TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose Due to the important role of orthography in society, the project called IDeRBlog presented in this paper created a web-based tool to motivate pupils to write text as well as to read and to comment on texts written by fellow students. In addition, IDeRBlog aims to improve student’s German orthography skills and supports teachers and parents with training materials for their students. The paper aims to discuss these issues.Design/methodology/approach With the aid of learning analytics, the submitted text is analyzed and special feedback is given to the students so that they can try to correct the misspelled words themselves. The teachers as well as the parents are benefiting from the analysis and exercises suggested by the system.Findings A recent study showed the efficiency of the system in form of an improvement of the students’ orthographic skills. Over a period of four months 70 percent of the students achieved a significant reduction of their spelling mistakes.Originality/value IDeRBlog is an innovative approach to improving orthography skills combining blogging and new media with writing and practice.
VL  - 10
IS  - 2
SN  - 2397-7604
DO  - 10.1108/JRIT-07-2017-0013
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/JRIT-07-2017-0013
AU  - Steinhauer Nina
AU  - Gros Michael
AU  - Ebner Martin
AU  - Ebner Markus
AU  - Huppertz Anneliese
AU  - Cormann Mike
AU  - Biermeier Susanne
AU  - Burk Lena
AU  - Edtstadler Konstanze
AU  - Gabriel Sonja
AU  - Wintschnig Martina
AU  - Aspalter Christian
AU  - Martich Susanne
PY  - 2017
Y1  - 2017/01/01
TI  - Learning analytics to improve writing skills for young children – an holistic approach
T2  - Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching & Learning
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 143
EP  - 159
Y2  - 2024/05/08
ER  -