Research about the Application of Web Mining in Distance Education Platform

With the development of Internet, distance education platforms are very popular in today´s society, but there are quite a few problems existent, such as the inadequate utilization of network teaching resources and the lack of individuation of the existed distance education platforms. To solve these problems have become the key of designing a good distance education platform. Web mining refers to the process of extracting useful data and information from Web sites or Web pages. In this paper we mainly discuss how to make use of Web mining technology to improve distance education platforms. We will introduce Web mining and its application in distance education platforms and propose a model of Web mining process in distance education platforms.