nStudy: A System for Researching Information Problem Solving

A bottleneck in gathering big data about learning is instrumentation designed to record data about processes students use to learn and information on which those processes operate. The software system nStudy fills this gap. nStudy is an extension to the Chrome web browser plus a server side database...

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Published in:Technology, knowledge and learning knowledge and learning, 2017-10, Vol.22 (3), p.369-376
Main Authors: Winne, Philip H., Nesbit, John C., Popowich, Fred
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analytics
Big Data
Computer Peripherals
Computer Software
Creativity and Arts Education
Data Analysis
Data Collection
Data management
Education
Educational Technology
Electronic Learning
Hypothesis Testing
Internet
Learning Analytics
Learning and Instruction
Learning Processes
Mathematics Education
Modules
Original Research
Problem Solving
Research Methodology
Science Education
Software reviews
Students
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Summary:A bottleneck in gathering big data about learning is instrumentation designed to record data about processes students use to learn and information on which those processes operate. The software system nStudy fills this gap. nStudy is an extension to the Chrome web browser plus a server side database for logged trace data plus peripheral modules that analyze trace data and assemble web pages as learning analytics. Students can use nStudy anywhere they connect to the internet. Every event related to creating, modifying, reviewing, linking and organizing information artifacts is logged in fine grain with a time stamp. These data fully trace information students operate on and how they operate on it. Ambient big data about studying gathered au naturel can be tailored by configuring several of nStudy’s features. Thus the system can be used to gather data across a wide range lab studies and field trials designed to test a range of models and theories.
ISSN:2211-1662
2211-1670
DOI:10.1007/s10758-017-9327-y