Use of Data Mining Techniques in Extracting Navigation Sequences from Students in a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

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https://doi.org/10.18264/eadf.v10i2.1070

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Students have different goals, preferences and interaction actions, and in MOOCs, the navigational behavior can be useful for making discoveries related to learning. In this context, this paper reports a research carried out with the purpose of detecting the navigation sequences of 906 students enrolled in a MOOC with content related to the discipline of Chemistry, and identify the most accessed educational materials. We employ educational data mining techniques, using the Apriori algorithm. The results showed 18 frequent sequences, and indicated that the contents of the first module of the course received more access.

Keywords: MOOC. Data mining. Sequential patterns.

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Napoliana Silva de Souza, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Possui Graduação em Licenciatura Plena em Informática pela Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (2013) e mestrado em Ciência da Computação pela Universidade Federal da Bahia (2016). Doutoranda no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Informática na Educação da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Temas de interesse: learning analytics, mineração de dados educacionais, e MOOCs.

Gabriela Trindade Perry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Designer graduada pela Universidade Luterana do Brasil (2001), mestre em Ergonomia pelo PPGEP-UFRGS (2005), doutora em Informática na Educação pelo PPGIE-UFRGS (2010). Atualmente é professora associada da UFRGS, no curso de Design, ligado à Faculdade de Arquitetura. Professora permanente do Programa de Pós Graduação em Informática na Educação da UFRGS desde 2016. Coordenadora do NAPEAD - Produção Multimí­da para a Educação desde 2013. Interesses de pesquisa relacionados prototipagem com Arduí­no, MOOCs, Learning Analytics, e Metodologia em Design.

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2020-08-28

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Souza, N. S. de, & Perry, G. T. (2020). Use of Data Mining Techniques in Extracting Navigation Sequences from Students in a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). EaD Em Foco, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.18264/eadf.v10i2.1070

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