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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

Data mining is known to have a potential for predicting user performance. However, there are few studies that explore its potential for predicting student behavior in a procedural training environment. This paper presents a collective…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-12-24 Diego Riofrío-Luzcando , Jaime Ramírez , Marta Berrocal-Lobo

We study user behavior in the courses offered by a major Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) provider during the summer of 2013. Since social learning is a key element of scalable education in MOOCs and is done via online discussion forums,…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2013-12-23 Christopher G. Brinton , Mung Chiang , Shaili Jain , Henry Lam , Zhenming Liu , Felix Ming Fai Wong

Online teaching has become a new reality due to the COVID-19 pandemic raising a lot of questions about its learning outcomes. Recent studies have shown that peer communication positively affects learning outcomes of online teaching.…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-04-12 Natalya Kozhevnikova

We present a demonstration of REACT, a new Real-time Educational AI-powered Classroom Tool that employs EDM techniques for supporting the decision-making process of educators. REACT is a data-driven tool with a user-friendly graphical…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-08-18 Ajay Kulkarni , Olga Gkountouna

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are the road that led to a revolution and a new era of learning environments. Educational institutions have come under pressure to adopt new models that assure openness in their education distribution.…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2016-06-21 Mohammad Khalil , Martin Ebner

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) bring together a global crowd of thousands of learners for several weeks or months. In theory, the openness and scale of MOOCs can promote iterative dialogue that facilitates group cognition and knowledge…

Physics and Society · Physics 2023-01-05 Nabeel Gillani , Taha Yasseri , Rebecca Eynon , Isis Hjorth

Online tools provide unique access to research students' study habits and problem-solving behavior. In MOOCs, this online data can be used to inform instructors and to provide automatic guidance to students. However, these techniques may…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2019-04-17 Adithya Sheshadri , Niki Gitinabard , Collin F. Lynch , Tiffany Barnes , Sarah Heckman

The study explores whether the use of Twitter in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) promotes the interaction among learners. The social network analysis shows that instructors still play a very central role in the social media…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2016-08-22 Suhang Jiang , Dimitrios Kotzias

As more and more face-to-face classes move to online environments, it becomes increasingly important to explore any emerging barriers to students' learning. This work focuses on characterizing student barriers to active learning in…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-04-13 Reza Hadi Mogavi , Yankun Zhao , Ehsan Ul Haq , Pan Hui , Xiaojuan Ma

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…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2014-09-02 Tanmay Sinha

The development of ICT has emerged a new way of learning using electronic platforms: E-learning. In addition, pedagogical approaches have been adopted in teaching based on group learning, such as the project-based teaching. The…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2014-09-08 Benjelloun Touimi Yassine

Educational technology has obtained great importance over the last fifteen years. At present, the umbrella of educational technology incorporates multitudes of engaging online environments and fields. Learning analytics and Massive Open…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2018-02-27 Mohammad Khalil

Analyzing student behavior in educational scenarios is crucial for enhancing teaching quality and student engagement. Existing AI-based models often rely on classroom video footage to identify and analyze student behavior. While these…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-03-11 Xian Gao , Jiacheng Ruan , Jingsheng Gao , Mingye Xie , Zongyun Zhang , Ting Liu , Yuzhuo Fu

Many studies in educational data mining address specific learner groups, such as first-in-family to attend Higher Education, or focus on differences in characteristics such as gender or ethnicity, with the aim of predicting performance and…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-12-23 Robert D. Macredie , Martin Shepperd , Tommaso Turchi , Terry Young

MOOC participants often feel isolated and disconnected from their peers. Navigating meaningful peer interactions, generating a sense of belonging, and achieving social presence are all major challenges for MOOC platforms. MOOC users often…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-07-16 Dilrukshi Gamage , Mark E Whiting

We profiled three aspects of MOOCs from the perspective of viewing behaviors, the most prominent and common ones of MOOC learning. They were learner classification, course attraction, teaching order and learning order. Based on viewing…

Physics Education · Physics 2018-04-16 Zheng Xie , Xiao Xiao , Jianping Li , Jinying Su

The impact of MOOC courses in the processes of distance learning has been extremely important from the very beginning. They offer an innovative model of massive teaching, which exploits in a paradigmatic manner the potential and relevance…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2016-05-24 Jessica Perez-Parras , Jose Gomez-Galan

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

In the context of higher education's evolving dynamics post-COVID-19, this paper assesses the impact of new pedagogical incentives implemented in a first-year undergraduate computing module at University College London. We employ a mixed…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-03-25 Laura J. Johnston , Takoua Jendoubi