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With respect to education, learning analytic s is quite appropriate and useful. It helps to keep track of students computer mediated interactions. For example, a learning management system like MOODLE or Blackboard could use these methods to capture a significant amount of data such as time spent on a resource or task, frequency of posting, frequency of login, and so on. These provide valuable insight into the factors that influence learners’ success.
Keisha
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khenry 9:37 am on November 24, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hello Keisha,
Thank you for your comments. Within the MET program I have seen the use of both informal and formal tracking systems; the latter using learning analytics within Moodle and Blackboard LMSs.
From your comments I envision your support, creation and/or utilisation of a tool that can monitor student performance and participation and flag at risk students. Interventions can then be designed, introduced and evaluated. A similar system was discussed in the Horizon report, http://wp.nmc.org/horizon2011/sections/learning-analytics/, on Purdue University’s signals system http://www.itap.purdue.edu/learning/tools/signals/ , which may be of interest to you.
Do you currently use a system that achieves this? Can you apply such learning analytic systems, as described above, easily in your current educational practices (if not already doing so)? What are some of your opportunities, challenges and or limitations to the use of such tools? What alternative strategies or tools do you employ?
You have highlighted some valuable aspects that may enrich conversations for activities 3 and 4 this week.
Kerry-Ann
khenry 10:39 am on November 24, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hello Keisha,
Thank you for your comments. Within the MET program I have seen the use of both informal and formal tracking systems; the latter using learning analytics within Moodle and Blackboard LMSs.
From your comments I envision your support, creation and/or utilisation of a tool that can monitor student performance and participation and flag at risk students. Interventions can then be designed introduced and evaluated. A similar system was discussed in the Horizon report, http://wp.nmc.org/horizon2011/sections/learning-analytics/, on Purdue University’s signals system http://www.itap.purdue.edu/learning/tools/signals/ , which may be of interest to you.
Do you currently use a system that achieves this? Can you apply such learning analytic systems, as described above, easily in your current educational practices (if not already doing so)? What are some of your opportunities, challenges and or limitations to the use of such tools? What alternative strategies or tools do you employ?
You have highlighted some valuable aspects that may enrich conversations for activities 3 and 4 this week.
Kerry-Ann
Angela Novoa 12:30 pm on November 24, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi Keisha, I think that for the purposes of providing feedback about course structure, design, content and students’ level of participation, abilities, interests and needs is very useful. Your example about time spent on a resource or a task is very important to assess if the design of an activity needs improvement or not.
Angela
Everton Walker 4:29 pm on November 24, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Keisha,
This can be very useful as a tracking system. I do have it on my wordpress blog but never really knew of the name. With this, I am able to see the date, time, type of computer, IP address, location, browser, time of last click and login time of the users. As a result, I am able to track the frequent users and those who are not visiting the site. With this data, I can encourage the delinquent ones to get on board and let them know that I am watching in the background.
Everton
hall 12:48 am on November 25, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi Keisha,
I agree with you that “a learning management system like MOODLE or Blackboard could use these methods to capture a significant amount of data”. The collected data could be used to award students grade for their participation on online class activities. Also it could be used to analyze the students’ activities in online courses which could substantiate the evaluation of courses.