ForumDash: analyzing online discussion forums

Proceedings of the first ACM conference on Learning @ scale conference Pub Date : 2014-03-04 DOI:10.1145/2556325.2567848

Jacquelin A. Speck, Eugene Gualtieri, G. Naik, Thach Nguyen, Kevin K. F. Cheung, L. Alexander, David E. Fenske

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Since introducing Internet-based distance education programs in 1996, Drexel University has gained recognition as an online education leader. Remaining at the vanguard means finding innovative, automated solutions to determine which students are contributing to thoughtful discussion, helping faculty engage with online students more efficiently, and spending less time managing ever more complex Learning Management Systems (LMS). We introduce ForumDash, a BBLearn plugin for the Blackboard LMS1, designed to enhance online learning. Through its three visualization tools, ForumDash shows instructors which students are contributing, struggling, or distracted, thereby helping instructors target their efforts, save time managing online courses, and scale course tools up to the level of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). ForumDash also provides students with performance feedback, showing them whether their participation levels are satisfactory. Initial testing with two Drexel University Online courses produced positive feedback, and larger scale testing is in progress.

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ForumDash:在线论坛分析

自1996年推出基于互联网的远程教育项目以来，德雷塞尔大学已被公认为在线教育的领导者。保持领先意味着找到创新的、自动化的解决方案，以确定哪些学生在为深思熟虑的讨论做出贡献，帮助教师更有效地与在线学生互动，并花费更少的时间管理越来越复杂的学习管理系统(LMS)。我们介绍ForumDash，一个BBLearn插件，用于黑板LMS1，旨在增强在线学习。通过它的三个可视化工具，ForumDash向教师展示哪些学生在贡献，哪些学生在挣扎，哪些学生在分心，从而帮助教师有针对性地进行努力，节省管理在线课程的时间，并将课程工具扩展到大规模开放在线课程(MOOCs)的水平。ForumDash还为学生提供表现反馈，显示他们的参与水平是否令人满意。在德雷塞尔大学(Drexel University)的两门在线课程上进行的初步测试产生了积极的反馈，更大规模的测试正在进行中。

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