Data mining in course management systems:: Moodle case study and tutorial

被引:520
作者
Romero, Cristobal [1 ]
Ventura, Sebastian [1 ]
Garcia, Enrique [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Cordoba, Dept Numer Anal & Comp Sci, E-14071 Cordoba, Spain
关键词
distance education and telelearning; e-learning; evaluation of CAL systems; data mining; web mining;
D O I
10.1016/j.compedu.2007.05.016
中图分类号
TP39 [计算机的应用];
学科分类号
081203 ; 0835 ;
摘要
Educational data mining is an emerging discipline, concerned with developing methods for exploring the unique types of data that come from the educational context. This work is a survey of the specific application of data mining in learning management systems and a case study tutorial with the Moodle system. Our objective is to introduce it both theoretically and practically to all users interested in this new research area, and in particular to online instructors and e-learning administrators. We describe the full process for mining e-learning data step by step as well as how to apply the main data mining techniques used, such as statistics, visualization, classification, clustering and association rule mining of Moodle data. We have used free data mining tools so that any user can immediately begin to apply data mining without having to purchase a commercial tool or program a specific personalized tool. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:368 / 384
页数:17
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