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This paper presents a novel approach to understand specific student behavior in MOOCs. Instructors currently perceive participants only as one homogeneous group. In order to improve learning outcomes, they encourage students to get active…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2018-09-25 Ralf Teusner , Kai-Adrian Rollmann , Jan Renz

Students' interactions with online tools can provide us with insights into their study and work habits. Prior research has shown that these habits, even as simple as the number of actions or the time spent on online platforms can…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2019-05-06 Niki Gitinabard , Sarah Heckman , Tiffany Barnes , Collin F. Lynch

The purpose of this study is to explore students' backtracking patterns in using a digital textbook and reveal the relationship between backtracking behaviors and academic performance as well as learning styles. The study was carried out…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-06-10 Bo Jiang , Meijun Gu , Chengjiu Yin

Accurately analyzing and modeling online browsing behavior play a key role in understanding users and technology interactions. In this work, we design and conduct a user study to collect browsing data from 31 participants continuously for…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-08-17 Yuliia Lut , Michael Wang , Elissa M. Redmiles , Rachel Cummings

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

We described a study on the use of an online laboratory for self-directed learning by constructing and simulating conceptual models of ecological systems. In this study, we could observe only the modeling behaviors and outcomes; the…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-09-07 Sungeun An , Spencer Rugaber , Jennifer Hammock , Ashok K. Goel

Over the last decade, e-learning has revolutionized how students learn by providing them access to quality education whenever and wherever they want. However, students often get distracted because of various reasons, which affect the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-11-30 Rahul RK , Shanthakumar S , Vykunth P , Sairamnath K

Exploring online behavior change is imperative for societal progress in the context of 21st-century challenges. We analyze 148 articles (2000-2023) focusing on behavior change in the digital space and build a map that categorizes behaviors,…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-12-15 Arianna Pera , Gianmarco de Francisci Morales , Luca Maria Aiello

AI-assisted cheating has emerged as a significant threat in the context of online exams. Advanced browser extensions now enable large language models (LLMs) to answer questions presented in online exams within seconds, thereby compromising…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-10-23 Gökhan Akçapınar

Hundreds of millions of people learn something new online every day. Simultaneously, the study of online education has blossomed within the human computer interaction community, with new systems, experiments, and observations creating and…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-02-11 Sean Kross , Eszter Hargittai , Elissa M. Redmiles

This study examines whether including more contextual information in data analysis could improve our ability to identify the relation between students' online learning behavior and overall performance in an introductory physics course. We…

Physics Education · Physics 2020-07-01 Zhongzhou Chen , Mengyu Xu , Geoffrey Garrido , Matthew W. Guthrie

In this paper we do the first large scale analysis of writing style development among Danish high school students. More than 10K students with more than 100K essays are analyzed. Writing style itself is often studied in the natural language…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2019-06-10 Stephan Lorenzen , Niklas Hjuler , Stephen Alstrup

Techniques for clustering student behaviour offer many opportunities to improve educational outcomes by providing insight into student learning. However, one important aspect of student behaviour, namely its evolution over time, can often…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-10-08 Jessica McBroom , Kalina Yacef , Irena Koprinska

The use of the internet, and in particular web browsing, offers many potential advantages for educational institutions as students have access to a wide range of information previously not available. However, there are potential negative…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2011-10-31 Scott Hazelhurst , Yestin Johnson , Ian Sanders

In this paper, we introduce a new dataset for student engagement detection and localization. Digital revolution has transformed the traditional teaching procedure and a result analysis of the student engagement in an e-learning environment…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-06-28 Amanjot Kaur , Aamir Mustafa , Love Mehta , Abhinav Dhall

To investigate the detection of students' behavioral engagement (On-Task vs. Off-Task), we propose a two-phase approach in this study. In Phase 1, contextual logs (URLs) are utilized to assess active usage of the content platform. If there…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2019-01-21 Eda Okur , Nese Alyuz , Sinem Aslan , Utku Genc , Cagri Tanriover , Asli Arslan Esme

The introductory programming course (CS1) at the university level is often perceived as particularly challenging, contributing to high dropout rates among Computer Science students. Identifying when and how students encounter difficulties…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Denis Zhidkikh , Ville Isomöttönen , Toni Taipalus

The application of the Internet in the field of education is becoming more and more popular, and a large amount of educational data is generated in the process. How to effectively use these data has always been a key issue in the field of…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-07-25 Chun Wang , Jiexiao Chen , Ziyang Xie , Jianke Zou

This paper provides an overview of students behavior analysis on a learning management system (LMS), Blackboard (Bb) Learn for a core data communications course of the Undergraduate IT program in the Information Sciences and Technology…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2018-11-12 Salman Yousaf , Pouyan Ahmadi , Khondkar Islam

To enhance student learning, we demonstrate an experimental study to analyze student learning outcomes in online and in-class sections of a core data communications course of the Undergraduate IT program in the Information Sciences and…

Physics Education · Physics 2017-12-15 Pouyan Ahmadi , Khondkar Islam. Salman Yousaf