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| author | Wang, Yuanchun Fu, Yiyang Yu, Jifan Zhang-Li, Daniel Zhang, Zheyuan Yin, Joy Lim Jia Wang, Yucheng Zhou, Peng Zhang, Jing Liu, Huiqin |
| author_facet | Wang, Yuanchun Fu, Yiyang Yu, Jifan Zhang-Li, Daniel Zhang, Zheyuan Yin, Joy Lim Jia Wang, Yucheng Zhou, Peng Zhang, Jing Liu, Huiqin |
| contents | Interactive online learning environments, represented by Massive AI-empowered Courses (MAIC), leverage LLM-driven multi-agent systems to transform passive MOOCs into dynamic, text-based platforms, enhancing interactivity through LLMs. This paper conducts an empirical study on a specific MAIC course to explore three research questions about dropouts in these interactive online courses: (1) What factors might lead to dropouts? (2) Can we predict dropouts? (3) Can we reduce dropouts? We analyze interaction logs to define dropouts and identify contributing factors. Our findings reveal strong links between dropout behaviors and textual interaction patterns. We then propose a course-progress-adaptive dropout prediction framework (CPADP) to predict dropouts with at most 95.4% accuracy. Based on this, we design a personalized email recall agent to re-engage at-risk students. Applied in the deployed MAIC system with over 3,000 students, the feasibility and effectiveness of our approach have been validated on students with diverse backgrounds. |
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| spellingShingle | Handling Students Dropouts in an LLM-driven Interactive Online Course Using Language Models Wang, Yuanchun Fu, Yiyang Yu, Jifan Zhang-Li, Daniel Zhang, Zheyuan Yin, Joy Lim Jia Wang, Yucheng Zhou, Peng Zhang, Jing Liu, Huiqin Computation and Language Computers and Society Interactive online learning environments, represented by Massive AI-empowered Courses (MAIC), leverage LLM-driven multi-agent systems to transform passive MOOCs into dynamic, text-based platforms, enhancing interactivity through LLMs. This paper conducts an empirical study on a specific MAIC course to explore three research questions about dropouts in these interactive online courses: (1) What factors might lead to dropouts? (2) Can we predict dropouts? (3) Can we reduce dropouts? We analyze interaction logs to define dropouts and identify contributing factors. Our findings reveal strong links between dropout behaviors and textual interaction patterns. We then propose a course-progress-adaptive dropout prediction framework (CPADP) to predict dropouts with at most 95.4% accuracy. Based on this, we design a personalized email recall agent to re-engage at-risk students. Applied in the deployed MAIC system with over 3,000 students, the feasibility and effectiveness of our approach have been validated on students with diverse backgrounds. |
| title | Handling Students Dropouts in an LLM-driven Interactive Online Course Using Language Models |
| topic | Computation and Language Computers and Society |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.17310 |