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Using Learning Analytics To Improve Instructional Support Design For Online Learning, Lin Zhong
Using Learning Analytics To Improve Instructional Support Design For Online Learning, Lin Zhong
Journal of Educational Technology Development and Exchange (JETDE)
Learning analytics has been demonstrated as a great tool to evaluate quality of instructional design. This study examined how instructors can utilize learning analytics to improve online learning support design. 128 students from a southern university in United States participated in this study. All learning data related to learners and online learning environment was collected and analyzed. Results showed that learning analytics results were very helpful for instructors to improve online instructional support timing, adjust learning module design, and enhance learning materials accessibility.
Digital Justice: An Exploratory Study Of Digital Activism Actions On Twitter, Damien Sánchez
Digital Justice: An Exploratory Study Of Digital Activism Actions On Twitter, Damien Sánchez
Journal of Educational Technology Development and Exchange (JETDE)
This paper employs learning analytics to determine the relationships between digital activism action categories. Organizing that took place on Twitter in response to the shooting death of Tony Robinson, an African American teenager, was guided by the digital activism typology developed by Penney and Dadas (2014). The results yielded a positive correlation between seeking connections with activists and providing face-to-face updates from protests, which suggests people who seek connections with activists are likely to participate in live protests. Forwarding Information and Facilitating Online Actions were found to be negatively correlated with all other study variables. These findings lead to the …
Analyzing And Comparing Online Learning Experiences Through Micro-Level Analytics, Sanghoon Park
Analyzing And Comparing Online Learning Experiences Through Micro-Level Analytics, Sanghoon Park
Journal of Educational Technology Development and Exchange (JETDE)
Learning analytics collects and uses observations of interactions, which allow course instructors to search for the underlying patterns of a student’ learning progress and to accordingly optimize the student’ learning progress at a micro-level. Understanding the online learning experience through the learning analytics approach is essential to inform future pedagogical decisions in online learning design. This paper attempts to define the concept of an online learning experience in three dimensions. In addition, the Experience Sampling Method (ESM) is suggested as a supplement to Web log analysis (WLA) to collect data on cognitive involvement and learning emotion as well as to …