Combined cluster analysis, process mining, and epistemic network analysis for linking learning design and learning tactics

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The article proposes "a novel learning analytic method that combines three data analytic techniques, including a cluster analysis, a process mining technique, and an epistemic network analysis". Clustering detects learning tactics within sessions using the EM algorithm; process mining examines tactic usage across sessions; ENA visualises and statistically analyses connections between tactics and learning-design units for each performance group. The combination is offered as a new methodological approach for studying links between learning design and learning tactics.

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• Learning analytics method combining cluster analysis, process mining, and epistemic network analysis to link learning design and learning tactics: The article proposes "a novel learning analytic method that combines three data analytic techniques, including a cluster analysis, a process mining technique, and an epistemic network analysis". Clustering detects learning tactics within sessions using the EM algorithm; process mining examines tactic usage across sessions; ENA visualises and statistically analyses connections between tactics and learning-design units for each performance group. The combination is offered as a new methodological approach for studying links between learning design and learning tactics. (Yizhou Fan et al. (2021))

Claims

• Cluster analysis of MOOC trace data identifies four learning tactics: Search oriented, Content and assessment oriented, Content oriented, and Assessment oriented [+M]
• High-performance learners show stronger alignment of learning tactic choices with the tasks provided in the learning design [+M]

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• Yizhou Fan, Wannisa Matcha, Nora’ayu Ahmad Uzir, Qiong Wang, Dragan Gašević. (2021). Learning Analytics to Reveal Links Between Learning Design and Self-Regulated Learning. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 31, 980–1021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40593-021-00249-z

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title	Combined cluster analysis, process mining, and epistemic network analysis for linking learning design and learning tactics
description	The article proposes "a novel learning analytic method that combines three data analytic techniques, including a cluster analysis, a process mining technique, and an epistemic network analysis".
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