Opportunities for Moodle data and learning intelligence in Virtual Environments

Abstract

Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) have increased immensely in their popularity worldwide. In the UK, every higher educational institution is using one or more VLEs to assist teaching. Because of the growing number of online interactions with these environments, students are leaving trails of information regarding their online activities. This data is descriptive of students' behavior and has the potential of becoming a goldmine of educational data.