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A Stakeholder Informed Professional Development Framework To Support Engagement With Learning Analytics, Geraldine Gray, Ana Schalk, Pauline Rooney, Charles Lang
A Stakeholder Informed Professional Development Framework To Support Engagement With Learning Analytics, Geraldine Gray, Ana Schalk, Pauline Rooney, Charles Lang
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This paper reports on a study aimed at identifying training requirements for both staff and students in higher education to enable more widespread use of learning analytics. Opinions of staff and students were captured through ten focus groups (37 students; 40 staff) and two surveys (1,390 students; 160 staff). Participants were predominantly from two higher education institutions in Ireland. Analysis of the results informed a framework for continuous professional development in learning analytics focusing on aspects of using data, legal and ethical considerations, policy, and workload. The framework presented here differentiates between the training needs of students, academic staff and …
Cascading Conversations Across Professional Development Open Courses And Community In Teaching And Learning In Irish Higher Education: Embedding And Sustaining The National Perspective From Within., Roisin Donnelly, Caitríona Ní Shé, Colin Lowry, Theresa Maguire
Cascading Conversations Across Professional Development Open Courses And Community In Teaching And Learning In Irish Higher Education: Embedding And Sustaining The National Perspective From Within., Roisin Donnelly, Caitríona Ní Shé, Colin Lowry, Theresa Maguire
Conference papers
This study is aimed atteaching and learning staff,academic leaders/senior managers, educational/academic developers, and will offer an opportunity to explore together the long-term vision of a valued and informed teaching and learning culture in Irish higher education and the impact of national conversations on professional development in teaching and learning.The momentum in PD offered by the success of the Open Courses, the sudden national move to online/remote teaching and learning in recent months, and the evolving education policy context (in Ireland), have combined to present a unique opportunity to make strategic forward motion regarding teaching and learning enhancement.By the end of …