CCLTracker Framework: Monitoring user learning and activity in web based citizen science projects

Article Article scientifique Article CCLTracker Framework: Monitoring user learning and activity in web based citizen science projects eng 2016 author Fernandez Marquez Jose Luis 0000-0002-0254-0794 750231 author Charalampidis Ioannis author Abu-Amsha Oula 828053 author Mohanty Sharada 893072 author Schneider Daniel 26483 author Grey François 796587 author Segal Ben 99-117 10.15346/hc.v3i1.6 2330-8001 https://hcjournal.org/index.php/jhc/article/view/82 Analytics tools have been widely used over the last years for the development of web-based application and services. Analytics data allows improving user interfaces through planning, executing, and evaluating actions intended to increase user engagement. Measuring and improving user engagement in citizen science projects is not different from other web applications such as on-line shopping, newspapers, or sites for recommending music or movies. However, citizen science projects also aim to produce learning outcomes on the participants. Current analytics tools do not present sufficient information regarding user behaviour with the application, thus making measuring engagement and learning outcomes difficult. This paper presents the CCLTracker analytics framework that is intended to overcome current limitations in analytics tools, by providing an API for monitoring user activities such as time spent watching a video, time to complete a task, or how far down a page is scrolled. CCLTracker has been integrated in 3 different citizen science projects which have proved its value for measuring user engagement and learning. Citizen Cyberlab Dewey 025.063 Dewey 371.33 13 Centre universitaire d'informatique 0D3 32 Département d'informatique 18 110 Technologies de formation et apprentissage 73 false 631 Technologies de formation et d'apprentissage (TECFA) Human Computation 3 1 43461347-74ec-407c-b3de-e3197102c8f9 Article (Published version) Public 2016Fernandez-Marquez_CCLTracker_framew.pdf 547287 application/pdf CC BY openAccess Centres et instituts / Centre universitaire d'informatique Faculté des sciences / Département d'informatique Faculté de psychologie et des sciences de l'éducation / Technologies de formation et apprentissage

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