Today, Web Analytics (WA) is commonly used to obtain key information about users and their behavior on websites. Besides, with the rise of online learning, Learning Analytics (LA) emerged as a separate research field for collecting and analyzing learners’ interactions on online learning platforms.
As Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) generate a huge amount of learning activity data through its thousands of users, great potential is provided to use this data to understand and optimize the learning experience and outcome.
Today, Web Analytics (WA) is commonly used to obtain key information about users and their behavior on websites. Besides, with the rise of online learning, Learning Analytics (LA) emerged as a separate research field for collecting and analyzing learners' interactions on online learning platforms.
Yuanru Tan and Wenfei Yan share their reflections from the 9th International Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK) Conference, where Yuanru presented on cross-platform research conducted with colleague Rebecca Quintana on learner interactions within MOOC discussion forums.
A/B testing is used throughout the tech world to build more engaging and valuable products. By randomizing users into either the current baseline experience (control) or a new experience (treatment)…
PhD Thesis Defense at Graz University of Technology by Mohammad Khalil. Supervisor: Martin Ebner Examiner: Denis Helic & Carlos Delagado Cloos Date: 08th. May. 2017