Enhancing Education Quality Using Educational Data
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
Abstract: Educational data mining (EDM) is an interdisciplinary research area which is concerned with developing methods and techniques to explore big educational data. Due to the persistent growth and increasing availability of educational data, EDM facilitates data-driven decision making for enhancing learning and instruction. In the first place, this analytical study provides an introduction to EDM. Then, the researchers will look at various application areas of data mining in education, and lastly major challenges in mining big educational data are presented. The information provided in this paper enables educators to understand how big data helps them in improving the teaching and learning processes. Keywords: Learning, Instruction, Educational data mining, Educational System, Dataset
Authors and Affiliations
Sedigheh Abbasnasab Sardareh, Mohd Rashid Mohd Saad, Abdul Jalil Othman, RosalamChe Me
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