Activity-based learner-models for learner monitoring and recommendations in Moodle

Authors:
Beatriz Florian;Christian Glahn;Hendrik Drachsler;Marcus Specht;Ramón Fabregat Gesa
Affiliations:
Institute of Informatics and Applications, University of Girona, Girona, Spain and EISC, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia;CELSTEC, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, The Netherlands;CELSTEC, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, The Netherlands;CELSTEC, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, The Netherlands;Institute of Informatics and Applications, University of Girona, Girona, Spain
Venue:
EC-TEL'11 Proceedings of the 6th European conference on Technology enhanced learning: towards ubiquitous learning
Year:
2011

Citing 8
Cited 2

Design patterns: elements of reusable object-oriented software

Design patterns: elements of reusable object-oriented software
Expansive Visibilization of Work: AnActivity-Theoretical Perspective

Computer Supported Cooperative Work - Special issue: a web on the wind: the structure of invisible work
Personalization and Context Management

User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction
Personalisation of Learning in Virtual Learning Environments

EC-TEL '09 Proceedings of the 4th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning: Learning in the Synergy of Multiple Disciplines
A Set of Software Tools to Build an Author Assessment Package on Moodle: Implementing the AEEA Proposal

ICALT '10 Proceedings of the 2010 10th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies
Dataset-driven research for improving recommender systems for learning

Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge
Smart indicators on learning interactions

EC-TEL'07 Proceedings of the Second European conference on Technology Enhanced Learning: creating new learning experiences on a global scale
A Data Model for Describing and Exchanging Personal Achieved Learning Outcomes PALO

International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research

The pulse of learning analytics understandings and expectations from the stakeholders

Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge
A generative computer language to customize online learning assessments

Proceedings of the First International Conference on Technological Ecosystem for Enhancing Multiculturality

Quantified Score

Hi-index	0.00

Visualization

Abstract

In technology-enhanced learning, activity-based learner models can provide evidence for competence assessment. Such models are the foundation for learning and teaching support, such as: adaptation, assessment, and competence analytics, recommendations, and so on. This paper analyses how to construct activity-based learner models based on existing data in the Moodle learning management system. Based on the activity theory model and the actuator-indicator model, aggregators of learner activities for different activity types were implemented in Moodle. This requires the consideration of the social roles in a course, in order to enable adaptive views for learners and instructors on the stored activity information. The implementation showed that Moodle stores information about course activities that requires filtering before it can get used for higher level processing. The social planes in Moodle reveal a higher complexity than it has been previously described by theories of classroom orchestration, such as actors who are no longer present in a course.