Educational data mining meets learning analytics

Baker, Ryan S.; Duval, Erik; Stamper, John C.; Wiley, David; Shum, Simon Buckingham

doi:10.1145/2330601.2330613

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“…Prominent efforts around this form of evidence include the What Works Clearinghouse 3 in the USA, the work of the Gates Foundation in K12 education 4 , and a position paper on 'Building evidence into education' published by the UK Government [31] written by a prominent advocate of evidence-based medicine.…”

Section: Evidence In Educationmentioning

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Where is the evidence?

Ferguson

Clow

2017

Proceedings of the Seventh International Learning Analytics &Amp; Knowledge Conference

105

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Where is the evidence for learning analytics? In particular, where is the evidence that it improves learning in practice? Can we rely on it? Currently, there are vigorous debates about the quality of research evidence in medicine and psychology, with particular issues around statistical good practice, the 'file drawer effect', and ways in which incentives for stakeholders in the research process reward the quantity of research produced rather than the quality. In this paper, we present the Learning Analytics Community Exchange (LACE) project's Evidence Hub, an effort to relate research evidence in learning analytics to four propositions about learning analytics: whether they support learning, support teaching, are deployed widely, and are used ethically. Surprisingly little evidence in this strong, specific sense was found, and very little was negative (7%, N=123), suggesting that learning analytics is not immune from the pressures in other areas. We explore the evidence in one particular area in detail (whether learning analytics improve teaching and learners support in the university sector), and set out some of the weaknesses of the evidence available. We conclude that there is considerable scope for improving the evidence base for learning analytics, and set out some suggestions of ways for various stakeholders to achieve this.

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Section: Evidence In Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…[4]). It seems that the two could work together to consider the best ways of producing high-quality evidence that benefits learners and teachers.…”

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Where is the evidence?

Ferguson

Clow

2017

Proceedings of the Seventh International Learning Analytics &Amp; Knowledge Conference

105

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“…The learners' data have to be processed in a specific mode in order to conduct scientific analysis and support teachers and students with the adaption of their teaching and learning approach [31]. As part of the previous frameworks, an adequate visualization has to be applied to present the feedback as simple and informative as possible to the stakeholders [32,33]. Furthermore, analytical approaches to model a learner's profile based on their answering behaviour and the analysis of different error types can lead to findings that help to enhance the whole learning process [34,35].…”

Section: Learning Analyticsmentioning

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Tutoring writing spelling skills within a web-based platform for children

Ebner

Edtstadler

2017

Univ Access Inf Soc

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“…Appropriate visualizations can be used to provide insights for teachers, students, parents and academic personnel as well (Ruiprez-Valiente et al, 2015). This feedback has to be presented in a simple and informative way to reach out to all stakeholders involved in the process (Baker et al, 2012;Neuhold, 2013;Leitner et al, 2017).…”

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Learning analytics to improve writing skills for young children – an holistic approach

Steinhauer

Gros

Ebner

et al. 2017

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Purpose Due to the important role of orthography in society, the project called IDeRBlog presented in this paper created a web-based tool to motivate pupils to write text as well as to read and to comment on texts written by fellow students. In addition, IDeRBlog aims to improve student’s German orthography skills and supports teachers and parents with training materials for their students. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach With the aid of learning analytics, the submitted text is analyzed and special feedback is given to the students so that they can try to correct the misspelled words themselves. The teachers as well as the parents are benefiting from the analysis and exercises suggested by the system. Findings A recent study showed the efficiency of the system in form of an improvement of the students’ orthographic skills. Over a period of four months 70 percent of the students achieved a significant reduction of their spelling mistakes. Originality/value IDeRBlog is an innovative approach to improving orthography skills combining blogging and new media with writing and practice.

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Educational data mining meets learning analytics

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Learning analytics to improve writing skills for young children – an holistic approach

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