An enhanced learning analytics plugin for Moodle: student engagement and personalised intervention

Danny Yen-Ting Liu; Amara Atif; Jean-Christophe Froissard; Deborah Richards

An enhanced learning analytics plugin for Moodle: student engagement and personalised intervention

Danny Yen-Ting Liu, Amara Atif, Jean-Christophe Froissard, Deborah Richards

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Abstract

Moodle, an open source Learning Management System (LMS), collects a large amount of data on student interactions within it, including content, assessments, and communication. Some of these data can be used as proxy indicators of student engagement, as well as predictors for performance. However, these data are difficult to interrogate and even more difficult to action from within Moodle. We therefore describe a design-based research narrative to develop an enhanced version of an open source Moodle Engagement Analytics Plugin (MEAP). Working with the needs of unit convenors and student support staff, we sought to improve the available information, the way it is represented, and create affordances for action based on this. The enhanced MEAP (MEAP+) allows analyses of gradebook data, assessment submissions, login metrics, and forum interactions, as well as direct action through personalised emails to students based on these analyses.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Globally connected, digitally enabled
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings ascilite 2015
Editors	T. Reiners, B. R. von Konsky, D. Gibson, V. Chang, L. Irving, K. Clarke
Publisher	ASCILITE
Pages	180-189
Number of pages	10
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning and Tertiary Education (32nd : 2015) - Curtin University, Perth, Australia Duration: 30 Nov 2015 → 3 Dec 2015

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Conference	Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning and Tertiary Education (32nd : 2015)
Abbreviated title	ASCILITE 2015
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Perth
Period	30/11/15 → 3/12/15

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Keywords

Engagement
Indicators
Intervention
Learning analytics
Moodle
Students at risk

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Liu, DY-T, Atif, A, Froissard, J-C & Richards, D 2015, An enhanced learning analytics plugin for Moodle: student engagement and personalised intervention. in T Reiners, BR von Konsky, D Gibson, V Chang, L Irving & K Clarke (eds), Globally connected, digitally enabled: Proceedings ascilite 2015. ASCILITE, pp. 180-189, Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning and Tertiary Education (32nd : 2015), Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 30/11/15.

An enhanced learning analytics plugin for Moodle: student engagement and personalised intervention. / Liu, Danny Yen-Ting; Atif, Amara; Froissard, Jean-Christophe et al.
Globally connected, digitally enabled: Proceedings ascilite 2015. ed. / T. Reiners; B. R. von Konsky; D. Gibson; V. Chang; L. Irving; K. Clarke. ASCILITE, 2015. p. 180-189.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review

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