Interactive Visualization Tools to Improve Learning and Teaching in Online Learning Environments

This paper presents two interactive visualization tools for learning management systems (LMS) in order to improve learning and teaching in online courses. The first tool was developed at the Intelligent Information Systems Laboratory (IISLab) at the Tampere University of Technology (TUT). The tool i...

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Autores principales: Kuosa, Kirsi, Distante, Damiano, Tervakari, Anne, Cerulo, Luigi, Fernández, Alejandro, Koro, Juho, Kailanto, Meri
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2016
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/119076
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topic Ciencias Informáticas
e-learning
learning analytics
Information retrieval
Data mining
Information visualization
visualization tools
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e-learning
learning analytics
Information retrieval
Data mining
Information visualization
visualization tools
Kuosa, Kirsi
Distante, Damiano
Tervakari, Anne
Cerulo, Luigi
Fernández, Alejandro
Koro, Juho
Kailanto, Meri
Interactive Visualization Tools to Improve Learning and Teaching in Online Learning Environments
topic_facet Ciencias Informáticas
e-learning
learning analytics
Information retrieval
Data mining
Information visualization
visualization tools
description This paper presents two interactive visualization tools for learning management systems (LMS) in order to improve learning and teaching in online courses. The first tool was developed at the Intelligent Information Systems Laboratory (IISLab) at the Tampere University of Technology (TUT). The tool is used to analyse students’ activity from automatically recorded user log data and to build interactive visualizations. They provide valuable insights into the learning process and participation of students in a course offered to teachers and students. The second tool was developed at the Unitelma Sapienza University. It extends navigation and search functionalities in the discussion forum of an LMS with a topic-driven paradigm. The tool analyses forum content and automatically identifies discussion topics. It then enhances the original forum with a topic-driven navigation structure and an interactive search graph. Both tools have been developed as plug-ins for the Moodle LMS, but their analysis processes and techniques can be adopted into any LMS.
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author Kuosa, Kirsi
Distante, Damiano
Tervakari, Anne
Cerulo, Luigi
Fernández, Alejandro
Koro, Juho
Kailanto, Meri
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Distante, Damiano
Tervakari, Anne
Cerulo, Luigi
Fernández, Alejandro
Koro, Juho
Kailanto, Meri
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title Interactive Visualization Tools to Improve Learning and Teaching in Online Learning Environments
title_short Interactive Visualization Tools to Improve Learning and Teaching in Online Learning Environments
title_full Interactive Visualization Tools to Improve Learning and Teaching in Online Learning Environments
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title_full_unstemmed Interactive Visualization Tools to Improve Learning and Teaching in Online Learning Environments
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publishDate 2016
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