Edsurge

JULY 22, 2020

For Ryan Baker, an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania and director of the Penn Center of Learning Analytics, there is one thing in particular he’d like school leaders to keep in mind: providing better tech support for students and families. “I I definitely didn’t count on much tech support from my school district.”

Report 218

Report Survey LMS Digital Divide 218

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Inspired by the breakout podcast Serial, four years ago two digital learning leaders at the University of Central Florida created their own podcast—focused on online learning instead of true crime. We could probably do multiple episodes on learning analytics, maybe there's a whole podcast about it out there somewhere.

Learning Analytics 167

Learning Analytics Education Data Online Learning 167

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

By contrast, the report’s short-term developments, online learning and makerspaces, have a distinct yesterday’s news vibe about them. In 2011, when the report focused only on important developments, learning analytics were predicted to peak in about five years. Sometimes the panelists get it right.

Trends 40

Trends Online Learning Learning Analytics Robotics 40

Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

Incidentally, this power imbalance is one of the reasons mass adoption of online learning in higher education continues to fail. Universities will continue to get it wrong in transitioning to widespread use of online learning but they’ll continue to do very interesting things at the edges. Oh dear, where to start.

MOOC 89

MOOC Technology Education Online Learning 89

Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

Incidentally, this power imbalance is one of the reasons mass adoption of online learning in higher education continues to fail. Universities will continue to get it wrong in transitioning to widespread use of online learning but they’ll continue to do very interesting things at the edges. Oh dear, where to start.

MOOC 32

MOOC Technology Education Online Learning 32

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 16, 2015

4) Open online provision of courses has seen a surge in popularity around the globe with Openlearn, Futurelearn, and others. I think the hype is definitely over. 6) There has been at least 20 years of research into online learning, and over 40 years of research into distance education. So, it''s a mixed picture.

MOOC 28

MOOC Dropout OER Social Media 28

Edsurge

JULY 30, 2016

On the other hand, they need to avoid the tendency to measure everything to death, seeking definitive truth in the data detail and bogging the project and the team down with mind-numbing analysis. When Change Is the New Normal.

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