Multi-source and multimodal data fusion for predicting academic performance in blended learning university courses
Autor
Chango, Wilson
Cerezo, Rebeca
Romero Morales, C.
Editor
ElsevierFecha
2021Materia
Blended learningPredicting academic performance
Multisource data
Multimodal learning
Data fusion
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In this paper we apply data fusion approaches for predicting the final academic performance of university students using multiple-source, multimodal data from blended learning environments. We collect and preprocess data about first-year university students from different sources: theory classes, practical sessions, on-line Moodle sessions, and a final exam. Our objective is to discover which data fusion approach produces the best results using our data. We carry out experiments by applying four different data fusion approaches and six classification algorithms. The results show that the best predictions are produced using ensembles and selecting the best attributes approach with discretized data. The best prediction models show us that the level of attention in theory classes, scores in Moodle quizzes, and the level of activity in Moodle forums are the best set of attributes for predicting students’ final performance in our courses.