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Planning Gamification Strategies based on User Characteristics and DM: A Gender-based Case Study (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Toda, A., Oliveira, W., Shi, L., Bittencourt, I. I., Isotani, S., & Cristea, A. I. (2019). Planning Gamification Strategies based on User Characteristics and DM: A Gender-based Case Study. In M. Desmarais, C. F. Lynch, A. Merceron, & R. Nkambou (Eds.), Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (438-443)

How is Learning Fluctuating? FutureLearn MOOCs Fine-grained Temporal Analysis and Feedback to Teachers and Designers (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cristea, A. I., Alamri, A., Kayama, M., Stewart, C., Alshehri, M., & Shi, L. (2018). How is Learning Fluctuating? FutureLearn MOOCs Fine-grained Temporal Analysis and Feedback to Teachers and Designers. In B. Andersson, B. Johansson, S. Carlsson, C. Barry, M. Lang, H. Linger, & C. Schneider (Eds.), Information Systems Development: Designing Digitalization (ISD2018 Proceedings)

Data-intensive analysis of massive open online courses (MOOCs) is popular. Researchers have been proposing various parameters conducive to analysis and prediction of student behaviour and outcomes in MOOCs, as well as different methods to analyse and... Read More about How is Learning Fluctuating? FutureLearn MOOCs Fine-grained Temporal Analysis and Feedback to Teachers and Designers.

Use of Student Response Systems in Higher Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hadzidedic, S., Dervishalidovic, N., Pandzo, A., & Ramic-Brkic, B. (2013, June). Use of Student Response Systems in Higher Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Paper presented at Recent Advances in Information Systems, Proceedings of the 7th European Computing Conference, WSEAS, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Increased uptake of student response systems (SRS) has been fueled by fast technological advances. Such systems provide various opportunities for enhancing teaching and learning environments through increased student engagement, interaction and provi... Read More about Use of Student Response Systems in Higher Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

What do people affected by cancer talk about online? Text analysis of online cancer community usage in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hadzidedic Bazdarevic, S., & Cristea, A. I. (2015). What do people affected by cancer talk about online? Text analysis of online cancer community usage in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Studies report that health information searching is among the top three activities on the Internet. Internet resources are a good alternative for initial information and health managing support, due to their accessibility and availability. However, l... Read More about What do people affected by cancer talk about online? Text analysis of online cancer community usage in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Research on Prediction of Infectious Diseases, their spread via Social Media and their link to Education (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Aduragba, O. T., & Cristea, A. I. (2019). Research on Prediction of Infectious Diseases, their spread via Social Media and their link to Education. In Proceedings of the 2019 4th International Conference on Information and Education Innovations (ICIEI 2019) (38-42). https://doi.org/10.1145/3345094.3345118

Infectious diseases are a great plague, especially in low and middle income countries. Beyond the actual treatment, an important role is played by early prevention mechanisms, and education of society at large, about existing risks. This paper tackle... Read More about Research on Prediction of Infectious Diseases, their spread via Social Media and their link to Education.

Social Interactions Clustering MOOC Students: An Exploratory Study (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shi, L., Cristea, A. I., Toda, A. M., Oliveira, W., Ahmad, A., Chang, M., …Pedaste, M. (2020). Social Interactions Clustering MOOC Students: An Exploratory Study. In IEEE 20th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies ICALT 2020 ; proceedings (172-174)

An exploratory study on social interactions of MOOC students in FutureLearn was conducted, to answer "how can we cluster students based on their social interactions?" Comments were categorized based on how students interacted with them, e.g., how a s... Read More about Social Interactions Clustering MOOC Students: An Exploratory Study.

A Taxonomy of Game Elements for Gamification in Educational Contexts: Proposal and Evaluation (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Toda, A., Oliveira, W., Klock, A., Shi, L., Bittencourt, I. I., Gasparini, I., …Palomino, P. (2019). A Taxonomy of Game Elements for Gamification in Educational Contexts: Proposal and Evaluation. . https://doi.org/10.1109/icalt.2019.00028

Gamification has been widely employed in the educational domain over the past eight years when the term became a trend. However, the literature states that gamification still lacks formal definitions to support the design of gamified strategies. This... Read More about A Taxonomy of Game Elements for Gamification in Educational Contexts: Proposal and Evaluation.

Earliest Predictor of Dropout in MOOCs: A Longitudinal Study of FutureLearn Courses (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cristea, A. I., Alamri, A., Kayama, M., Stewart, C., Alshehri, M., & Shi, L. (2018). Earliest Predictor of Dropout in MOOCs: A Longitudinal Study of FutureLearn Courses. In B. Andersson, B. Johansson, S. Carlsson, C. Barry, M. Lang, H. Linger, & C. Schneider (Eds.), Designing Digitalization (ISD2018 Proceedings)

Whilst a high dropout rate is a well-known problem in MOOCs, few studies take a data-driven approach to understand the reasons of such a phenomenon, and to thus be in the position to recommend and design possible adaptive solutions to alleviate it. I... Read More about Earliest Predictor of Dropout in MOOCs: A Longitudinal Study of FutureLearn Courses.

Revealing the Hidden Patterns: A Comparative Study on Profiling Subpopulations of MOOC Students (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shi, L., Cristea, A. I., Toda, A., Oliveira, W., Siarheyeva, A., Barry, C., …Schneide, C. (2019). Revealing the Hidden Patterns: A Comparative Study on Profiling Subpopulations of MOOC Students. In Information Systems Development : Information Systems Beyond 2020 (ISD2019 Proceedings)

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) exhibit a remarkable heterogeneity of students. The advent of complex “big data” from MOOC platforms is a challenging yet rewarding opportunity to deeply understand how students are engaged in MOOCs. Past research,... Read More about Revealing the Hidden Patterns: A Comparative Study on Profiling Subpopulations of MOOC Students.

Web Tool for Creating Educational/Therapeutic Programmes. (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ramic-Brkic, B., Balik, A., Pistoljevic, N., & Hadzidedic, S. (2019). Web Tool for Creating Educational/Therapeutic Programmes. In 2019 11th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications (VS-Games) (1-4). https://doi.org/10.1109/VS-Games.2019.8864541

Research has shown technology fosters learning environments that stimulate improved academic performance, learners' satisfaction and completion rates. For this reason, an increasing number of researchers focus on the development of tools and applicat... Read More about Web Tool for Creating Educational/Therapeutic Programmes..

Identifying Objectives for a Learning Space Management System with Value-focused Thinking (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alessandrini, A., Cristea, A., Hartikainen, M., Isomäki, H., & Tuhkala, A. (2017). Identifying Objectives for a Learning Space Management System with Value-focused Thinking. In P. Escudeiro, G. Costagliola, S. Zvacek, J. Uhomoibhi, & B. M. McLaren (Eds.), Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU) (25-34). https://doi.org/10.5220/0006230300250034

A classroom with a blackboard and some rows of desks is obsolete in special education. Depending on the needs, some students may need more tactile and inspiring surroundings with various pedagogical accessories while others benefit from a simplified... Read More about Identifying Objectives for a Learning Space Management System with Value-focused Thinking.

Early Dropout Prediction for Programming Courses Supported by Online Judges (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pereira, F. D., Oliveira, E., Cristea, A., Fernandes, D., Silva, L., Aguiar, G., …Alshehri, M. (2019). Early Dropout Prediction for Programming Courses Supported by Online Judges. In S. Isotani, E. Millán, A. Ogan, P. Hastings, B. McLaren, & R. Luckin (Eds.), . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23207-8_13

Many educational institutions have been using online judges in programming classes, amongst others, to provide faster feedback for students and to reduce the teacher’s workload. There is some evidence that online judges also help in reducing dropout.... Read More about Early Dropout Prediction for Programming Courses Supported by Online Judges.

Demographical Changes of Student Subgroups in MOOCs: Towards Predicting At-Risk Students (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yang, B., Shi, L., Toda, A., Siarheyeva, A., Barry, C., Lang, M., …Schneider, C. (2019). Demographical Changes of Student Subgroups in MOOCs: Towards Predicting At-Risk Students. In Information Systems Development: Information Systems Beyond 2020 (ISD2019 Proceedings)

Past studies have shown that student engagement in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) could be used to identify at-risk students (students with drop-out tendency). Some studies have further considered student diversity by looking into subgroup behav... Read More about Demographical Changes of Student Subgroups in MOOCs: Towards Predicting At-Risk Students.