'Seeing' Networks : Visualising and Evaluating Student Learning Networks : Final Report.
The trend for greater adoption of online learning technologies continues unabated within the higher education sector. These technologies provide students with greater flexibility in their studies and more timely access to learning materials and communication activities beyond the classroom. Despite...
| Institutions: | University of Wollongong University of British Columbia University of Queensland Heathcote Consulting |
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Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC)
2011
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| オンライン･アクセス: | /resources/CG9_994_Lockyer_Report_2011.pdf |
| 要約: | The trend for greater adoption of online learning technologies continues unabated within the higher education sector. These technologies provide students with greater flexibility in their studies and more timely access to learning materials and communication activities beyond the classroom. Despite the potential benefits these technologies bring, teachers are quick to note that the online environment lacks the student learning cues that are available in more traditional modes of education (face to face). To date, the development of learning technologies has focused on content delivery and student interaction tools, in lieu of real-time learning analytics. This lack of development in learning analytics has revolved around two core issues. The first issue is the prohibitive costs associated with application development for extracting and visualising student interaction data. Secondly, there is a dearth of studies that have investigated the relationship between learning analytics and data requirements that would better assist teachers in the design and evaluation of learning and teaching practice. This is the final report from a project that aimed to address these deficits by investigating the development and adoption of an analytical tool called Social Networks Adapting Pedagogical Practice (SNAPP). SNAPP was designed to provide educators with real-time data, in order to better support and evaluate student learning. The project findings identified that the monitoring of student social networks provides valuable assessments of student engagement, community, and effectiveness of learning and teaching activities. The findings also indicate that teachers require additional support and training to better understand (1) the relationship between implemented online learning activities and the resultant online student behavior, and (2) the established class social network relationships. |
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| ISBN: | 9781921856969 9781921856969 |
