Recording user actions in a Smalltalk programming environment

Macgregor, Malcolm; Thomas, Pete; Woodman, Mark

doi:10.1109/tools.1999.787556

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“…AESOP is An Electronic Student Observatory Project [6][7][8][9][10][11][12], at the Open University 1. It consists of a collection of software applications for recording, replaying and automatic analysis of recorded data, which allows remote detailed observation of subjects using on-line expository material.…”

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Observational studies of student errors in a distance learning environment using a remote recording and replay tool

Thomas

Logan

2001

Proceedings of the 6th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education

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AESOP is An Electronic Student Observatory Project consisting of a set of tools written in Smalltalk allowing student's activities and progress through an on-line distance education course to be remotely recorded, replayed and analysed. The following paper outlines some initial findings from observations made on a crosssectional group of 368 volunteers taking the course in 2000. Students observed using low resolution 640 x 480 screens were noted to take significantly longer to complete on-line course work (p=0.018). Differences between genders were also found with females reporting less comfort at using computers and males using a greater variety of central processing units. Some evidence indicates that female students were also more likely to be using lower specification machines than males although the differences noted were found to be just outside significance levels.

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Observational studies of student errors in a distance learning environment using a remote recording and replay tool

Thomas

Logan

2001

Proceedings of the 6th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education

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“…A small pilot study had been carried out in 1999 (MacGregor et al, 1999), using a much smaller number of students (n=24). This highlighted some problems with the Replayer and the type of events that were being recorded leading to changes being made to the Recorder allowing greater detail to be observed while replaying students' behaviours and refinements being made to the Replayer.…”

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Observational studies of student errors in a distance learning environment using a remote recording and replay tool

Thomas

Logan

2001

SIGCSE Bull.

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AESOP is An Electronic Student Observatory Project consisting of a set of tools written in Smalltalk allowing student's activities and progress through an on-line distance education course to be remotely recorded, replayed and analysed. The following paper outlines some initial findings from observations made on a cross-sectional group of 368 volunteers taking the course in 2000. Students observed using low resolution 640 x 480 screens were noted to take significantly longer to complete on-line course work (p=0.018). Differences between genders were also found with females reporting less comfort at using computers and males using a greater variety of central processing units. Some evidence indicates that female students were also more likely to be using lower specification machines than males although the differences noted were found to be just outside significance levels.

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“…The AESOP project [3], which is looking at how students learn to program, has generated a software component, the Recorder, which records a student's attempts at their practical work [2]. A recording consists of the sequence of actions that a student performed when attempting the various tasks specified in the practical activities.…”

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The PASS project (poster session)

JoyceDonald

YoungAlison

2001

SIGCSE Bull.

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UNITEC, New Zealand, {djoyce,ayoung}@unitec.ac.nzUNITEC Institute of Technology is one of New Zealand's largest provider of computing qualifications. The range of qualifications includes certificates (one semester full-time), diplomas (two years full-time), undergraduate degrees (three years full-time) and post graduate degrees (two years full-time). The changing nature of the student population, the increasing diversity of the discipline, the wider range of courses and the tr6nd towards electronic delivery means that we need to constantly review methods for selection and counseling students to appropriate courses of study, student support, delivery methods, pastoral care, teaching practices and professional development needs of faculty. The

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Recording user actions in a Smalltalk programming environment

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Observational studies of student errors in a distance learning environment using a remote recording and replay tool

Observational studies of student errors in a distance learning environment using a remote recording and replay tool

Observational studies of student errors in a distance learning environment using a remote recording and replay tool

The PASS project (poster session)

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