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Priya Sharma; Mahir Akgun; Qiyuan Li – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2024
Networked and digital technologies are increasingly being used for learning in formal and informal contexts, and participant engagement occurs primarily via online discussions. In this paper, we describe an ongoing research project that focuses on examining and understanding student engagement in collaborative online discussions within a formal…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Network Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Classification
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Ouyang, Fan; Chen, Si; Li, Xu – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2021
Social learning analytics (SLA) tools are designed to visually demonstrate online discussions with a goal to foster student engagement. However, empirical studies indicate controversial results of the effect of SLA tools on student engagement. This design-based research designs a student-facing SLA tool to demonstrate discussions from three…
Descriptors: Learning Analytics, Visual Aids, Learner Engagement, Discussion
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Almeda, Ma. Victoria; Baker, Ryan S. – Journal of Educational Data Mining, 2020
Given the increasing need for skilled workers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), there is a burgeoning interest to encourage young students to pursue a career in STEM fields. Middle school is an opportune time to guide students' interests towards STEM disciplines, as they begin to think about and plan for their career…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Predictor Variables, STEM Education, Science Careers
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Han, Feifei; Ellis, Robert – Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal, 2020
In researching student learning experience in Higher Education, a dearth of studies has investigated cognitive, social, and material dimensions simultaneously with the same population. From an ecological perspective of learning, this study examined the interrelatedness amongst key elements in these dimensions of 365 undergraduates' personalised…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Electronic Learning, Synchronous Communication, Social Networks
Williams-Dobosz, Destiny; Azevedo, Renato Ferreira Leitão; Jeng, Amos; Thakkar, Vyom; Bhat, Suma; Bosch, Nigel; Perry, Michelle – Grantee Submission, 2021
Little is known about the online learning behaviors of students traditionally underrepresented in STEM fields (i.e., UR-STEM students), as well as how those behaviors impact important learning outcomes. The present study examined the relationship between online discussion forum engagement and success for UR-STEM and non-UR-STEM students, using the…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Undergraduate Students, Student Improvement, Disproportionate Representation