Interactive Visualization Tools to Improve Learning and Teaching in Online Learning Environments
ARTICLE
Kirsi Kuosa, Department of Mathematics, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland ; Damiano Distante, Department of Law and Economics, Unitelma Sapienza University, Rome, Italy ; Anne Tervakari, Department of Mathematics, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland ; Luigi Cerulo, Department of Science and Technology, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy ; Alejandro Fernández, CIC, Faculty of Informatics, National University of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina ; Juho Koro, Meri Kailanto, Department of Mathematics, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland
IJDET Volume 14, Number 1, ISSN 1539-3100 Publisher: IGI Global
Abstract
This paper presents two interactive visualization tools for learning management systems (LMS) in order to improve learning and teaching in online courses. The first tool was developed at the Intelligent Information Systems Laboratory (IISLab) at the Tampere University of Technology (TUT). The tool is used to analyse students' activity from automatically recorded user log data and to build interactive visualizations. They provide valuable insights into the learning process and participation of students in a course offered to teachers and students. The second tool was developed at the Unitelma Sapienza University. It extends navigation and search functionalities in the discussion forum of an LMS with a topic-driven paradigm. The tool analyses forum content and automatically identifies discussion topics. It then enhances the original forum with a topic-driven navigation structure and an interactive search graph. Both tools have been developed as plug-ins for the Moodle LMS, but their analysis processes and techniques can be adopted into any LMS.
Citation
Kuosa, K., Distante, D., Tervakari, A., Cerulo, L., Fernández, A., Koro, J. & Kailanto, M. (2016). Interactive Visualization Tools to Improve Learning and Teaching in Online Learning Environments. International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 14(1), 1-21. IGI Global. Retrieved August 9, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/186671/.
