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To address this, this paper proposes a real-time, rule-based decision support system designed to increase student achievement by early detection of disengagement, meeting the growing demand for prompt academic intervention in online and blended learning contexts. The study uses the Open University Learning Analytics Dataset (OULAD), comprising over 32,000 students and millions of virtual learning environment (VLE) interaction records, to simulate weekly assessments of engagement through clickstream activity. Students were flagged as \u201cat risk\u201d if their participation dropped below defined thresholds, and these flags were associated with assessment performance and final course results. The system demonstrated 72% precision and 86% recall in identifying failing and withdrawn students as major alert contributors. This lightweight, replicable framework requires minimal computing power and can be integrated into existing LMS platforms. 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