Analysis of student performance and student participation in online discussions
Publication Type
Conference Proceeding Article
Publication Date
11-2016
Abstract
In recent years, a growing number of educational programs world-wide have adopted technology solutions in their classrooms. Usage of discussion forums, message boards, bulletin boards, polls, and other components of online learning is commonly seen in many classrooms. This study examines the relationship between student participation in online discussions and student performance in two undergraduate courses (one lower tier course and one upper tier course) and one graduate course (master’s level course) in an Information Systems school at a Singapore tertiary educational institution. In particular, this study examines student participation statistics such as participation frequency and reciprocity as indicators of future student performance including component grades and course grade. Further, we perform text mining on message content to derive insights about frequently discussed topics, etc. We built a system complementary to the university-wide Learning Management System (LMS) so that the new system can be easily configured via a web-based dashboard to pull and analyze different kinds of learning behavior data captured by the LMS
Keywords
online discussion, student performance, student participation
Discipline
Computer Engineering | Instructional Media Design
Research Areas
Data Science and Engineering
Publication
Proceedings of the 9th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, Seville, Spain, 2016 November 14-16
ISBN
9788461758951
Identifier
10.21125/iceri.2016
Publisher
IATED
City or Country
Seville, Spain
Citation
SHIM, Kyong Jin; LAI, V.; and PRITHIVIRAJAN, M..
Analysis of student performance and student participation in online discussions. (2016). Proceedings of the 9th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, Seville, Spain, 2016 November 14-16.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/4341
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.21125/iceri.2016