Remote meetings have become the norm for most students learning synchronously at a distance during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. This has motivated the use of artificial intelligence in education (AIED) solutions to support the teaching and learning practice in these settings. However, the use of such solutions requires new research particularly with regards to the human factors that ultimately shape the future design and implementations. In this paper, we build on the emerging literature on human-centred AIED and explore students' experiences after interacting with a tool that monitors their collaboration in remote meetings (i.e., using Zoom) during 10 weeks. Using the social translucence framework, we probed into the feedback provided by twenty students regarding the design and implementation requirements of the system after their exposure to the tool in their course. The results revealed valuable insights in terms of visibility (what should be made visible to students via the system), awareness (how can this information increase students' understanding of collaboration performance), and accountability (to what extent students take responsibility of changing their behaviours based on the system's feedback); as well as the ethical and privacy aspects related to the use of collaboration analytics tools in remote meetings. This study provides key suggestions for the future design and implementations of AIED systems for remote meetings in educational settings.
This paper is dedicated to studying patterns of learning behavior in connection with educational achievement in multi-year undergraduate Data Science minor specialization for non-STEM students. We focus on analyzing predictors of aca-demic achievement in blended learning taking into account factors related to initial mathematics knowledge, specific traits of educational programs, online and of-fline learning engagement, and connections with peers. Robust Linear Regression and non-parametric statistical tests reveal a significant gap in achievement of the students from different educational programs. Achievement is not related to the communication on Q&A forum, while peers do have effect on academic success: being better than nominated friends, as well as having friends among Teaching Assistants, boosts academic achievement.
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