Process Mining and Interaction Data Analytics

Running head: RESEARCH METHODS
Research Methods
Name of the Student
Name of the University
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.