Title:
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Developing an information system for monitoring student's activity in online collaborative learning
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Author:
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Juan Pérez, Ángel Alejandro; Daradoumis Haralabus, Atanasi; Faulin Fajardo, Francisco Javier; Xhafa, Fatos
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Abstract:
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In this paper we address the issue of monitoring
students' and groups' activity in online collaborative learning
environments. This issue is especially important in the
collaborative e-learning context, since an efficient monitoring
process can provide valuable information to online instructors
who may guide and support the development of collaborative
learning projects. We have developed and tested an information system model which facilitates the automatic generation of weekly monitoring reports derived from data contained in server log files. These reports provide online instructors with visual information regarding students¿ and groups' activity, thus allowing for a quick and easy classification of students and groups according to their activity level. Therefore, entities with a low activity level are identified as soon as possible and just-intime assistance can be established for them. Furthermore, instructors can use these monitoring reports to forecast potential problems 'such as students' dropouts or possible conflicts inside the groups due to unbalanced distribution of tasks' and take
operational and tactical decisions oriented to avoid them. |
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-Educational technology -Web-based instruction -- Study and teaching (Higher) -Education, Higher -- Computer-assisted instruction -User interfaces (Computer systems) -Human-computer interaction -Group work in education -Tecnologia educativa -Ensenyament virtual -- Ensenyament universitari -Ensenyament universitari -- Ensenyament assistit per ordinador -Interfícies d'usuari (Informàtica) -Interacció home-ordinador -Treball en equip -Tecnología educativa -Enseñanza virtual -- Enseñanza universitaria -Enseñanza universitaria -- Enseñanza asistida por ordenador -Interfaces de usuario (Informática) -Interacción hombre-ordenador -Trabajo en equipo |
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