Prediction of student course selection in online higher education institutes using neural network

Computers and Education

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-11

  Kardan, Ahmad A ^a   Sadeghi, Hamid ^a   Ghidary, Saeed Shiry ^a   Sani, Mohammad Reza Fani ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Applications in subject areas; Human computer interface; Interdisciplinary projects; Simulations

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS IN SUBJECT AREAS; COURSE SCHEDULING; EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; GRADUATE COURSE; HIGHER EDUCATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERFACES; INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT; MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES; ONLINE COURSE; PREDICTION ACCURACY; SIMULATIONS; STUDENT SATISFACTION; TRAINING DATA;

FORECASTING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; STUDENTS;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84874736529     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2013.01.015     Document Type: Article

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