heal.abstract
This
dissertation
was
written
as
a
part
of
the
MSc
in
Data
Science
at
the
International
Hellenic
University.
A
literature
review
on
the
gap
between
education
and
labor
market,
learning
analytics,
massive
open
online
courses,
the
ESCO
ontology,
text
representation
methods
and
topic
modeling
is
researched.
Methods
which
are
used
in
learning
analytics
are
implemented
to
derive
knowledge
from
the
collected
data
about
the
skills
from
ESCO,
the
courses
provided
by
Coursera
and
job
advertisements.
The
thesis
is
concluded
by
commenting
on the findings and providing ideas for future research
This
work
came
to
fruition
through
the
rigor
efforts
of
multiple
people.
The
first
person
is
the
supervisor
the
assistant
professor
Vassilios
Peristeras
of
the
School
of
Science
and
Technology
at
the
International
Hellenic
University.
A
knowledgeable
team
was
created
-3-
under
the
efforts
of
the
supervisor
which
helped
in
developing
creative
ideas.
Dr.
Ioannis
Magnisalis,
who
is
an
research
associate
in
International
Hellenic
University,
was
a
member
of
the
created
team,
and
his
valuable
was
invaluable
to
the
completion
of
the
thesis.
Another
part
of
the
team
was
the
company
CogniZone
and
Agis
Papantoniou,
who
actively
helped
with
their
expertise
and
experience
in
working
with
data
and
semantics.
The
whole
structure
of
the
team
promote
the
spirit
of
collaboration
between
the
educational
institutions
and
the
private sector to develop solutions based on real life problems.
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