1. David Joyner Georgia Tech
Course delivery through loosely-integrated platforms: student experience and data analysis
David Joyner
Georgia Tech

2. An online for-credit MOOC-compatible CS1 class.
The Goal:
An online for-credit MOOC-compatible CS1 class.

3. Interoperability between…
The One Challenge:
Interoperability between…
…for both data analysis and student experience
Lecture delivery
Textbook delivery
Traditional assessments
Programming assessments
Test proctoring
Forum Q&A
Chat Q&A
Survey data

4. LTI
Aggregated
Data
LTI
LTI

5. The (Learning) Results:
On-Campus For-Credit:
440 enrollments (4 semesters)
3% withdrawal rate
Comparable learning outcomes
Superb student reviews
MOOC:
70,000 enrollments (one year)
2,000 active (12-week average)
500 verified (one year)
800 course-completers (one year)

6. The (Research) Results: Typology of student engagement types
[edX + Vocareum]
Engagement differences by demographic
[Canvas + edX]
Typology of student question types
[Piazza + edX forums]

7. Usable integration across all platforms.
The Current Work:
Usable integration across all platforms.

8. LTI
LTI
API
LTI
API
More Complete
Aggregated
Data
API
Scraping

9. The (Learning) Opportunity: Intelligent assistant for course deadlines
[Slack + edX]
Submission knowledge during Q&A
[Vocareum + Piazza or Slack]
Tailored social recommendations
[Canvas or Qualtrics + Slack]

10. The (Research) Opportunity: ~73TB of clickstream data
~1 million programming submissions
~2 million traditional (e.g. multiple choice) submissions
~1 million video views
~10,000 demographic surveys
~5,000 course experience surveys
Online for-credit, online not-for-credit,
and on-campus for-credit students (for comparison)

11. Offering:
Data
Audience
(Novice) Researchers
Requesting:
Analysis
Integrations
Projects

12. Questions?
For more:
lucylabs.gateh.edu
bit.ly/CS1301x