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Jennifer Scianna; Rogers Kaliisa – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2024
Educational researchers have pointed to socioemotional dimensions of learning as important in gaining a more nuanced description of student engagement and learning. However, to date, research focused on the analysis of emotions has been narrow in its focus, centering on affect and sentiment analysis in isolation while neglecting how emotions…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Discussion, Discourse Analysis, Asynchronous Communication
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Ouyang, Fan; Li, Xu; Jiao, Pengcheng; Peng, Xian; Chen, Wenzhi – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2021
The design of social learning analytics (SLA) tools has become a practical means to make available learning information with a goal to improve students' regulation, reflection, and engagement in online learning. This design-based research uses the multi-method analytics to iteratively design, implement, and modify the SLA tool that makes available…
Descriptors: Learning Analytics, Socialization, Electronic Learning, Computer Mediated Communication
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Daisy Das; Masum Ahmed – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2024
Many educational institutions lack well-defined, targeted policies to address problems relating to student smartphone use on campus. In this study, we analyse the patterns of student smartphone use on academic campuses and propose a range of policy measures to address the problems arising from such use. Our research, which draws on primary data…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education
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Marek Hatala; Sina Nazeri – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2024
An essential part of making dashboards more effective in motivating students and leading to desirable behavioural change is knowing what information to communicate to the student and how to frame and present it. Most of the research studying dashboards' impact on learning analyzes learning indicators of students as a group. Understanding how a…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Information Dissemination, Learning Processes, Algorithms
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Rico Putra Pradana; Ave Adriana Pinem; Putu Wuri Handayani – Journal of Educators Online, 2024
This study uses self-determination theory to examine the effect of gamification on the students' behavioral, emotional, and cognitive engagement in online discussion forums by providing more instructor badges than automatic badges and using a quasi-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design. Behavioral engagement was measured using the number…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Game Based Learning, Scoring Rubrics, Comparative Analysis
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Švábenský, Valdemar; Baker, Ryan S.; Zambrano, Andrés; Zou, Yishan; Slater, Stefan – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2023
Students who take an online course, such as a MOOC, use the course's discussion forum to ask questions or reach out to instructors when encountering an issue. However, reading and responding to students' questions is difficult to scale because of the time needed to consider each message. As a result, critical issues may be left unresolved, and…
Descriptors: Generalization, Computer Mediated Communication, MOOCs, State Universities
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Xi Lin; Ken Luterbach; Kristen H. Gregory; Sarah E. Sconyers – Online Learning, 2024
This study explored the impact of integrating ChatGPT into asynchronous online discussions. The analysis encompassed students' log data from Canvas and their perspectives on using ChatGPT. Results revealed a significant enhancement in overall discussion participation when ChatGPT is encouraged, emphasizing its potential as a catalyst for…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Teaching Methods, Computer Mediated Communication
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Ouyang, Fan; Li, Xu; Sun, Dan; Jiao, Pengcheng; Yao, Jiajia – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2020
The development of massive open online courses (MOOCs) has proceeded through three generations, and in all three, online discussions have been considered a critical component. Although discussions in MOOCs have the potential to promote learning, instructors have faced challenges facilitating learners' knowledge inquiry, construction, and…
Descriptors: Discussion Groups, Student Attitudes, Preferences, Online Courses
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Jaeho Jeon – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
Professionals within the field of language learning have predicted that chatbots would provide new opportunities for the teaching and learning of language. Despite the assumed benefits of utilizing chatbots in language classrooms, such as providing interactional chances or helping to create an anxiety-free atmosphere, little is known about…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Artificial Intelligence, Learning Analytics, Computer Software
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Lundqvist, Karsten Ø.; Liyanagunawardena, Tharindu; Starkey, Louise – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2020
Many course designers trying to evaluate the experience of participants in a MOOC will find it difficult to track and analyse the online actions and interactions of students because there may be thousands of learners enrolled in courses that sometimes last only a few weeks. This study explores the use of automated sentiment analysis in assessing…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Online Courses, Student Experience, Peer Relationship
Amy Graham Goodman – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The goal of learning analytics is to optimize learning and the environments in which it occurs. Since 2011, when learning analytics was defined as a separate and distinct area of academic inquiry, the literature has identified a need for research that presents evidence of effective learning analytics, as well as, learning analytics research that…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Learning Analytics, Calculus, Mathematics Instruction
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Sugden, Nicole; Brunton, Robyn; MacDonald, Jasmine; Yeo, Michelle; Hicks, Ben – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2021
There is growing demand for online learning activities that offer flexibility for students to study anywhere, anytime, as online students fit study around work and family commitments. We designed a series of online activities and evaluated how, where, and with what devices students used the activities, as well as their levels of engagement and…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Learner Engagement, Online Courses, Handheld Devices
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Calvo-Morata, Antonio; Rotaru, Dan Cristian; Alonso-Fernandez, Cristina; Freire-Moran, Manuel; Martinez-Ortiz, Ivan; Fernandez-Manjon, Baltasar – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2020
Bullying is a serious social problem at schools, very prevalent independently of culture and country, and particularly acute for teenagers. With the irruption of always-on communications technology, the problem, now termed cyberbullying, is no longer restricted to school premises and hours. There are many different approaches to address…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Learning Analytics
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Carliner, Saul, Ed. – Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, 2019
The Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) is an international, non-profit educational organization. The Association's purpose is to advance the knowledge, theory, and quality of teaching and learning at all levels with information technology. "E-Learn 2019: World Conference on E-Learning" took place in New…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Electronic Learning, Conference Papers, Learner Engagement
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Bastiaens, Theo, Ed. – Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, 2022
The Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) is an international, non-profit educational organization. The Association's purpose is to advance the knowledge, theory, and quality of teaching and learning at all levels with information technology. The "EdMedia + Innovate Learning" conference took place in New York,…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Flipped Classroom, Online Courses, Student Projects