Using Data Warehouse and Data Mining Resources for

The work proposed herein presents an approach that differs from the existing ones for the ongoing assessment of distance learning using some of the aspects relating to those utilized in the above cited studies. This paper discusses the use of Data Warehouse and Data Mining resources to aid in the assessment of distance learning of students enrolled in distance courses. Information considered relevant for the assessment of distance learning is presented, as is the modeling of a data warehouse to store this information and the MultiStar environment, which allows for knowledge discovery to be performed in the data warehouse. Section 2 provides a set of information to guide the implementation of ongoing assessment of learning in distance learning environments, while Section 3 briefly discusses the modeling of a data warehouse based on the set of information proposed. Section 4 presents the implementation of this data warehouse using the MultiStar environment, and finally, Section 5 lists our conclusions to this paper.