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We can also analyze the test results to identify which questions are most often answered incorrectly. This could indicate areas where the material might need to be clarified or expanded. Additionally, we could track how students interact with the course content—such as which videos they replay, which sections they skip, or how often they participate in discussions. This data could help us understand how students engage with the material and identify opportunities to make the course more engaging and effective.
By collecting and analyzing this data, we are essentially digitizing the learning process. Once we have this data, we can apply data science techniques to gain insights and make informed decisions about how to improve the course. This is an example of digital transformation in education.
Digital transformation is not limited to education—it can be applied to virtually any industry. For example:
- In healthcare, digital transformation might involve using patient data to predict disease outbreaks or personalize treatment plans.
- In retail, it could mean analyzing customer purchase data to optimize inventory or create personalized marketing campaigns.
- In manufacturing, it might involve using sensor data from machines to predict maintenance needs and reduce downtime.
The key idea is that by digitizing processes and applying data science, businesses can gain valuable insights, improve efficiency, and make better decisions. You might say this method isn't perfect, as modules can vary in length. It might be more reasonable to divide the time by the module's length (measured in the number of characters) and compare those results instead. When we start analyzing the results of multiple-choice tests, we can try to identify which concepts students struggle to understand and use that information to improve the content. To achieve this, we need to design tests so that each question corresponds to a specific concept or piece of knowledge.
If we want to go a step further, we can compare the time taken for each module with the age category of the students. We might discover that for certain age groups, it takes an unusually long time to complete the module, or that students drop out before finishing it. This can help us provide age-appropriate recommendations for the module and reduce dissatisfaction caused by unmet expectations.
🚀 Challenge
In this challenge, we will try to identify concepts relevant to the field of Data Science by analyzing texts. We will take a Wikipedia article on Data Science, download and process the text, and then create a word cloud like this one:
Visit notebook.ipynb to review the code. You can also run the code and observe how it performs all the data transformations in real time.
If you are unfamiliar with running code in a Jupyter Notebook, check out this article.
Post-lecture quiz
Assignments
- Task 1: Modify the code above to identify related concepts for the fields of Big Data and Machine Learning.
- Task 2: Think About Data Science Scenarios
Credits
This lesson was created with ♥️ by Dmitry Soshnikov
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