Predictive modeling to forecast student outcomes and drive effective interventions in online community college courses

Journal of Asynchronous Learning Network

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 51-61

  Smith, Vernon C ^a   Lange, Adam ^b   Huston, Daniel R ^c  

^a MyCollege Foundation   (United States)

^b Ellucian   (Australia)

^c Center for Future Consciousness   (United States)

Author keywords

Community colleges; Faculty; Learning analytics; Online learning; Predictive modeling; Risk levels for online students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872352308     PISSN: 19395256     EISSN: 10928235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.24059/olj.v16i3.275     Document Type: Article

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