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This work is an attempt to discover hidden structural configurations in learning activity sequences of students in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Leveraging combined representations of video clickstream interactions and forum…

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In this work, we explain the underlying interaction mechanisms which govern students' influence on each other in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Specifically, we outline different ways in which students can be negatively exposed to…

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In this work, we explore video lecture interaction in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), which is central to student learning experience on these educational platforms. As a research contribution, we operationalize video lecture…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2014-09-18 Tanmay Sinha , Patrick Jermann , Nan Li , Pierre Dillenbourg

An exploratory study on social interactions of MOOC students in FutureLearn was conducted, to answer "how can we cluster students based on their social interactions?" Comments were categorized based on how students interacted with them,…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2020-08-11 Lei Shi , Alexandra Cristea , Ahmad Alamri , Armando M. Toda , Wilk Oliveira

The integration of new technologies in the classrooms opens new possibilities for the teaching and learning process. Technologies such as student response system (e.g. Clicker) are getting popularity among teachers due to its effects on…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2015-01-07 Mohammad Awedh , Ahmed Mueen , Bassam Zafar , Umar Manzoor

Interruption plays a crucial role in collaborative learning, shaping group interactions and influencing knowledge construction. AI-driven support can assist teachers in monitoring these interactions. However, most previous work on…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-07-11 Mariah Bradford , Nikhil Krishnaswamy , Nathaniel Blanchard

This paper investigates whether the decoy effect - specifically the attraction effect - can foster cooperation in social networks. In a lab experiment, we show that introducing a dominated option increases the selection of the target…

General Economics · Economics 2025-10-07 Claudia Cerrone , Francesco Feri , Anita Gantner , Paolo Pin

The increasing availability of learning activity data in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) enables us to conduct a large-scale analysis of learners' learning behavior. In this paper, we analyze a dataset of 351 million learning activities…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2024-08-07 Xin Zhou , Aixin Sun , Jie Zhang , Donghui Lin

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) continue to see increasing enrolment, but only a small percent of enrolees completes the MOOCs. Whilst a lot of research has focused on predicting completion, there is little research analysing the…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-08-12 Lei Shi , Alexandra I. Cristea , Armando M. Toda , Wilk Oliveira

Pair programming is a widely used collaborative learning practice in computer science education yet its effectiveness varies substantially due to breakdowns in coordination attention and cognitive regulation between partners. This paper…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-05-08 Anahita Golrang , Kshitij Sharma

Crowdsourcing has gained popularity as a tool to harness human brain power to help solve problems that are difficult for computers. Previous work in crowdsourcing often assumes that workers complete crowdwork independently. In this paper,…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2018-10-24 Chien-Ju Ho , Ming Yin

The integration of artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT in the education system has gained attention in recent years. This experience report explores students' perceptions and suggestions for integrating ChatGPT in a computer…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-02-06 Kehinde Aruleba , Ismaila Temitayo Sanusi , George Obaido , Blessing Ogbuokiri

MOOCs offer free and open access to a wide audience, but completion rates remain low, often due to a lack of personalized content. To address this issue, it is essential to predict learner performance in order to provide tailored feedback.…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-07-30 Anass El Ayady , Maxime Devanne , Germain Forestier , Nour El Mawas

Collaborative learning environments such as programming labs are crucial for learning experiential hands-on skills such as critical thinking and problem solving, and peer discussion. In a traditional laboratory setting, many of these skills…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-11-12 Tahiya Chowdhury

Understanding how educators interact and form peer networks in online professional development contexts has become increasingly important as MOOCs for educators (MOOC-Eds) proliferate. This study examines peer discussion network formation…

Applications · Statistics 2026-01-06 Shuhan Ai

Using learning analytics to investigate and support collaborative learning has been explored for many years. Recently, automated approaches with various artificial intelligence approaches have provided promising results for modelling and…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-01-22 Qi Zhou , Wannapon Suraworachet , Mutlu Cukurova

We study an online multi-task learning setting, in which instances of related tasks arrive sequentially, and are handled by task-specific online learners. We consider an algorithmic framework to model the relationship of these tasks via a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-02-10 Christoph Hirnschall , Adish Singla , Sebastian Tschiatschek , Andreas Krause

For several decades, scholars have studied cooperation and its outcomes in the educational context. Yet, we lack a complete understanding of how different instructional strategies impact the relationship between cooperation and learning.…

Physics Education · Physics 2020-07-01 Javier Pulgar , Cristian Candia , Paul Leonardi

Predictive models of student success in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are a critical component of effective content personalization and adaptive interventions. In this article we review the state of the art in predictive models of…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2018-04-23 Josh Gardner , Christopher Brooks

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are emerging as a popular alternative to traditional education, offering learners the flexibility to access a wide range of courses from various disciplines, anytime and anywhere. Despite this…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-03-04 Alireza Gharahighehi , Achilleas Ghinis , Michela Venturini , Frederik Cornillie , Celine Vens