The design of a framework for cooperative learning through web utilizing data mining technique to group learners

The purpose of this research is to design of a framework for cooperative learning through web utilizing data mining technique to group learners. The research and development methodology is employed in this study; however simply the framework design phase is presented here. The design phase composes of 5 steps as follows: 1) Studying and analyzing the related principles and theories, 2) Studying the context of learning environments, 3) Designing a framework for cooperative learning through web using data mining technique to group learners, 4) Assessing the framework by six experts and 5) Improving the framework. Many theories and principles are employed in this research; for instance, data mining technique, constructivist theory and the principle of media symbol system. Two results are revealed as follows. Firstly, the learning model consists 5 components that are (1) forecasting and grouping module, (2) cooperative learning community, (3) expert community, (4) learning resources and (5) quiz module. Secondly, the results of the evaluation from 6 experts are expressed that the framework comply with computer science principles and learning theories and the experts accept to the usability of the framework in a high level at 71.15 percents overall. To summarize, the framework can be employed to design and develop a learning model appropriately. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.