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A Framework To Support Interdisciplinary Engagement With Learning Analytics, Stephanie J. Blackmon, Robert L. Moore Aug 2020

A Framework To Support Interdisciplinary Engagement With Learning Analytics, Stephanie J. Blackmon, Robert L. Moore

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Learning analytics can provide an excellent opportunity for instructors to get an in-depth understanding of students’ learning experiences in a course. However, certain technological challenges, namely limited availability of learning analytics data because of learning management system restrictions, can make accessing this data seem impossible at some institutions. Furthermore, even in cases where instructors have access to a range of student data, there may not be organized efforts to support students across various courses and university experiences. In the current chapter, the authors discuss the issue of learning analytics access and ways to leverage learning analytics data between instructors, and …


Technology As Technocracy: Pre-Service Teachers’ Conscientious Use Of Technology For Authentic Family Engagement, Katherine Barko-Alva, Lisa Porter, Soccorro Herrera Jan 2020

Technology As Technocracy: Pre-Service Teachers’ Conscientious Use Of Technology For Authentic Family Engagement, Katherine Barko-Alva, Lisa Porter, Soccorro Herrera

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Pre-service and in-service teachers nationwide are asking the following questions: Could we have been more prepared? COVID-19 has made public and transparent the digital inequalities of today’s schools, particularly for culturally and linguistically diverse (i.e., CLD) students and their families. How can technology be used in a proactive way regardless of context to identify and document both the technological needs and assets of students and their families beyond the question of who is or is not connected? This chapter encourages educators to shift their current technological pedagogical practices by exploring possible solutions that pull-in family biographies rather than follow prescribed …