Using Learning Analytics to Identify Medical Student Misconceptions in an Online Virtual Patient Environment

This study aimed to identify misconceptions in medical student knowledge by mining user interactions in the MedU online learning environment. Data from 13000 attempts at a single virtual patient case were extracted from the MedU MySQL database. A subgroup discovery method was applied to identify pat...

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Main Authors: Eric G Poitras, Laura Naismith, Tenzin Doleck, Susanne P Lajoie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Online Learning Consortium 2015-12-01
Series:Online Learning
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Online Access:https://olj.onlinelearningconsortium.org/index.php/olj/article/view/802