NDLI: User navigational behavior in e-learning virtual environments

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Carbo, J.M. Mor, E. Minguillon, J.
Copyright Year	2005
Description	Author affiliation: Comput. Sci. & Multimedia Studies, Univ. Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain (Carbo, J.M.; Mor, E.; Minguillon, J.)
Abstract	In this paper, we describe the navigational behavior of the students of an e-learning virtual environment, in order to determine whether such navigational patterns are related to the academic performance achieved by the students or not, and which behaviors can be identified as more successful. As an example, a subset of students taking a degree in computer science in a completely virtual online university is selected as the matter of study. Three levels of analysis are described: a session level, where students perform a few actions in a single session logged to the virtual campus; a course level, where all single sessions are joined to form a course navigational pattern; and a lifelong learning level, where students enroll in several subjects each academic semester. A simple experiment is outlined for the course level to demonstrate the possibilities of such analysis in a virtual e-learning environment. This experiment shows that the information collected in this level is useful for understanding user behavior and the relationship with his or her academic achievements, and that some intuitive ideas about the relevance of specific user actions or particularities can be also better explained.
Sponsorship	IEEE Comput. Soc. Web Intelligence Consortium (WIC) Assoc. for Comput. Machinery (ACM)
Starting Page	243
Ending Page	249
File Size	226716
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISBN	076952415X
DOI	10.1109/WI.2005.155
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2005-09-19
Publisher Place	France
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Computer science Electronic learning Content management Navigation Virtual environment Web mining Internet Performance analysis Environmental management Pattern analysis
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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