Online persistence in higher education web-supported courses

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 98-106

  Hershkovitz, Arnon ^a   Nachmias, Rafi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Educational data mining; Learning management systems; Online activity; Persistence

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING TECHNIQUES; DECISION-TREE ALGORITHM; EDUCATIONAL DATA MINING; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; HIGHER EDUCATION; LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; LOG FILE; ONLINE ACTIVITIES; PERSISTENCE; TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY;

DATA MINING; DECISION TREES; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; ONLINE SYSTEMS; STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 79952038239     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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