@inproceedings{4089909471224f3d9d8939bbf5aacb2d,
title = "Do optional activities matter in virtual learning environments?",
abstract = "Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) provide students with activi-ties to improve their learning (e.g., reading texts, watching videos or solving exercises). But VLEs usually also provide optional activities (e.g., changing an avatar profile or setting goals). Some of these have a connection with the learn-ing process, but are not directly devoted to learning concepts (e.g., setting goals). Few works have dealt with the use of optional activities and the relation-ships between these activities and other metrics in VLEs. This paper analyzes the use of optional activities at different levels in a specific case study with 291 students from three courses (physics, chemistry and mathematics) using the Khan Academy platform. The level of use of the different types of optional ac-tivities is analyzed and compared to that of learning activities. In addition, the relationship between the usage of optional activities and different student be-haviors and learning metrics is presented.",
keywords = "optional activities, Khan Academy, learning analytics, MOOCs",
author = "Ruip{\'e}rez-Valiente, {Jos{\'e} A.} and Mu{\~n}oz-Merino, {Pedro J.} and {Delgado Kloos}, Carlos and Katja Niemann and Maren Scheffel",
note = "DS_Citation:Ruip{\'e}rez-Valiente, J. A., Mu{\~n}oz-Merino, P. J., Delgado Kloos, C., Niemann, K., & Scheffel, M. (2014). Do optional activities matter in virtual learning environments? In C. Rensing, S. de Freitas, T. Ley, & P. J. Mu{\~n}oz-Merino (Eds.), Open Learning and Teaching in Educational Communities, Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2014, LNCS 8719 (pp. 331–344). Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.; 9th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL) ; Conference date: 16-09-2014 Through 19-09-2014",
year = "2014",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-11200-8",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-319-11199-5",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science",
publisher = "Springer",
number = "1",
pages = "331–344",
editor = "C. Rensing and Freitas, {S. de} and T. Ley and P.J. Munoz-Merino",
booktitle = "Open Learning and Teaching in Educational Communities",
edition = "1",
}