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Enhancing student engagement through personalized motivations

  • Athanasios Staikopoulos
  • , Ian Okeeffe
  • , Bilal Yousuf
  • , Owen Conlan
  • , Eddie Walsh
  • , Vincent Wade

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Abstract

A lack of appropriate engagement in online learning courses is a significant factor leading to poor performance and high dropout rates. This paper presents a framework that provides personalized motivations in the form of feedback, advices and reminders in order to enhance the engagement of students with online learning. It also describes the design, implementation and evaluation of the framework which has been used by over one hundred students. The paper focuses on how the framework by modelling and monitoring the level of engagement of students, it provides tailored motivations to stimulate and sustain their engagement. Finally, the paper compares the results from a previous student cohort (where no motivations were provided) to highlight how the framework has significantly increased the level of engagement of students.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies
Subtitle of host publicationAdvanced Technologies for Supporting Open Access to Formal and Informal Learning, ICALT 2015
EditorsNian-Shing Chen, Tzu-Chien Liu, Kinshuk, Ronghuai Huang, Gwo-Jen Hwang, Demetrios G. Sampson, Chin-Chung Tsai
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages340-344
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781467373333
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Sep 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event15th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2015 - Hualien, Taiwan
Duration: 6 Jul 20159 Jul 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies: Advanced Technologies for Supporting Open Access to Formal and Informal Learning, ICALT 2015

Conference

Conference15th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2015
Country/TerritoryTaiwan
CityHualien
Period6/07/159/07/15

Keywords

  • Adaptive Framework
  • Learning Activities
  • Personalized Motivations & Feedback
  • Student Engagement

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