From Course to Online Learning Paths: Improving the Teacher's Experience of an Existing Online Node-link Course Tool

The online website Skill Circuits is a tool developed by teachers at the Delft University of Technology. Skill Circuits is an online learning tool that presents students with a node-link (i.e. a tree) structure where each node represents a skill, containing tasks that aim to teach the skill. The website aims to benefit teachers, by letting them...

Learning Analytics of Beginner Programming Assignments for Teachers

Due to the increase in student numbers, the amount of time teachers have for each individual decreases. To keep the quality of the program the same, learning analytics can be utilized to assist teachers to give a better overview of problems which the students are struggling the most with. This work makes use of WebLab data of the Introduction to...

Assessing learner’s distraction in a multimodal platform for sustained attention in the remote learning context using mobile devices sensors

During a learning task, keeping a steady attentive state is detrimental for good performance. A person is subject to distraction from different sources, among which distractions originating from within him or herself or from external sources, such as ambient sound. The detection of such distraction can improve the effectiveness of a task by...

Tracking Sustained Attention with Webcam-Based Eye Gaze and Blink Tracking

Sustained attention is a cognitive state where the learners’ attention is completely focused on the learning environment and content-related thoughts for a continuous stretch of time. Sustained attention is vital to perform well on learning tasks, such as reading. Learning analytics platforms that detect changes in sustained attention can...

Camera-based face and infrared temperature sensing of learner's affective state in the remote learning context using machine learning

Remote learning, learning from home using online available materials, is becoming increasingly more common. This paper focuses on reading activities during remote learning. An important part of learning is keeping sustained attention on the learning materials, as a shift from sustained attention to internal thought or mind-wandering oftentimes...

Predictive Learning Analytics

This report concludes the project 'Predictive Learning Analytics' for FeedbackFruits. It includes all the work that has been done in a ten week span at FeedbackFruits. FeedbackFruits is a company inspired to help teachers shape learning activities and spark students' active thinking, by creating an online platform on which teachers can create...

The Real-Time Learning Tracker: Real-Time Learner Feedback for Encouraging Self-Regulation & Metacognition in MOOCS

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have the potential to make quality education affordable and available to the masses and reduce the gap between the most privileged and the most disadvantaged learners worldwide. However, this potential is overshadowed by low completion rates, often below 15%. Due to the high level of autonomy that is required...

The Learning Tracker: A Learner Dashboard that Encourages Self-regulation in MOOC Learners

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have the potential to make quality education affordable and available to the masses and reduce the gap between the most privileged and the most disadvantaged learners worldwide. However, this potential is overshadowed by low completion rates, often below 15%. Due to the high level of autonomy that is required...