CourseVis

Authors

• Riccardo Mazza
• Vania Dimitrova

Short Description

[...] a novel approach of using web log data generated by course management systems (CMS) to help instructors become aware of what is happening in distance learning classes. Specifically, techniques from Information Visualization are used to graphically render complex, multidimensional student tracking data collected by CMS. A system, called CourseVis, illustrates the proposed approach.

[Mazza and Dimitrova, 2004]

Suitable Datatypes

This method can be used for tracking data generated by course management systems (CMS). Currently, the only supported CMS is WebCT.

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Behavioural Aspects: TBD

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Cognitive Aspects: TBD

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Social Aspects: TBD

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Evaluation

Mazza: Evaluating information visualization applications with focus groups: the CourseVis experience.

References

[Mazza and Dimitrova, 2004] Mazza, Ricardo; Dimitrova, Vania. [http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1013367.1013393 Visualising Student Tracking Data to Support Instructors in Web-Based Distance Education.] In Proceedings of the 13th international World Wide Web conference on Alternate track papers & posters, pp. 154-161. 2004.

Evaluation References

[Mazza, 2006] Mazza, Ricardo. Evaluating information visualization applications with focus groups: the CourseVis experience. In Proceedings of the 2006 AVI Workshop on Beyond Time and Errors: Novel Evaluation Methods For information Visualization, pp. 1-6, 2006.