User talk:Mabelho/sandbox

You have a great start on this page! I look forward to seeing how you will expand it. I find the headings that you have defined to be helpful, and they provide a good structure for your article. I realize this is a fairly new phenomenon, so I wonder if you will be able to find more information about the history of educational data mining. I see you have already referenced Romero, and he has published a survey: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0957417406001266. As a teacher, I would be interested in reading more about the benefits of data mining. Although intuitively we can guess that this type of data would somehow help students, does it specifically help them and in what ways? Also, what types of data are mined? Here is a study about enrolment data: http://repository.openpolytechnic.ac.nz/handle/11072/646, and here is one about performance indicators: Data mining application in higher learning institutions by MR Beikzadeh and S Phon-Amnuaisuk. --Heatherjsb (talk) 20:16, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your feedback, Heatherjsb! Very useful to receive suggestions from an educator on how to improve this article. One of my goals for this article is to provide more information on how EDM can benefit educators and learners, amongst the various stakeholders of EDM. As a learner and informal educator, I am also interested in understanding how EDM is beneficial to these audiences. --Mabelho (talk) 14:17, 30 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

editing Educational Data Mining

Hey Mabelho, great topic for all students to read!

An upfront explanation/definition would be a good way to lead in to your article.

You might want to consider identifying how your page stands apart from this existing wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_data_mining

Some references from other sources to expand your range:

https://courses.cs.washington.edu/courses/cse590d/04wi/datamininghigh.pdf

http://www.educationaldatamining.org/

--AlienBreakfast (talk) 20:34, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your feedback, AlienBreakfast! The EDM article that I am working on is an addition to the existing EDM article that you noted. I hope to expand on this article in the areas that I think will be useful for the stakeholders of EDM. Your references are helpful. --Mabelho (talk) 14:17, 30 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]