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MOOC student dropout

Proceedings of the ACM Turing 50th Celebration Conference - China, 2017
Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is a completely new education method which appeared in 2012. MOOC is great for life-long learning and educational resource sharing. Until now, there are more than twenty MOOC platforms online. Some studies pointed out that students, however, can hardly follow a course till the end on MOOCs.
Yunfan Chen, Ming Zhang 0004
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Understanding the Student Dropout in Distance Learning

2019 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2019
This Research to Practice Full Paper introduces an approach for the early identification of students at risk of dropping out of their distance learning courses. Students dropout in university courses have long been a major issue leading to social, academic and financial impacts.
Myke Morais de Oliveira, Regina Barwaldt, Marcelo Rita Pias, Danúbia Bueno Espíndola   +3 more
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Technological Innovations tackling Students dropout

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Software Development and Technologies for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighting Info-exclusion, 2016
In ACACIA project, technological innovation opens new ways, proposing solutions to avoid student dropout in Latin America. That is concretized by the development of technological innovative solutions to be applied in real scenarios and supporting the transformation of innovative ideas into new businesses.
João Sarraipa, Fernando Ferreira 0002, Elsa Marcelino-Jesus, Andreia Artífice, Celson Lima, Manuela Kaddar   +5 more
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An Information System for Coping with Student Dropout

International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2011
Student dropout prevention is one of the most important challenges of the education system. This study examines the effectiveness of a Local Authority Information Center (LAIC), developed in Israel to cope with that problem. The research population included 418 regular attendance officers (RAOs), educators who deal with students who drop out and those ...
Ester Aflalo, Eyal Gabay
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Derivation of Student Patterns in a Preliminary Dropout State and Identification of Measures for Reducing Student Dropouts

2018 7th International Congress on Advanced Applied Informatics (IIAI-AAI), 2018
We examine the issue of student dropout rates by developing a method to classify students as being in either a "preliminary dropout" state or a "normal" state based on the student's learning data (student history, GPA, etc.). A preliminary dropout state is a state in which it is likely that the student will drop out but has not yet done so; a normal ...
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Modeling Student Dropout in Tutoring Systems

2014
Intelligent tutors have been shown to be almost as effective as human tutors in supporting learning in many domains. However, the construction of intelligent tutors can be costly. One way to address this problem is to use previously collected data to generate models to provide intelligent feedback to otherwise non-personalized tutors.
Michael Eagle, Tiffany Barnes
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The Variability of the Reasons for Student Dropout in Distance Learning and the Prediction of Dropout-Prone Students

2019
The adult education that is provided by Universities that use distance learning methods is without doubt inseparable from high dropout rates, frequently higher than those in conventional Universities. Dropping out in a University that provides distance education is caused by professional, academic, health and family and personal reasons.
Christos Pierrakeas, Giannis Koutsonikos, Anastasia-Dimitra Lipitakis, Sotiris Kotsiantis, Michalis Xenos, George A. Gravvanis   +5 more
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Student mobility and school dropout

Social Science Research, 2007
Abstract Although several studies have linked adolescent residential and school mobility to an increased risk of dropping out of school, the reasons for this association have not been examined thoroughly. Using data from approximately 8500 respondents to the first two waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), we ...
Scott J. South, Dana L. Haynie, Sunita Bose   +2 more
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A survey on student dropout rates and dropout causes concerning the students in the Course of Informatics of the Hellenic Open University

Computers & Education, 2002
Abstract This paper focuses on university-level education offered by methods of distance learning in the field of computers and aims at the investigation of the main causes for student dropouts. The presented study is based on the students of the Course of “Informatics”, Faculty of Science and Technology of the Hellenic Open University and ...
Michalis Nik Xenos, Christos Pierrakeas, Panayiotis E. Pintelas   +2 more
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Students Serving Students: A Dropout-Prevention Program

The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 1994
(1994). Students Serving Students: A Dropout-Prevention Program. The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas: Vol. 68, No. 1, pp. 12-14.
Bruce Delaney, Wellesley T. Corbett
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