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Mineração de Dados Educacionais: Oportunidades para o Brasil

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: Educational Data Mining (EDM) is the research area concerned with the development and use of data mining methods for exploring data sets collected in educational settings.In recent years, EDM has become established internationally as a field and research community, with evidence of considerable potential to improve the quality of education.Though there have been efforts to establish EDM research in Brazil, EDM is not yet well established in Brazil.Towards increasing awareness of EDM research in Brazil, this paper presents a review of research on EDM, discussing methods and successful applications of EDM research which have influenced research and educational practice internationally.The article discusses some of the enabling conditions for EDM research, and the challenges that must be met for this field to reach its full potential in Brazil.In specific, we discuss the potential that EDM research has to benefit the increasing number of Brazilian distance learners.

Source: Revista Brasileira de Informática na Educação

DOI: 10.5753/rbie.2011.19.02.03

Authors: Ryan Baker, Seiji Isotani, Adriana Carvalho

Institutions: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Universidade de São Paulo, Carnegie Mellon University

Language: Portuguese

Topic: Online Learning and Analytics

Subfield: Computer Science Applications

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: National Science Foundation