Implementing learning analytics for learning impact: Taking tools to task
Publication date: Available online 22 February 2020Source: The Internet and Higher EducationAuthor(s): Simon Knight, Andrew Gibson, Antonette ShibaniAbstractLearning analytics has the potential to impact student learning, at scale. Embedded in that claim are a set of assumptions and tensions around the nature of scale, impact on student learning, and the scope of infrastructure encompassed by ‘learning analytics’ as a socio-technical field. Drawing on our design experience of developing learning analytics and inducting others into its use, we present a model that we have used to address five key challenges we have enco...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - February 22, 2020 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Evaluating the scaling of a LA tool through the lens of the SHEILA framework: A comparison of two cases from tinkerers to institutional adoption
Publication date: Available online 19 February 2020Source: The Internet and Higher EducationAuthor(s): Lorenzo Vigentini, Danny Y.T. Liu, Natasha Arthars, Mollie DollingerAbstractThe SHEILA framework provides a policy and strategy framework informing the strategic implementation and use of learning analytics. However, as evidenced in several ‘ground-up’ implementations of tools, the institutional preparedness and the governance around use often comes secondary to the policy. In this paper we depart from familiar approaches and evaluate one such example of a tool's development (SRES – Student Relationship Engagement S...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - February 21, 2020 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Educator perspectives on learning analytics in classroom practice
Publication date: Available online 20 February 2020Source: The Internet and Higher EducationAuthor(s): Shibani Antonette, Knight Simon, Buckingham Shum SimonAbstractFailing to understand the perspectives of educators, and the constraints under which they work, is a hallmark of many educational technology innovations' failure to achieve usage in authentic contexts, and sustained adoption. Learning Analytics (LA) is no exception, and there are increasingly recognised policy and implementation challenges in higher education for educators to integrate LA into their teaching. This paper contributes a detailed analysis of interv...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - February 21, 2020 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Identifying needs for learning analytics adoption in Latin American universities: A mixed-methods approach
Publication date: Available online 21 January 2020Source: The Internet and Higher EducationAuthor(s): Isabel Hilliger, Margarita Ortíz, Paola Pesántez, Eliana Scheihing, Yi-Shan Tsai, Pedro J. Muñoz-Merino, Tom Broos, Alexander Whitelock-Wainwright, Mar Pérez-SanagustínAbstractLearning Analytics (LA) is perceived to be a promising strategy to tackle persisting educational challenges in Latin America, such as quality disparities and high dropout rates. However, Latin American universities have fallen behind in LA adoption compared to institutions in other regions. To understand stakeholders' needs for LA services, this...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - January 23, 2020 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Using clickstream data to measure, understand, and support self-regulated learning in online courses
This study used the clickstream data collected from a learning management system to measure two aspects of SRL: time management and effort regulation. We found that the clickstream measures were significantly associated with students' self-reported time management and effort regulation after the course. In addition, these clickstream measures significantly improved predictions of students' performance in the current and subsequent courses over predictions based on self-reported measures alone. These results provide evidence for the validity of the clickstream measures and guide the use of clickstream data to understand the...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - January 16, 2020 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
The scalable implementation of predictive learning analytics at a distance learning university: Insights from a longitudinal case study
This study reports on one such large-scale and long-term implementation of Predictive Learning Analytics (PLA) spanning a period of 4 years at a distance learning university. OU Analyse (OUA) is the PLA system used in this study, providing predictive insights to teachers about students and their chance of passing a course. Over the last 4 years, OUA has been accessed by 1159 unique teachers and reached 23,180 students in 231 undergraduate online courses. The aim of this study is twofold: (a) to reflect on the macro-level of adoption by detailing usage, challenges, and factors facilitating adoption at an organisational ...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - January 13, 2020 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Big five, linguistic styles, and successful online learning
Publication date: Available online 8 January 2020Source: The Internet and Higher EducationAuthor(s): Jo Ann A. AbeAbstractWith the tremendous growth in online classes and programs at institutions of higher education, conflicting claims are increasingly being made on media and blog sites about the personality types that are compatible with this new learning format. The relations between the Five Factor Model of Personality (FFM) and linguistic styles with measures of academic performance in fully online asynchronous classes were examined. Consistent with findings based on research in face-to-face classes, Conscientiousness,...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - January 9, 2020 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Networked practices in higher education: A netnography of the #AcAdv chat community
This study of the #acadv chat community details a longitudinal study about a digital learning network comprised of academic advising professionals who work in higher education. We discuss how networked communities of practice (CoP) scaffold professional learning and development of post-secondary educators, while also contributing to their daily practice. Utilizing Twitter chat transcripts, digital documents, social media platforms, and interviews with 17 participants of this community, we report 22 topics discussed with the top five themes focused on student needs, orientation support, advising approaches and structures, w...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - December 15, 2019 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
How does the pedagogical design of a technology-enhanced collaborative academic course promote digital literacies, self-regulation, and perceived learning of students?
Publication date: Available online 13 December 2019Source: The Internet and Higher EducationAuthor(s): Ina Blau, Tamar Shamir-Inbal, Orit AvdielAbstractThe wide expansion of digital technologies in higher education has introduced the need for an examination of the added value of various technological tools for quality teaching and active individual and collaborative learning. The current study explored whether and how the pedagogical design of an academic course, which developed a variety of digital literacy competencies, supported students in regulating collaborative technology-enhanced learning and helped them cope with ...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - December 13, 2019 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
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Publication date: January 2020Source: The Internet and Higher Education, Volume 44Author(s): (Source: The Internet and Higher Education)
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - December 2, 2019 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Effects of course modality in summer session: Enrollment patterns and student performance in face-to-face and online classes
Publication date: Available online 23 November 2019Source: The Internet and Higher EducationAuthor(s): Christian Fischer, Di Xu, Fernando Rodriguez, Kameryn Denaro, Mark WarschauerAbstractOnline summer courses offer opportunities to catch-up or stay on-track with course credits for students who cannot otherwise attend face-to-face summer courses. While online courses may have certain advantages, participation patterns and student success in summer terms are not yet well understood. This quantitative study analyzed four years of institutional data cumulating in 72,441 course enrollments of 23,610 students in 433 courses dur...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - November 24, 2019 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
On lurking: Multiple perspectives on lurking within an educational community
Publication date: Available online 14 November 2019Source: The Internet and Higher EducationAuthor(s): Aras Bozkurt, Apostolos Koutropoulos, Lenandlar Singh, Sarah HoneychurchAbstractLurkers, or as defined in this research, Legitimate Peripheral Participants (LPPs), have been a fundamental aspect of online communities and more research is needed to better understand them. This paper, therefore, examines lurkers in a mixed-method study through the lenses of Transactional Distance, Interaction Types, and Self-Determination Theory and aims to identify their defining features. The findings show that the degree of engagement of...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - November 15, 2019 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
Snapping, pinning, liking or texting: Investigating social media in higher education beyond Facebook
Publication date: Available online 8 November 2019Source: The Internet and Higher EducationAuthor(s): Stefania MancaAbstractCommercial social media are being increasingly adopted in formal learning settings even though they have not been conceived specifically for education. Whereas highly popular social services like Facebook and Twitter have been thoroughly investigated for their benefits for teaching and learning in higher education, other social media platforms which have been gaining considerable attention among youth have been largely overlooked in scholarly literature. The purpose of this study is to fill that vacuu...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - November 10, 2019 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
The effects of online and blended experience on outcomes in a blended learning environment
Publication date: January 2020Source: The Internet and Higher Education, Volume 44Author(s): Carlos J. Asarta, James R. SchmidtAbstractOutcomes in a blended course in business and economic statistics are assessed within the context of students' previous experience with online and blended courses. Experience with class formats that rely heavily upon online materials may translate into improved outcomes in subsequent blended courses. We explore whether any significant gains accrue to students due to previous experience. When outcomes were analyzed using the full sample of students, no effects on outcomes from having previous...
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - November 8, 2019 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
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Publication date: October 2019Source: The Internet and Higher Education, Volume 43Author(s): (Source: The Internet and Higher Education)
Source: The Internet and Higher Education - August 23, 2019 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
