A Harvard-MIT research group has published its first journal article using data from the first course offered on edX, 6.002x: Circuits and Electronics. At the core of edX’s mission is to use the massive amounts of data generated from student course usage to better understand learning and to improve both on-campus and online learning. The article is the first of many that will scrutinize how students are using course resources.
One of the most notable findings of the study is that offline collaboration was strongly associated with achievement in the course. In other words, students who reported working with others offline during the course tended to fare much better. The study also found that those with stronger math backgrounds and parents who were engineers did better.
Below are some of the graphics detailing course usage and student information: