Predicting at-risk university students in a virtual learning environment via a machine learning algorithm

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Predicting At-Risk Students Using Clickstream Data in the Virtual Learning Environment

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11247238 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (24) ◽

pp. 7238 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Naif Radi Aljohani ◽

Ayman Fayoumi ◽

Saeed-Ul Hassan

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

At Risk ◽

Learning Environment ◽

Short Term Memory ◽

At Risk Students ◽

Virtual Learning ◽

Classification Problem ◽

Virtual Learning Environment ◽

Clickstream Data ◽

Education Decision

In higher education, predicting the academic performance of students is associated with formulating optimal educational policies that vehemently impact economic and financial development. In online educational platforms, the captured clickstream information of students can be exploited in ascertaining their performance. In the current study, the time-series sequential classification problem of students’ performance prediction is explored by deploying a deep long short-term memory (LSTM) model using the freely accessible Open University Learning Analytics dataset. In the pass/fail classification job, the deployed LSTM model outperformed the state-of-the-art approaches with 93.46% precision and 75.79% recall. Encouragingly, our model superseded the baseline logistic regression and artificial neural networks by 18.48% and 12.31%, respectively, with 95.23% learning accuracy. We demonstrated that the clickstream data generated due to the students’ interaction with the online learning platforms can be evaluated at a week-wise granularity to improve the early prediction of at-risk students. Interestingly, our model can predict pass/fail class with around 90% accuracy within the first 10 weeks of student interaction in a virtual learning environment (VLE). A contribution of our research is an informed approach to advanced higher education decision-making towards sustainable education. It is a bold effort for student-centric policies, promoting the trust and the loyalty of students in courses and programs.

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Dinâmica da Digitação Aplicada à Autenticação Periódica de Usuários em Ambientes Virtuais de Aprendizagem

Revista Brasileira de Informática na Educação ◽

10.5753/rbie.2017.25.02.36 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 25 (02) ◽

pp. 36

Author(s):

Marco Aurélio Silva Cruz ◽

Julio Cesar Duarte ◽

Ronaldo Ribeiro Goldschmidt

Keyword(s):

Machine Learning ◽

Academic Performance ◽

Learning Environment ◽

Virtual Learning ◽

Virtual Learning Environment ◽

Machine Learning Techniques ◽

Keystroke Dynamics ◽

Learning Techniques

The authentication of users on a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is, in general, punctual and intrusive, occurring when the user connects to the environment, by typing his password. Such approach allows, after the initial login, that unauthenticated users take the role of authenticated users and perform tasks in the environment, causing, among other things, distortions in the perception about the academic performance of students. The objective of this work is, thus, to propose a mechanism to execute periodic and non-intrusive authentications of users in VLEs. The proposed mechanism uses machine learning techniques to build recognition models based on the keystroke dynamics of users and it is also independent of the used VLE. A prototype of the proposed mechanism, integrated with Moodle, was implemented and applied to a postgraduate course with seventeen users. The recognition models generated by the prototype in the case study showed a performance above 92% of accuracy, which is a positive indication about the viability of the utilization of the proposed mechanism.

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Virtual Learning Environments as a Continuous Assessment Tool in University Students

Educational Technology and the New World of Persistent Learning - Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-6361-7.ch012 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 229-252

Author(s):

Piero Espino Román ◽

Eugenia Olaguez Torres ◽

Ricardo López Hernández

Keyword(s):

Learning Environment ◽

University Students ◽

Virtual Environment ◽

Assessment Tool ◽

Virtual Learning ◽

Virtual Learning Environment ◽

Academic Program ◽

Continuous Assessment ◽

Teacher Student ◽

The University

This chapter presents the development of a virtual learning environment through the use of e-assessment based on web technologies. This virtual environment development consists in the use of Code Igniter developed by EllisLab. Bootstrap was also simultaneously used, which is a framework developed within Twitter, with the objective of standardizing the tools that are used in the development. This virtual environment allowed to assess and keep track of the work of a selected group of students from the Mechatronics Engineering academic program of the Universidad Politécnica de Sinaloa in Mexico, which, throughout the course, allowed teachers to manage the students' assessments. As a conclusion, it was found that the virtual learning environment using e-assessment contributes to the teacher-student interaction within a virtual environment and in an online modality. Finally, it was reported that time spans in different areas were optimized, such as the areas of elaboration, design, application, and feedback of the university students' assessment.

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