MOOCdb

Franck DernoncourtColin Taylor

Current Database

MOOC data flowchart

Motivation

• Expose schema, not data, to researchers– Write reusable scripts– Ability to crowd-source feature creation

• Generalizable across courses and providers• Concise storage– Lossy for implementation, lossless for research

Schema overview

• Three types of data:– Observable– Submitted– Collaborative

Observable

Submitted

Collaborative

Schema Overview

Graphs

-> http://bit.ly/edx6002

Generating the graphs – Python/HTML

Generating the graphs – Python/HTML

Generating the graphs - MATLAB

Generating the graphs - MATLAB

ChallengeWe will be back in 3 weeks for a prediction challenge!