Process Mining and Interaction Data Analytics

This paper discusses process mining and the implementation of process mining in learning analytics in a web-based multi-tabletop collaborative learning and teaching environment. It explores the benefits and challenges of process mining and provides insights into the steps required for data collection.

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Author Note

Journal 1
Answer of Question 1
Ihantola, P., Vihavainen, A., Ahadi, A., Butler, M., Börstler, J., Edwards, S.H., Isohanni, E.,
Korhonen, A., Petersen, A., Rivers, K. and Rubio, M.Á., 2015, July. Educational data mining
and learning analytics in programming: Literature review and case studies. In Proceedings of
the 2015 ITiCSE on Working Group Reports (pp. 41-63). ACM.
Answer of Question 2
I have searched for the “Process mining in learning analytics - benefits and challenges" on
google scholar and search for several articles there. Then I found this article called
“Educational data mining and learning analytics in programming: Literature review and case
studies” on google scholar. The google scholar directed me to https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?
id=2858798 this website, and there I found this article.
Answer of Question 3
This paper is selected because this paper discusses the methods of learning analytics and the
challenges and benefits of higher education. This paper is so much attractive with its contents
and the way the author describes the abstract parts makes the article more reliable.
Answer of Question 4
This paper is a peer reviewed paper. The authors have done a literature review on the
educational data mining in the practices. The writers have peered reviewed the paper.
Answer of Question 5
The researcher work has been done in a university, the name of the university is the
University of Macedonia. The researcher is an expert in the profession of process mining.

Answer of Question 6
The paper talk about the process mining and the learning analytics and the benefits of the
process mining in learning analytics. The contents that have written in this paper has clearly
described in the abstract part.
Answer of Question 7
Yes, this paper is similar to some of the other article that is ready for the assignment as the
other papers also talk about the challenges and benefits of the learning analytics. The paper
which is similar to the Advances in Learning Analytics and Educational Data Mining and
Issues, Challenges, and Lessons Learned, the authors have used the same kind of data for
their paper too. However which data is the actual data that is unknown.
Answer of Question 8
Yes, the paper was different from some of the article that was studied for the assignment as
the some of the article discussed only the learning analytics and process mining but did not
discuss the challenges and benefits.
Answer of Question 9
The similarities of the paper suggest that the implementation of the process mining in the
learning analytics has many benefits and challenges. The difference between the studies
indicates different benefits and challenges of the application. Through the reading of the
paper, it can be observed that the researcher has done the research that is based on learning
analytics, the method of the data collection and its benefits and challenges.
Answer of Question 10
The reading of this paper help the group to know about the steps that are required for the data
collection, it also helped the group to know about the benefits and challenges that are faced
during the implementation of the process mining.

Journal 2
Answer of Question 1
Chatti, M. A., Lukarov, V., Thüs, H., Muslim, A., Yousef, A. M. F., Wahid, U., ... &
Schroeder, U. (2014). Learning analytics: Challenges and future research
directions. Eleed, 10(1).
Answer of Question 2
I have searched for the “Process mining in learning analytics - benefits and challenges" on
Google. Also I searched for peer review article database. Then I found
https://doaj.org/article/06433d1e6e2b4ef996478fc2d6195afa this article.
Answer of Question 3
This paper is selected because it discusses the benefits of the learning analytics and the profit
and challenges of the mining process. And also this article is peer reviewed.
Answer of Question 4
The paper is peered review article. As the article does state opinion about the things that have
been researched by other scientist or experts who have worked in this article. This paper does
have some limitations that it doesn’t use primary data instead of using secondary data. The
article is reviewed by the Vlatko Lukarov, Hendrik Thüs, Arham Muslim, Ahmed Mohamed,
Fahmy Yousef, Usman Wahid, Christoph Greven, Arnab Chakrabarti, Ulrik Schroeder.
Answer of Question 5
The researchers work in a university, the name of the university is the Aachen University.
The researchers are an expert in learning analytics. The researchers talk about e-learning and
learning analytics in this paper.

Answer of Question 6
The paper talk about learning analytics and the benefits and challenges of process mining.
Though the abstract part is not too much understandable. However, some of the contents have
described in the abstract part. In the abstract part the author have written the overview of the
entire paper as well as they have written some questions there to answer them in the main
part of this article.
Answer of Question 7
Yes, this paper is similar to some of the other article that is read for the assignment as the
other papers also talk about the challenges and benefits of the learning analytics. As the major
contents that are common to all the articles.
Answer of Question 8
Yes, the paper was different from some of the article that was studied for the assignment as
this paper discussed only the challenges and benefits of the learning analytics. But the paper
does have some uniqueness for some of the concepts. As the authors have thought about
some of the unfitness such as personalization, open assessment in this paper.
Answer of Question 9
The similarities of the article suggest that learning analytics has many benefits and
challenges; the difference between the studies is that all the reviews suggest different benefits
and challenges of the learning analytics By reading the paper, it can be observed that the
researcher has done the research based on the learning analytics, the method of the data
collection and its benefits and challenges in learning analytics.
Answer of Question 10
The reading of this paper help the group to know about the steps that are required for the data
collection, it also helped the group to know about the benefits and challenges that are faced in

learning analytics. Though the paper does have its own limitations as it uses secondary data
instead of using primary data. Also at present the groups know what actually peer reviewed
article is.

Journal 3
Answer of Question 1
G. Lakshmanan and R. Khalaf, "Leveraging Process-Mining Techniques," IT Professional,
vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 22-30, 2013.
Answer of Question 2
I have searched for this topic in google scholar, and there I found this paper named
“Leveraging Process-Mining Techniques." Google scholar has directed me to the website
where I got the full paper https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/6279446/.
Answer of Question 3
This paper is selected because it discusses the process mining and the benefit and the
challenges that are related to the mining process. This paper is so much attractive with its
contents and the way the author describes the abstract parts makes the article more reliable
Answer of Question 4
The article was not peered review as the paper does not state an opinion about the things that
have been researched by other scientist or experts working. This paper does have some
limitations that it doesn’t use primary data instead of using secondary data.
Answer of Question 5
The researcher work in a university, the name of the university is the University of Pavia. The
researcher is an expert in process mining.
Answer of Question 6
The paper talk about learning analytics and the benefits and challenges of process mining.

Answer of Question 7
Yes, this paper is similar to some of the other article that is read for the assignment as the
other papers also talk about the challenges and benefits of the process mining. The article
which they are similar to is Process Mining Methods, Benefits, and Challenges in Higher
Education.
Answer of Question 8
Yes, the paper was different from some of the article that was studied for the assignment as
this paper discussed only the challenges and benefits of the process mining. But the paper
does have its own limitations as it has used secondary data.
Answer of Question 9
The similarities of the paper suggest that the process mining has many benefits and
challenges; the difference between the studies suggest different problems of the process
mining.
Answer of Question 10
The reading of this paper help the group to know about the steps that are required for the data
collection, it also helped the group to know about the benefits and challenges that are faced in
process mining. And this paper the group to learn more about this topic.

Journal 4
Answer of Question 1
Papamitsiou, Z and Economides, A. A. (2014). Learning analytics and educational data
mining in practice: A systematic literature review of empirical evidence. Journal of
Educational Technology & Society, 17(4), 49-64.
Answer of Question 2
I have searched for the “Process mining in learning analytics - benefits and challenges" on
google scholar and search for several articles there. Then I found this article called “Learning
analytics and educational data mining in practice: A systematic literature review of empirical
evidence".The google scholar has directed to the link http://smile.uom.gr/publications/2014-
%20ETS-%20Learning%20Analytics%20and%20Educational%20Data%20Mining%20in
%20Practice-%20A%20Systematic%20literature%20review%20of%20empirical
%20evidence.pdf where I found the fully accessible file for this article.
Answer of Question 3
The paper talk about learning analytics and the benefits and challenges of process mining.
Though the abstract part is not too much understandable. However, some of the contents have
described in the abstract part.
Answer of Question 4
The paper is a peer review article that does state some opinion about the things that have been
researched by other scientist or experts working. Thus it can noted that the paper is peer-
reviewed. As the paper is peer reviewed by the authors Zacharoula Papamitsiou* and
Anastasios A. Economides. They have done a literature review on this paper.

Answer of Question 5
The researcher work in a university, they are Interdepartmental Progr. of Postgraduate
Studies in Information Systems, University of Macedonia The researcher is an expert in
process mining and learning analytics.
Answer of Question 6
The paper talk about learning analytics and process mining. This paper is selected because it
discusses the benefits of learning analytics and the profit and challenges of the mining
process. The Abstract part of this paper is well described about what is written in the content
of this article.
Answer of Question 7
Yes, this paper is similar to some of the other article that is read for the assignment as the
other papers also talk about the process mining. The paper which they are identical to is
Process Mining Methods, Benefits, and Challenges and Learning Analytics Methods,
Benefits, and Challenges in Higher Education.
Answer of Question 8
Yes, the paper was different from some of the article that was studied for the assignment as
this paper discussed both learning analytics and process mining. As this is a literature review
most of the topics are written as the view of the authors.
Answer of Question 9
The similarities of the paper suggest that the process of mining and learning analytic have
many benefits. Through the reading of the paper, it can be observed that the researcher has
done the research based on the process of mining and learning analytics.

Answer of Question 10
The reading of this paper help the group to know about the steps that are required for the data
collection; it also helped the group to know about learning analytics and process mining. As
well as the group are currently familiar with how to do a literature review.

Journal 5
Answer of Question 1
P. Porouhan, "Process Mining and Interaction Data Analytics in a Web-Based Multi-Tabletop
Collaborative Learning and Teaching Environment," International Journal of Web-Based
Learning and Teaching Technologies, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 34-61, 2018.
Answer of Question 2
I have searched for this topic in google scholar, and there I found this paper named “Process
Mining and Interaction Data Analytics in a Web-Based Multi-Tabletop Collaborative
Learning and Teaching Environment." The google scholar has directed me to
https://www.igi-global.com/article/process-mining-and-interaction-data-analytics-in-a-web-
based-multi-tabletop-collaborative-learning-and-teaching-environment/210183. Where I
found the full paper.
Answer of Question 3
This paper is selected because it discusses process mining and the implementation of the
process mining in learning analytics. This paper is so much attractive with its contents and
the way the author describes the abstract parts makes the paper more reliable.
Answer of Question 4
The paper has not peered review as the paper does not state an opinion about the things that
have been researched by other scientist or experts working. As no one has peered review this
article.

Answer of Question 5
The researcher work in a university, the name of the university is the University of Michigan.
The researcher is an expert in process mining and implementation of process mining in
learning analytics.
Answer of Question 6
The paper talk about the process mining and the implementation of the process mining in
learning analytics.
Answer of Question 7
Yes, this paper is similar to some of the other paper that is read for the assignment as the
other papers also talk about the process mining. The paper which they are similar to is
Process Mining Methods, Benefits, and Challenges and Learning Analytics Methods,
Benefits, and Challenges in Higher Education.
Answer of Question 8
Yes, the paper was different from some of the article that was studied for the assignment as
this paper discussed process mining and the implementation of process mining in learning
analytics. However, this paper does have its own limitations. But the authors have used
different kinds of data and gather them to make this paper efficient.
Answer of Question 9
The similarities of the paper suggest that the process of mining and learning analytic have
many benefits. It can be observed that the researcher has done the research based on the
learning analytics and implementation of the process mining in learning analytics

Answer of Question 10
The reading of this paper help the group to know about the steps that are required for the data
collection, it also helped the group to know about process mining and the implementation of
the process mining in learning analytics.

Journal 6
Answer of Question 1
A. N AL Masri and M. M Nasir, "Learning Machine Implementation for Big Data Analytics,
Challenges and Solutions," Journal of Data Mining in Genomics & Proteomics, vol. 07, no.
02, 2016
Answer of Question 2
I have searched on the google scholar for the topic, and there I found this article that is named
"Learning Machine Implementation for Big Data Analytics, Challenges and Solutions." The
google scholar directed me to the website
https://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/S_Suthaharan_Big_2014.pdf, from where I am able to read
the whole paper. This paper is all about:
 Learning analytics
 Process mining
 Difficulties in the implementation of the process mining in learning analytics
Answer of Question 3
This paper is selected because it discusses learning analytics, process mining and the
application of the process mining in learning analytics.
Answer of Question 4
The paper was not peered review as the paper does not state an opinion about the things that
have been researched by other scientist or experts working. Thus it can be noted that the
paper is not peer-reviewed.

Answer of Question 5
The researcher work in a university, the name of the university is the University of Michigan.
The researcher is an expert in process mining and implementation of process mining in
learning analytics.
Answer of Question 6
The paper talk about the learning analytics, process mining and the implementation of the
process mining in learning analytics.
Answer of Question 7
Yes, this paper is similar to some of the other paper that is read for the assignment as the
other papers also talk about the process mining. The article which they are similar to is
Open Learning Analytics: an integrated & modularized platform.
Answer of Question 8
Yes, the paper was different from some of the paper that was studied for the assignment as
this paper discussed learning analytics and the implementation of process mining in learning
analytics. This paper does have its own limitations.
Answer of Question 9
The similarities of the paper suggest that the process of mining and learning analytic have
many benefits. It can be observed that the researcher has done the research based on the
learning analytics and implementation of the process mining in learning analytics.
Answer of Question 10
The reading of this paper help the group to know about the steps that are required for the data
collection, it also helped the group to know about process mining and the implementation of
the process mining in learning analytics.

References
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E., Korhonen, A., Petersen, A., Rivers, K. and Rubio, M.Á., 2015, July. Educational data
mining and learning analytics in programming: Literature review and case studies.
In Proceedings of the 2015 ITiCSE on Working Group Reports (pp. 41-63). ACM.
[2] B. kash, D. thappa and V. Kavitha, "Big Data in Educational Data Mining and Learning
Analytics", International Journal of Innovative Research in Computer and Communication
Engineering, vol. 02, no. 12, pp. 7515-7520, 2014.
[3] G. Lakshmanan and R. Khalaf, "Leveraging Process-Mining Techniques", IT
Professional, vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 22-30, 2013.
[4] Papamitsiou, Z and Economides, A. A. (2014). Learning analytics and educational data
mining in practice: A systematic literature review of empirical evidence. Journal of
Educational Technology & Society, 17(4), 49-64.
[5] P. Porouhan, "Process Mining and Interaction Data Analytics in a Web-Based Multi-
Tabletop Collaborative Learning and Teaching Environment", International Journal of Web-
Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 34-61, 2018.
[6] A. N AL Masri and M. M Nasir, "Learning Machine Implementation for Big Data
Analytics, Challenges and Solutions", Journal of Data Mining in Genomics & Proteomics,
vol. 07, no. 02, 2016