The role of demographics in online learning; A decision tree based approach

S Rizvi, B Rienties, SA Khoja - Computers & Education, 2019 - Elsevier
Research has shown online learners' performance to have a strong association with their
demographic characteristics, such as regional belonging, socio-economic standing …

Follow the successful crowd: raising MOOC completion rates through social comparison at scale

D Davis, I Jivet, RF Kizilcec, G Chen, C Hauff… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
Social comparison theory asserts that we establish our social and personal worth by
comparing ourselves to others. In in-person learning environments, social comparison offers …

Are MOOC learning designs culturally inclusive (enough)?

S Rizvi, B Rienties, J Rogaten… - Journal of Computer …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Extensive research on massive open online courses (MOOCs) has focused on
analysing learners' behavioural trace data to understand navigation and activity patterns …

Beyond one-size-fits-all in MOOCs: Variation in learning design and persistence of learners in different cultural and socioeconomic contexts

S Rizvi, B Rienties, J Rogaten, RF Kizilcec - Computers in Human Behavior, 2022 - Elsevier
How successful online learners are in achieving their goals varies along geo-cultural and
socioeconomic dimensions, as well as with learning design features. Despite diverse …

[HTML][HTML] Large scale analytics of global and regional MOOC providers: Differences in learners' demographics, preferences, and perceptions

JA Ruipérez-Valiente, T Staubitz, M Jenner… - Computers & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) remarkably attracted global media
attention, but the spotlight has been concentrated on a handful of English-language …

Investigating variation in learning processes in a FutureLearn MOOC

S Rizvi, B Rienties, J Rogaten, RF Kizilcec - Journal of computing in higher …, 2020 - Springer
Studies on engagement and learning design in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
have laid the groundwork for understanding how people learn in this relatively new type of …

Using multi-platform learning analytics to compare regional and global MOOC learning in the Arab world

JA Ruipérez-Valiente, S Halawa, R Slama… - Computers & Education, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent studies of massive open online courses (MOOCs) have focused on global providers
such as edX, Coursera, and FutureLearn, with less attention to local initiatives that target …

Detecting changes in student behavior from clickstream data

J Park, K Denaro, F Rodriguez, P Smyth… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
Student clickstream data can provide valuable insights about student activities in an online
learning environment and how these activities inform their learning outcomes. However …

Impact of cultural diversity on students' learning behavioral patterns in open and online courses: A lag sequential analysis approach

A Tlili, H Wang, B Gao, Y Shi, N Zhiying… - Interactive Learning …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Online and open learning has recently been made prevalent in many regions in order to
mitigate educational inequality and to enhance students' learning experiences and …

[PDF][PDF] Culturally adaptive learning design

S Rizvi, B Rienties, J Rogaten, R Kizilcec - Open World Learning, 2022 - library.oapen.org
Over the past decade, open online learning environments have changed the educational
landscape all around the world. Increasingly, formal degrees are taking a hybrid form or …