{"title":"Exploring the Impact of Gaze Sharing on Collaboration During a Co-Construction Task","authors":"C. Schlösser, A. Harrer","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2019.00046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2019.00046","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we report on a user study with eyetracking technology that explores how mutual real-time gaze representations affect a dyad's collaboration behavior in a coconstruction task. Participants used a real-world collaborative web application to complete a partially given concept map. The results show that the analysis of the collaboration process can give insights both on measurements, such as the ratio of shared gaze during activity, but also on categorical classification of episodes of the process. For that end, we reflected and adapted existing frameworks from the CSCL literature to identify and assign collaboration styles and categories of behavior aligned to an extension of colleagues' rainbow framework.","PeriodicalId":356549,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE 19th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123667220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Ferreira, G. Oliveira, R. Araújo, F. Dorça, Renan G. Cattelan
{"title":"An Open Model for Student Assessment Visualization","authors":"H. Ferreira, G. Oliveira, R. Araújo, F. Dorça, Renan G. Cattelan","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2019.00117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2019.00117","url":null,"abstract":"Effective Student Models, capable of identifying and predicting the level of knowledge of students, are a key requirement in modern educational systems. In addition, it is important that the students themselves realize their level of knowledge at a given time, so they can self-regulate their learning process. Thus, this paper describes OSM-V, an Open Student Model with Information Visualization capabilities which allow students and instructors to assess information inferred in educational systems. To evaluate the perception of utility and behavioral changes in students who used the model, this paper also brings experiments regarding its integration to a real educational platform. Results showed that this proposal can positively impact students' learning and positively influence their behavior.","PeriodicalId":356549,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE 19th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT)","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115432861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Crystiam Kelle Pereira, Jerry Fernandes Medeiros, S. Siqueira, B. Nunes
{"title":"How Complex is the Complexity of a Concept in Exploratory Search","authors":"Crystiam Kelle Pereira, Jerry Fernandes Medeiros, S. Siqueira, B. Nunes","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2019.00008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2019.00008","url":null,"abstract":"Exploratory search is a specialized form of information retrieval and discovery. The main aim of the exploratory search is to investigate given information domain to acquire knowledge about it - that is, to learn something about that domain. The level of difficulty of information can affect the learning process and its success. Information with low complexity and relative ease may be uninteresting to learners, who might find it tedious and unrewarding. On the other hand, information with high complexity and difficulty can demoralize learners who perceive it as being impossible, triggering feelings of anxiety. Whether too complex or not complex enough, the seek for information can result in little or no learning. This paper aims to (i) identify features that indicate the complexity of the information represented by a concept; (ii) analyze the features in order to provide a coherent sequence of concepts that balances complexity and learners interest; and, (iii) discuss the challenges, difficulties, and validity of sequencing concepts based on features that indicate complexity. The results show that diversity and variety of concepts as well as detailed semantic descriptions and relations act as indicators for the ideal order of presentation of the information.","PeriodicalId":356549,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE 19th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT)","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130607646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Prediction Strategy for Academic Records Based on Classification Algorithm in Online Learning Environment","authors":"Li Wang, Yaxing Yuan","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2019.00007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2019.00007","url":null,"abstract":"With the development of the Internet and the big data technology, online education is growing vigorously. However, a large amount of data is generated in the online learning environment subsequently, in which the learning behavior data of the learner is very large and there is no good method to use these data. How to analyze and use these data and find the relationship between these data and learning effect has been a hot area of research in recent years. Online learning prediction strategy of academic records is proposed in the paper, which by calculating the correlation coefficient between data attributes and academic records firstly, and then using the correlation analysis to determine the impact of the study results, and finally using the classical classification algorithm of machine learning for classification prediction, explores the rules for online learning data based on the machine learning technology. In the end, the strategy has been proved to be effective in strengthening and improving the analysis and utilization of online learning data through experiments.","PeriodicalId":356549,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE 19th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT)","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133657839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using Blockchain to Store Teachers' Certification in Basic Education in Mexico","authors":"A. L. F. Velázquez, Cristina Cárdenas, A. Almazan","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2019.00070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2019.00070","url":null,"abstract":"Blockchain has the potential to transform the financial services industry, institutional functions, business operations, and other areas such as education. The current paper focuses on one real-world illustration of Blockchain's potential - a pilot project that used a Blockchain (hosted by Ethereum) to store certifications for 1,518 teachers who participated in a teacher training in Mexico.","PeriodicalId":356549,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE 19th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT)","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133701031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anderson Pinheiro Cavalcanti, R. F. Mello, V. Rolim, Maverick Andre Dionisio Ferreira, F. Freitas, D. Gašević
{"title":"An Analysis of the use of Good Feedback Practices in Online Learning Courses","authors":"Anderson Pinheiro Cavalcanti, R. F. Mello, V. Rolim, Maverick Andre Dionisio Ferreira, F. Freitas, D. Gašević","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2019.00061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2019.00061","url":null,"abstract":"Feedback is an essential component of any learning experience. It allows students to identify gaps in their learning and improve their self-regulation. However, providing useful feedback is a challenging and time-consuming task. In digital learning environments, this challenge is even more significant due to a large number of students. Thus, this paper reports on the findings of an analysis of the quality of feedback provided by instructors in an online course. The paper also proposes a supervised machine learning algorithm that can identify the presence of good practices in feedback messages sent to students in a digital learning environment. The results reveal the most commonly used kinds of feedback and how to identify them automatically. The results of the study could potentially be used to improve the quality of the feedback provided by instructors in online education.","PeriodicalId":356549,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE 19th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130464107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Building Conversational Interface for Customer Support Applied to Open Campus an Open Online Course Provider","authors":"André Herrera, Lady Yaguachi, Nelson Piedra","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2019.00011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2019.00011","url":null,"abstract":"A conversational interface is an application that interacts with users using natural language in a similar way to imitate a technical support representative. The goal is to minimize customer service costs and ensure users get common, cheaply and fast responses. In this work, we presented a live customer service using a chatbot along with several services. The chatbot is applied to Open Campus, an open and free online course provider. The architecture proposed, if successful, could have widespread application in universities, and Open Educational Resources and MOOCs providers.","PeriodicalId":356549,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE 19th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT)","volume":"127 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131487569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Towards an RPG Game to Teach Calculus","authors":"V. Cezar, P. Garcia, V. Botelho, E. Miletto","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2019.00037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2019.00037","url":null,"abstract":"Calculus is a part of many undergraduate programs yet students have a high failure rate in the subject, according to data collected in several studies. This paper aims to analyze students' opinions about the use of Gamification and Digital Game-Based Learning to teach calculus using an RPG Game and to test a prototype with a group of users. The development of the Fellowship of the Calculus game has three phases: pre-production, production and post-production, in conjunction with the Game Design Document (GDD). A questionnaire was applied to 26 calculus students and a game prototype has been tested with six students to date. Preliminary results show that most of the students enjoy digital games, feel engaged when using the app and would like to play the game as a complement to their studies to help their learning process. The prototype test led to a positive expectation from the students, who showed high interest in using the game in their studies. The prospective work includes applying the game in curriculum to analyze the students' performance and to contribute to the use of computers in the education field.","PeriodicalId":356549,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE 19th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT)","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124800429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vincent Bettenfeld, Rémi Venant, Claudine Toffolon, Christophe Choquet
{"title":"Instrumentation of Higher Education Modules Based on Synchronous Speech Transcription: Design and Integration of a Toolset During Lectures and Practical Work Sessions","authors":"Vincent Bettenfeld, Rémi Venant, Claudine Toffolon, Christophe Choquet","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2019.00018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2019.00018","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents a web-based toolset, the process leading to its design as well as its experimentation with real users. This device uses synchronous speech transcription to provide students with a textual version of the teacher's speech during class, as well as offering different functionalities. The goal of this instrumentation is to explore the potential of synchronous transcription in classes.","PeriodicalId":356549,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE 19th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT)","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121768868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David Boulanger, Jeremie Seanosky, Rébecca Guillot, Isabelle Guillot, Claudia Guillot, Shawn N. Fraser, Vivekanandan S. Kumar, Kinshuk Kinshuk
{"title":"Assessing Learning Analytics Impact on Coding Competence Growth","authors":"David Boulanger, Jeremie Seanosky, Rébecca Guillot, Isabelle Guillot, Claudia Guillot, Shawn N. Fraser, Vivekanandan S. Kumar, Kinshuk Kinshuk","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2019.00057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2019.00057","url":null,"abstract":"The literature reveals that the effectiveness of learning analytics (LA) tools is best evaluated with a mixed-method approach and not only with summative measurements such as grades. A recent study on the impact of an LA tool over academic performance did not substantiate its effect in improving grades for coding tasks despite qualitative comments of experimental group participants indicating that the tool was effective in improving coding competences in Java. In analyzing this viewpoint, this paper describes the impact of LA formative feedback on the growth of students' coding competences.","PeriodicalId":356549,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE 19th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT)","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123873493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}