important quality assurance and economic imperatives. The capacity to determine future course load and student interests provides for increased accuracy in the allocation of resources including curriculum and learning support and career counselling services. Prior research in data mining has identified several models that can be applied to predict course selection based on the data residing in i...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - December 11, 2015 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Learning in MOOCs: motivations and self-regulated learning in MOOCs
This study investigates the self-regulated learning (SRL) learners apply in a MOOC, in particular focusing on how learners' motivations for taking a MOOC influences their behaviour and employment of SRL strategies. Following a quantitative investigation of the learning behaviours of 788 MOOC participants, follow up interviews were conducted with 32 learners. The study compares the narrative descriptions of behaviour between learners with self-reported high and low SRL scores. Substantial differences were detected between the self-described learning behaviours of these two groups in five of the sub-processes examined. Learn...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - December 11, 2015 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Exploring the effects of students' social networking experience on social presence and perceptions of using SNSs for educational purposes
Publication date: Available online 3 December 2015 Source:The Internet and Higher Education Author(s): Jieun Lim, Jennifer C. Richardson As online learning has increased a number of researchers have focused on the need to integrate techniques to strengthen students' social presence ties in online learning. Social networking sites (SNSs) have been suggested as an effective tool to increase social presence. To investigate the effects of students' social networking experience on social presence and their perceptions of using SNSs for educational purpose, students (n=82) at a large public university were surveyed. Resu...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - December 4, 2015 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Identifying significant indicators using LMS data to predict course achievement in online learning
This study sought to identify significant behavioral indicators of learning using learning management system (LMS) data regarding online course achievement. Because self-regulated learning is critical to success in online learning, measures reflecting self-regulated learning were included to examine the relationship between LMS data measures and course achievement. Data were collected from 530 college students who took an online course. The results demonstrated that students' regular study, late submissions of assignments, number of sessions (the frequency of course logins), and proof of reading the course information pack...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - November 27, 2015 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
A study of students' heuristics and strategy patterns in web-based reciprocal peer assessment for science learning
This study examined the strategies of undergraduate student teachers participating in web-based reciprocal peer-assessment and how they were associated with learning gains in an inquiry-oriented, science learning environment. Twenty-seven participants from a university in Cyprus reciprocally assessed the digital learning products they prepared as they engaged in a web-based study unit on marine ecosystems and in particular prey–predator relationships. Data were collected through screen-video capture, peer feedback protocols, pre- and post-instructional tests and interviews, as well as the students' learning products. Dat...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - November 25, 2015 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Clustering blended learning courses by online behavior data case study in a Korean higher education institute
Discussion (18.0%), and Type S – Sharing or Submission (7.2%). We discussed the implications of BL based on data-driven decisions to provide strategic institutional initiatives. (Source: The Internet and Higher Education)
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - November 3, 2015 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Learning analytics should not promote one size fits all: The effects of instructional conditions in predicating academic success
This study examined the extent to which instructional conditions influence the prediction of academic success in nine undergraduate courses offered in a blended learning model (n=4134). The study illustrates the differences in predictive power and significant predictors between course-specific models and generalized predictive models. The results suggest it is imperative for learning analytics research to account for the diverse ways technology is adopted and applied in course-specific contexts. The differences in technology use, especially those related to whether and how learners use the learning management system, requi...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - October 19, 2015 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
A mixed methods study of graduate students' self-determined motivation in synchronous hybrid learning environments
Publication date: Available online 17 October 2015 Source:The Internet and Higher Education Author(s): Nikolaus T. Butz, Robert H. Stupnisky The purpose of this multiphase mixed methods study was to apply Deci and Ryan's (1985) self-determination theory in an investigation of the relationships among students' need satisfaction, motivation, and achievement in synchronous hybrid learning environments (i.e., simultaneously teaching on-campus and online students using webconferencing). The results from Survey 1 indicated that online students reported significantly lower levels of relatedness than their on-campus counte...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - October 19, 2015 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
The Effects of Sentiments and Co-regulation on Group Performance in Computer Supported Collaborative Learning
This study explores the relationship between CSCL and sentiments, as well as the connection between CSCL and regulation, where we aim to establish that the quantitative estimates of these links in order to predict group performance. We conducted a study to examine the relationships among sentiments, co-regulation, and group performance in a synchronous, online, collaborative learning environment. The results show that insightful sentiments are positively related to group performance and, as a co-regulation strategy, orientation predicted group performance to a higher degree. We discuss the implications of our findings and ...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - October 7, 2015 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Critical factors towards analysing teachers' presence in on-line learning communities
Publication date: Available online 30 September 2015 Source:The Internet and Higher Education Author(s): Panagiotis Tsiotakis, Athanassios Jimoyiannis On-line teacher communities constitute a very popular and dynamic field while they foster a new philosophy for professional development which is characterised as associative, constructivist, reflective, situated, collaborative, and connectivist. This paper reports on the design and the implementation of a learning community consisted of computer science teachers teaching in primary and secondary public schools (K-9), in Greece. The conceptual and the operational dime...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - October 2, 2015 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Social network analysis of peer relationships and online interactions in a blended class using blogs
This study examines the social network of the learner relationships and online interactions in a graduate course using weblogs for writing and sharing weekly reflective journals during a 16week semester. The social network data of the learner relationships were gathered twice by measuring learners' perceived emotional closeness with other learners. In terms of the online interactions among the learners, the numbers of replies that individual learners had posted to and received from others' postings were respectively calculated and analyzed. The findings from these measures indicated that the social network patterns and val...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - September 25, 2015 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Students' use of Wikipedia as an academic resource — Patterns of use and perceptions of usefulness
Publication date: January 2016 Source:The Internet and Higher Education, Volume 28 Author(s): Neil Selwyn, Stephen Gorard Wikipedia is now an established information source in contemporary society. With initial fears over its detrimental influence on scholarship and study habits now subsiding, this paper investigates what part Wikipedia plays in the academic lives of undergraduate students. The paper draws upon survey data gathered from students across two universities in Australia (n=1658), alongside follow-up group interview data from a subsample of 35 students. Analysis of this data suggests that Wikipedia is no...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - September 11, 2015 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Students' use of Wikipedia as an academic resource - patterns of use and perceptions of usefulness
Publication date: Available online 5 September 2015 Source:The Internet and Higher Education Author(s): Neil Selwyn, Stephen Gorard Wikipedia is now an established information source in contemporary society. With initial fears over its detrimental influence on scholarship and study habits now subsiding, this paper investigates what part Wikipedia plays in the academic lives of undergraduate students. The paper draws upon survey data gathered from students across two universities in Australia (n=1658), alongside follow-up group interview data from a subsample of 35 students. Analysis of this data suggests that Wikip...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - September 9, 2015 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
A Qualitative Analysis of Institutional Drivers and Barriers to Blended Learning Adoption in Higher Education
Publication date: Available online 18 August 2015 Source:The Internet and Higher Education Author(s): Wendy W. Porter, Charles R. Graham, Robert Bodily, Daniel Sandberg The authors previously proposed a framework for institutional BL adoption (Graham, Woodfield, & Harrison, 2012), identifying three stages: (a) awareness/exploration, (b) adoption/early implementation, and (c) mature implementation/growth. The framework also identified key strategy, structure, and support issues universities may address at each stage. In this paper, the authors applied that framework as well as Rogers’ (2003) diffusion ...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - August 19, 2015 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
