Towards a Cloud-Based Big Data Infrastructure for Higher Education Institutions

Stefaan Ternier; Maren Scheffel; Hendrik Drachsler

doi:10.1007/978-981-13-0650-1_10

Towards a Cloud-Based Big Data Infrastructure for Higher Education Institutions

Stefaan Ternier, Maren Scheffel, Hendrik Drachsler

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Abstract

This chapter reports about experiences gained in developing a learning analytics infrastructure for an ecosystem of different MOOC providers in Europe. These efforts originated in the European project ECO that aimed to develop a single-entry portal for various MOOC providers by developing shared technologies for these providers and distributing these technologies to the individual MOOC platforms of the project partners. The chapter presents a big data infrastructure that is able to handle learning activities from various sources and shows how the work in ECO led to a standardised approach for capturing learning analytics data according to the xAPI specification and storing them into cloud-based big data storage. The chapter begins with a definition of big data in higher education and thereafter describes the practical experiences gained from developing the learning analytics infrastructure.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Frontiers of Cyberlearning
Subtitle of host publication	Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning
Editors	J. Michael Spector, Vivekanandan Kumar, Alfred Essa, Yueh-Min Huang, Rob Koper, Richard A. W. Tortorella, Ting-Wen Chang, Yanyan Li, Zhizhen Zhang
Place of Publication	Singapore
Publisher	Springer Singapore
Chapter	10
Pages	177-194
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	9789811306501
ISBN (Print)	9789811306495
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0650-1_10
Publication status	Published - 4 Nov 2018

Publication series

Series	Lecture Notes in Educational Technology

Keywords

Cloud storage
Dashboard
Learning analytics
Real time feedback
Visualisation
xAPI interfaces

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Ternier, S., Scheffel, M., & Drachsler, H. (2018). Towards a Cloud-Based Big Data Infrastructure for Higher Education Institutions. In J. M. Spector, V. Kumar, A. Essa, Y.-M. Huang, R. Koper, R. A. W. Tortorella, T.-W. Chang, Y. Li, & Z. Zhang (Eds.), Frontiers of Cyberlearning: Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning (pp. 177-194). Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0650-1_10

Ternier, Stefaan ; Scheffel, Maren ; Drachsler, Hendrik. / Towards a Cloud-Based Big Data Infrastructure for Higher Education Institutions. Frontiers of Cyberlearning: Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning. editor / J. Michael Spector ; Vivekanandan Kumar ; Alfred Essa ; Yueh-Min Huang ; Rob Koper ; Richard A. W. Tortorella ; Ting-Wen Chang ; Yanyan Li ; Zhizhen Zhang. Singapore : Springer Singapore, 2018. pp. 177-194 (Lecture Notes in Educational Technology).

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Ternier, S, Scheffel, M & Drachsler, H 2018, Towards a Cloud-Based Big Data Infrastructure for Higher Education Institutions. in JM Spector, V Kumar, A Essa, Y-M Huang, R Koper, RAW Tortorella, T-W Chang, Y Li & Z Zhang (eds), Frontiers of Cyberlearning: Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning. Springer Singapore, Singapore, Lecture Notes in Educational Technology, pp. 177-194. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0650-1_10

Towards a Cloud-Based Big Data Infrastructure for Higher Education Institutions. / Ternier, Stefaan; Scheffel, Maren; Drachsler, Hendrik.
Frontiers of Cyberlearning: Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning. ed. / J. Michael Spector; Vivekanandan Kumar; Alfred Essa; Yueh-Min Huang; Rob Koper; Richard A. W. Tortorella; Ting-Wen Chang; Yanyan Li; Zhizhen Zhang. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2018. p. 177-194 (Lecture Notes in Educational Technology).

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Ternier S, Scheffel M, Drachsler H. Towards a Cloud-Based Big Data Infrastructure for Higher Education Institutions. In Spector JM, Kumar V, Essa A, Huang YM, Koper R, Tortorella RAW, Chang TW, Li Y, Zhang Z, editors, Frontiers of Cyberlearning: Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning. Singapore: Springer Singapore. 2018. p. 177-194. (Lecture Notes in Educational Technology). doi: 10.1007/978-981-13-0650-1_10

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