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Title: | Educational data mining and learning analytics: differences, similarities, and time evolution |
Other Titles: | Minería de datos educativos y análisis de datos sobre aprendizaje: diferencias, parecidos y evolución en el tiempo |
Author: | Calvet Liñan, Laura ![]() Juan Pérez, Ángel Alejandro |
Others: | Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Estudis d'Informàtica, Multimèdia i Telecomunicació |
Keywords: | online learning educational data mining learning analytics big data |
Issue Date: | Jul-2015 |
Publisher: | RUSC. Universities and Knowledge Society Journal |
Citation: | Calvet Liñán, L., & Juan Pérez, Á. A. (2015). Educational Data Mining and Learning Analytics: differences, similarities, and time evolution. RUSC. Universities and Knowledge Society Journal, 12(3). 98-112. doi: 10.7238/rusc.v12i3.2515 |
Also see: | http://dx.doi.org/10.7238/rusc.v12i3.2515 |
Abstract: | Technological progress in recent decades has enabled people to learn in different ways. Universities now have more educational models to choose from, i.e., b-learning and e-learning. Despite the increasing opportunities for students and instructors, online learning also brings challenges due to the absence of direct human contact. Online environments allow the generation of large amounts of data related to learning/teaching processes, which offers the possibility of extracting valuable information that may be employed to improve students¿ performance. In this paper, we aim to review the similarities and differences between Educational Data Mining and Learning Analytics, two relatively new and increasingly popular fields of research concerned with the collection, analysis, and interpretation of educational data. Their origins, goals, differences, similarities, time evolution, and challenges are addressed, as are their relationship with Big Data and MOOCs. |
Language: | English |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10609/85225 |
ISSN: | 1698-580XMIAR |
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