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Learning Analytics of Cross-University Educational Resource Based on THEOL Course Union

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Hybrid Learning: Innovation in Educational Practices (ICHL 2015)

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Learning analytics is commonly used in learning management systems to improve learning. This paper presents a method to use learning analytics in open educational resources. The visiting logs in an open educational resources system – THEOL (Tsinghua Education Online) course union system are categorized by visitors’ and resources’ university properties (region, educational level and discipline type). The difference between resources’ visited count and visitors’ visiting count of each category is used to measure the comprehensive index of resources’ richness and popularity of this category. Chi-square test and ratio of each category are used to show the difference of different category visitors preferring different category resources. The analysis results can guide administrators on how to share educational resources efficiently.

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This research is supported by Education Projects of National Social Science Fund of China: research of promoting quality educational resources sharing by informatization (Grant No. ACA120005).

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  1. Institute of Education, Tsinghua University, 3rd Floor, North Section of Architecture Building, Beijing, 100084, China

    Qian Zhou, Xibin Han & Juan Yang

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  1. The Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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  2. City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Lam-for Kwok

  3. State University of New York at Oswego and Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China, Oswego, New York, USA

    Harrison Yang

  4. City University of Hong Kong and International Hybrid Learning Society, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, China

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  5. Caritas Institute of Higher Education, Hong Kong, China

    Reggie Kwan

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Zhou, Q., Han, X., Yang, J. (2015). Learning Analytics of Cross-University Educational Resource Based on THEOL Course Union. In: Cheung, S., Kwok, Lf., Yang, H., Fong, J., Kwan, R. (eds) Hybrid Learning: Innovation in Educational Practices. ICHL 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9167. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20621-9_26

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