Development of a visual tool to analyze interactions in forums in an e-learning environment

This article presents VAFAE – Forum Access Visualization on a Distance Learning Environment, a web tool that visually maps Universidade Aberta’s (UAb) students’ interaction with a course available on the e-learning platform. Raw data is extracted from the log files that are then transformed to obtai...

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Main Authors: Cláudio Filipe Tereso, Elizabeth Simão Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Aberta 2016-12-01
Series:Revista de Ciências da Computação
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Online Access:http://lead.uab.pt/OJS/index.php/RCC/article/view/110/81
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Summary:This article presents VAFAE – Forum Access Visualization on a Distance Learning Environment, a web tool that visually maps Universidade Aberta’s (UAb) students’ interaction with a course available on the e-learning platform. Raw data is extracted from the log files that are then transformed to obtain the necessary format. Next, different visualization techniques are applied with the aim of improving and streamlining the underlying information. In a more specific way, VAFAE aims at helping teachers to better understand the level and quality of the interaction of the students with the modules of the learning units in UAb’s distance learning environment.
ISSN:1646-6330
2182-1801