Substantial progress has been made in understanding how teachers design for learning. However, there remains a paucity of evidence of the actual students’ response towards leaning designs.
Public lecture, 22 November, 2017 - International Seminar "Evidence-based research: methodological approaches and practical outcomes“ hosted by the UNESCO Chair in Education and Technology for Social Change at the Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Paper presented by Rebecca Ferguson and Doug Clow of The Open University at the Learning Analytics and Knowledge 2017 conference (LAK17) in Vancouver, Canada
Keynote presentation at LASI-Rocky Mountains online conference, 12 June 2017, based on a similar talk at LAK17, Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference 2017, Vancouver. An analysis of the nature of evidence, the state of the evidence in the field of learning analytics, and some suggestions for ways to improve, based on work from the LACE project's Evidence Hub.
This short piece is about how the use of learning analytics data might break into students’ consciousness and help overcome innate resistance to change