scholarly journals Be Careful What You Wish For! Learning Analytics and the Emergence of Data-Driven Practices in Higher Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 203-226
Author(s):  
Teresa Cerratto Pargman ◽  
Cormac McGrath
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Critical Pedagogy ◽  
Learning Analytics ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Educational Values ◽  
Evidence Based Practices ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Context Sensitive

With the growing digitalization of the education sector, the availability of significant amounts of data, “big data,” creates possibilities for the use of artificial intelligence technologies to gain valuable insight into how students learn in higher education. Learning analytics technologies are examples of how deep learning algorithms can identify patterns in data and incorporate this “knowledge” into a model that is eventually integrated into the digital platforms used for interacting with students. This chapter introduces learning analytics as an emerging sociotechnical phenomenon in higher education. We situate the promises and expectations associated with learning analytics technologies, map their ties to emerging data-driven practices, and unpack the ethical concerns that are related to such practices via examples.Following this, we discuss three insights that we hope will provoke discussions among educators, researchers, and practitioners in higher education: (1) educational data-driven practices are highly context sensitive, (2) educational data-driven practices are not synonymous with evidence-based practices, and (3) innovative educational data-driven practices are not sustainable per se. This chapter calls for debating the role of emerging data-driven practices in higher education in relation to academic freedom and educational values embedded in critical pedagogy.

scholarly journals FORMATION OF VALUE ORIENTATIONS OF MASTERS OF THE HUMANITIES IN THE PROCESS OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

2020 ◽  
pp. 14-27
Author(s):  
R. Vinnichuk ◽  
L. Kravchenko ◽  
V. Onipko ◽  
T. Plachinda ◽  
A. Bukhun
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Educational Values ◽  
Traditional Role ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Instrumental Values

The article examines the problem of formation and development of modern educational values in the minds and activities of Ukrainian applicants for higher education, in particular of masters of the humanities. The results of the diagnostic section in the form of a questionnaire of students and lecturers were conducted to determine the state of formation of the axiological thesaurus of masters of the humanities. Level groups of the master’s students are singled out, and the conclusion with the recommendations about the necessity of a choice of methods, means, and forms of influence on educational values of the future experts of the humanitarian sphere, in particular culturologists, philosophers, philologists are offered.Based on the theoretical search, experimental survey and generalization of materials in the prospects of the study determined the development of axiological principles of the contextual-professional model of training future masters of the humanities, which include: purpose (formation of professional readiness based on competencies, appropriate practical orientation of learning), values (pragmatism, communication with employers, the system of terminal and instrumental values), principles (independence in learning; formation of the content of education through problems of cognitive, professional, communicative, organizational, axiological nature; integral inclusion of higher education in educational and cognitive and scientific research activities, openness and freedom of choice of their actions, the formation of a reflective position in relation to themselves as a subject of professional activity), the selection of content (interdisciplinarity, context). It is proved that the educational environment of formation of value orientations should be based on the principles of axiology and open learning: reliance on information technology; designing the modern content of education; development of innovative methods of development of the value component of professional competencies; changes in the traditional role of the lecturer as a translator of knowledge and the development of the role of a mentor, a senior colleague, a consultant, and a supervisor.

scholarly journals Bridging the Gap between Theory and Empirical Research in Evaluative Judgment

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Hassan Khosravi ◽  
George Gyamfi ◽  
Barbara E. Hanna ◽  
Jason Lodge ◽  
Solmaz Abdi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Learning Analytics ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Educational Tool ◽  
Evaluative Judgment ◽  
Educational Tools ◽  
Education Literature

The value of students developing the capacity to accurately judge the quality of their work and that of others has been widely studied and recognized in higher education literature. To date, much of the research and commentary on evaluative judgment has been theoretical and speculative in nature, focusing on perceived benefits and proposing strategies seen to hold the potential to foster evaluative judgment. The efficacy of the strategies remains largely untested. The rise of educational tools and technologies that generate data on learning activities at an unprecedented scale, alongside insights from the learning sciences and learning analytics communities, provides new opportunities for fostering and supporting empirical research on evaluative judgment. Accordingly, this paper offers a conceptual framework and an instantiation of that framework in the form of an educational tool called RiPPLE for data-driven approaches to investigating the enhancement of evaluative judgment. Two case studies, demonstrating how RiPPLE can foster and support empirical research on evaluative judgment, are presented.

A Case Study of Duke Kunshan University

2017 ◽  
pp. 21-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Vollrath ◽  
Robert A Lloyd ◽  
Yanxu Liu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Engagement ◽  
International Education ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Branch Campus ◽  
International Branch Campus

This chapter considers Duke University's motivation, approach, and challenges in launching its international branch campus (IBC), Duke Kunshan University in Kunshan, China. Differing perspectives on the project are presented from the point of view of DKU students, faculty, administrators, and an international education consultant. Taken together and in the context of relevant literature and the information provided in Duke University's primary China planning document, their thoughts and observations offer valuable insight to the ongoing conversation about the role of IBCs in higher education, and coalesce around the importance of an institutional brand rooted in consistent values and a genuine culture of faculty, staff, and student engagement.

Back to Practices and Narratives

2022 ◽  
pp. 265-279
Author(s):  
Elisabetta Risi ◽  
Riccardo Pronzato
Keyword(s):  
Critical Pedagogy ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
The Core ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Auto Ethnography ◽  
Core Idea ◽  
The Relationship

The role of digital platforms in everyday life is a concern within different research fields; therefore, several authors have supported the need to investigate them and their underlying meshing of human and computational logic. In this chapter, the authors present a methodological proposal according to which auto-ethnographic diaries can be fruitfully employed to examine the relationship between individuals and algorithmic platforms. By drawing on a critical pedagogy approach, they consider auto-ethnography both as a practice of access to algorithmic logics through rich first-hand data regarding everyday usage practices as a response to datafication. The core idea behind this narrative method is to use inductive self-reflexive methodological tools to help individuals critically reflect on their daily activities, thereby making their consumption of algorithmic contents more aware and allowing researchers to collect in-depth reports about their use of digital platforms and the following processes of subjectification.

How Innovative Technologies Are Improving the Delivery of E-Assessment in Higher Education

2022 ◽  
pp. 137-161
Author(s):  
Paula Miranda ◽  
Pedro Isaías ◽  
Sara Pifano
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Learning Analytics ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Innovative Technologies ◽  
Core Practices ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Evolution Of Technology ◽  
The Impact

The impact of the swift evolution of technology has rippled across all areas of society with technological developments presenting solutions to some of society's greatest challenges. Within higher education, technology is welcomed with the necessary caution of a sector that is responsible for educating and empowering the future workforce. The progressive, and more recently accelerated, digitalisation of education causes the core practices and procedures associated with teaching and learning, including assessment, to be delivered in innovative formats. Technology plays a central role in the delivery of e-assessment, widening its possibilities and broadening its methods and strategies. This chapter aims to examine how innovative technologies are shaping and improving the delivery of e-assessment in the context of higher education. More specifically, it examines the role of artificial intelligence, gamification, learning analytics, cloud computing, and mobile technology in how e-assessment can be delivered.

The Role of Learning Analytics in Global Higher Education

2016 ◽  
pp. 282-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kijpokin Kasemsap
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Learning Analytics ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Educational Data Mining ◽  
Educational Performance ◽  
Strategic Goals

This chapter presents the role of learning analytics in global higher education, thus illustrating the theoretical and practical overview of learning analytics; learning analytics and educational data mining (EDM); learning analytics and learning management system (LMS); learning analytics and Course Signals; learning analytics and knowledge perspectives; learning analytics and social networking sites; and the significance of learning analytics in global higher education. The application of learning analytics is critical in global higher education that seeks to serve the school administrators and students, increase educational performance, sustain competitiveness, and fulfill expected accomplishment in global higher education. The chapter argues that applying learning analytics has the potential to improve educational performance and reach strategic goals in the information age.

scholarly journals Gaze-Driven Design Insights to Amplify Debugging Skills: A Learner-Centered Analysis Approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katerina Mangaroska ◽  
Kshitij Sharma ◽  
Michail Giannakos ◽  
Hallvard Trætteberg ◽  
Pierre Dillenbourg
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Learning Analytics ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Learning Context ◽  
Learner Centered ◽  
Gaze Patterns ◽  
Behavioural Regulation ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Do So

This study investigates how multimodal user-generated data can be used to reinforce learner reflection, improve teaching practices, and close the learning analytics loop. In particular, the aim of the study is to utilize user gaze and action-based data to examine the role of a mirroring tool (i.e., Exercise View in Eclipse) in orchestrating basic behavioural regulation during debugging. The results demonstrated that students who processed the information presented in the Exercise View and acted upon it, improved their performance and achieved a higher level of success than those who failed to do so. The findings shed light on what constitutes relevant data within a particular learning context in programming using gaze patterns. Moreover, these findings could guide the collection of essential learner-centred analytics for designing usable, modular learning environments based on data-driven approaches.

Traditional Versus Digital Assessment Methods

2020 ◽  
pp. 20-34
Author(s):  
Begüm Çubukçuoğlu Devran ◽  
Alev Elçi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Learning Analytics ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Digital Assessment ◽  
Technology Changes

Higher education has focused on adopting emerging digital technologies for teaching and learning in recent years. Regarding the technology changes in empowering skills of students, assessment in teaching and learning started to evolve from traditional to more alternative and finally to digital assessment. For example, augmented reality and learning analytics are becoming more popular in assessments. After a comprehensive literature review, this chapter explains the types of digital assessment methods, their advantages, and disadvantages for both faculty and learners. The role of faculty and needs for faculty development are put forward.

scholarly journals Developing critical citizenship in LLB students: the role of a decolonised legal history course

Fundamina ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 337-363
Author(s):  
Lize-Mari Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Critical Pedagogy ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Legal History ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Development Of Students

Within the neoliberal ideals of society, social science subjects are battling for their rightful place in curriculums. As a result, legal history courses are being presented by increasingly less universities in South Africa. In the tendency towards a skills-based LLB, higher education institutions are neglecting to acknowledge the immense impact students’ ideologies and critical thinking will have on the future of South Africa. This contribution argues that it is not only possible to deliver competitive graduates, to retain social subjects and to heed the call for decolonisation, but that a transformative, decolonised legal history course is vital to these ideals. The contribution explores the role of such a course in the development of LLB graduates where it strives towards constitutional ideals and social justice. Furthermore, it takes a look at legal history as a form of critical citizenship education, where it is based on the holistic development of students within constant critical self-reflection and the promotion of a common set of shared values. The development of critical citizenship in students are explored by defining this concept, as well as by discussing the manner in which it can be taught and the importance to the so-called born-free LLB student. This study concludes with broad outlines of the manner in which a legal history course would have to be presented within a critical pedagogy to achieve the aims of critical citizenship.

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