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Educational Data Mining Approaches for Digital Libraries
Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications
  • Mimi Recker, Utah State University
  • Sherry Hsi, University of California - Berkeley
  • Beijie Xu, Utah State University
  • Rob Rothfarb, Exploratorium
Document Type
Poster
Publication Date
11-1-2009
Abstract

This collaborative research project between the Exploratorium and Utah State's Department of Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences investigates online evaluation approaches and the application of educational data mining to educational digital libraries and services. Much work over the past decades has focused on developing algorithms and methods for discovering patterns in large datasets, known as Knowledge Discovery from Data (KDD). Webmetrics, the application of KDD to web usage mining, is growing rapidly in areas such as e-commerce. Educational Data Mining (EDM) is just beginning to emerge as a tool to analyze the massive, longitudinal user data that are captured in online learning environments and educational digital libraries. This project uses EDM to examine data from the Exploratorium's Learning Resources Collection and the Instructional Architect at Utah State University. The results are combined with more traditional evaluation data (e.g., surveys, interviews) as part of a comprehensive strategy to understand science teachers' behaviors, motivations, and learning experiences with digital library resources. The project informs improvements in the design of the user experience, as well as tailored teacher professional development, contributing to a growing body of research on teacher learning by using cyber-enabled approaches. This poster shares the results from the first year's work.

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Poster presented at the 2009 National Science Digital Library Annual Meeting.
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Citation Information
Recker, M., Hsi, S., Xu, B., Rothfarb, R. (2009). Educational Data Mining Approaches for Digital Libraries. Poster presented at the National Science Digital Library Annual Meeting, November, Washington, DC.