A system for knowledge discovery in e-learning environments within the European Higher Education Area - Application to student data from Open University of Madrid, UDIMA

Computers and Education

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 23-36

  Lara, Juan A ^a   Lizcano, David ^a   Martínez, María A ^a   Pazos, Juan ^b   Riera, Teresa ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD A DISTANCIA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

E learning; Educational data mining; Educational performance; Moodle; Reference model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; DATA MINING; EDUCATION COMPUTING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

E-LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY; EDUCATIONAL DATA MINING; EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE; EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA; JOB RESPONSIBILITIES; MOODLE; REFERENCE MODELING;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84888082608     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2013.10.009     Document Type: Article

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