Open University Learning Analytics Dataset (OULAD)

Context

Open University is a public British University that also has the highest number of undergraduate students in the UK. It is the largest academic institution in the United Kingdom (and one of the largest in Europe) with 2 Million enrolled students since it is established at 1969. As can be understood from its name, Open University mainly populated by off-campus students.

Content

This dataset belongs to Open University Online Learning Platform (Also called as "Virtual Learning Environment(VLE)") that off-campus students use for accessing the course content, forum discussions, sending assessments and checking out assignment marks etc. It consists of 7 selected courses (mentioned as modules in the dataset). Different presentations indicated with letters "B" and "J" after year for semester 2 and semester 1 respectively.

Additionally, the dataset includes student demographics such as location, age group, disability, education level, gender etc.
Student assessment marks, interactions with the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) are also included.

Acknowledgements

Kuzilek J., Hlosta M., Zdrahal Z. Open University Learning Analytics dataset Sci. Data 4:170171 doi: 10.1038/sdata.2017.171 (2017).

Inspiration

Personalisation of online education has a big potential to enhance the quality and efficiency of education. Any insights about how people differ from each other in the way we learn would be impressive.