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Tweet Computational “assessment” of writing elicits strong reactions from many educators. For sceptics, handing over to a machine the task of feeding back or even grading writing crosses a boundary line marking the limits of AI. It also raises the same fears that any disruptive technology brings, around redefining roles and identities in a profession. Effective writing is not only central to education and the workplace, but a lifelong citizenship competency for engaging in society. Many academ...
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CfP: Learning Analytics for 21st Century Competencies Special Issue Editors: Simon Buckingham Shum & Ruth Crick (University of Technology Sydney) Full call for Special Issue submissions: http://bit.ly/jlac21 A strategic educational response to a world of constant change is to focus explicitly on nurturing the skills and dispositions which equip learners to cope with novel, complex situations, assessed under authentic conditions. Thus, even if we do not know what the future holds, we can be ...
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Tweet We just concluded an outstandingly run LAK15 conference hosted expertly by Marist College, Poughkeepsie NY. In the closing panel, a few of us shared thoughts on the state of the field. International LA expert panel with @sbuckshum rep Australia @dgasevic UK @hthwaite Canada @stephteasley US pic.twitter.com/lyAHciNjnu — Shane Dawson (@shaned07) March 20, 2015 The replay will join all the other LAK talks on the SoLAR YouTube channel eventually. Meantime, here’re my extended notes+links, a...
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Tweet Just kicking off, a project funded by Australian OLT which I’ve long been dreaming about under the heading of Social Learning Analytics [1-2], and now brought to life by Kirsty Kitto and her team at QUT, in collaboration with Mandy Lupton who is developing the concept of teaching+learning in the wild. The point of departure is their Connected Learning Analytics (CLA) Toolkit: “The CLA toolkit helps students and teachers to harvest data about their activities in standard social media envi...
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Tweet White Rabbits have provided some food for thought in this recent post on Medium Learning Analytics: On Silver Bullets and White Rabbits Categories:CIC News, Future of HigherEd, Future Schools, Papers & Talks Tags:learning analytics
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Tweet A brief note that I thought I’d post to see what people think. [1] A research team conducts an investigation into some aspect of the effectiveness of teaching and learning. It’s really not important what the details are. They analyse their data, using some techniques whose details don’t matter, find some patterns they consider to be significant, which they are able to report to fellow researchers.  Is this a “learning analytics system”? If so, why? If not, why not? OK, try this: [2] The...
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Tweet A new book has just come out as part of the Human-Centred Informatics series (Morgan Claypool), edited by Jack Carroll. Constructing Knowledge Art: An Experiential Perspective on Crafting Participatory Representations As many of you will know, Al Selvin is a close colleague and friend in New York, whose PhD research with me is the heart of the book’s story. Al is passionate about understanding the ability that some people have (including himself), of being able to add value to a group’...
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Tweet From the CIC website, 3 posts currently seeking extraordinary people… Research Fellow: Data Science We invite applications from highly motivated data scientists wishing to work in a dynamic team, creating tools to provide insight into diverse datasets within the university and beyond. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, although knowledge of educational theory and practice will be highly advantageous. You are a great communicator, bringing expertise in some combination of sta...
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