A Pre-Processing Tool for Web Usage Mining in the Distance Education Domain

  • Authors:
  • Carlos G. Marquardt;Karin Becker;Duncan D. Ruiz

  • Affiliations:
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul;Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul;Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

  • Venue:
  • IDEAS '04 Proceedings of the International Database Engineering and Applications Symposium
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

Web usage mining (WUM) is the process of extracting navigation behaviour patterns that allow analysing usersý interactions with Web-based environments. In this paper, we discuss the impact of developing the WUM preprocessing phase according to concepts, problems and goals specific to Web-based learning environments. We present a tool prototype that automates typical tasks performed in the pre-processing phase, by offering operators that implement these tasks. The tool seeks for the active involvement of domain-related people (e.g. instructors). Functionality makes easier the alignment of mining goals with required pre-processing tasks, by addressing the configuration of operators visually and by enabling the reuse of existing configurations.