Sunday Blake dives into the latest in learning analytics and engagement data, and asks how universities can act upon it to make our interactions with students more human.
Allen Brown, Ben Croft, Mary Ellen Dello Stritto, Rebecca Heiser, Shannon McCarty, Darragh McNally, Rob Nyland, Josh Quick, Rebecca Thomas and Marla Wilks
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December 16, 2021
Professor Lesley Gourlay, University College London, Dr Carlo Perrotta, Monash University, Professor Paul Prinsloo, University of South Africa Chair: Dr Ibrar Bhatt, Queen's University Belfast
Certain words are like sparks in a puddle of gasoline. “Bias” is definitely one of those words—and for good reason. If there is something that we are doing, that we are unaware of, that is causing harm to others, then we definitely should be taking it seriously.
Unable to piece together all the different indicators, colleges and their instructors struggle to glean real wisdom, let alone adjust to a student’s needs, write Cathy O’Bryan and Bhavin Shah. September 8, 2021
Im Rahmen des BMBF-geförderten Metavorhabens „Digitalisierung im Bildungsbereich“ ist das Deutsche Institut für Erwachsenenbildung verantwortlich für die Gestaltung eines regelmäßigen Dialogs zwischen Wissenschaft und Praxis der Erwachsenenbildung.
The Experience API (xAPI for short) is far more than just an update to SCORM, the popular standard for tracking data from a learning management system. xAPI opens up a whole new world of possibilities for learning analytics. Examples of what real organizations are doing with it in real-life situations make it easier to grasp the scale of this advance and apply the learnings to your own situation.
In this lecture series Bart Rienties (Professor of Learning Analytics, head of Academic Professional Development) will discuss how from the safety of your home you could use existing trace data to explore interactions between people (e.g., Twitter data, engagement data in a virtual learning environment, public data sets), and what the affordances and limitations of these trace data might be.
Interest in learning analytics is intensifying, yet organizations continue to face huge analytics challenges. Why? Analyst John Leh takes a closer look
PhD Candidate Kamila Misiejuk and SLATE Director, Professor Barbara Wasson have completed a comprehensive State of the Field Report on Learning Analytics.