 Application of reflective journals to assess self-directed learning in a blended learning setting: a case study in Hong KongKris M.Y. Law and Li-Ting Tang International Journal of Innovation and Learning, 2020, vol. 27, issue 2, 121-134 Abstract: This paper presents the case study of a blended learning subject offered to a group of engineering students, in which a reflective journal was adopted as part of the assessment. It also presents an innovative attempt to explore the relationship between the reflections of students and their performance in the subject. The feedbacks from students were collected and analysed using text-mining techniques, and a machine-learning algorithm was used to identify the association between the reflective feedback text and the corresponding final grades of the students. The supervised machine-learning algorithm produces an inferred function from the training data so as to make predictions about the output values of the testing data. The results prove that reflective journals can be a valuable means of assessing student learning in a blended learning environment, and also offers a good reference for educators to have a better understanding regarding the performance of students. Keywords: reflective journal; blended learning; BL; engineering students; performance; machine learning; text mining; assessment. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijilea:v:27:y:2020:i:2:p:121-134 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Innovation and Learning from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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