The Quest for Data that Really Impacts Student Success
As colleges and universities accumulate more and more information from campus systems, researchers are looking for ways to turn big data into learning insights. Campus Technology Full Article
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Tips to boost response rates for online evaluations
More Canadian universities are moving to online student evaluations, which unfortunately produce lower response rates. Students either don’t care to fill them out, don’t understand their purpose, or just plain forget. What they don’t usually realize is that these evaluations are used to hire and fire sessional instructors and can also be used for tenure […]
Online learning at school ‘prepares students for university’
Studying a subject online for two years at secondary school prepares young people for the learning expectations of university, research has found Times Higher Education Full Article
Academics and their online networks: Exploring the role of academic social networking sites
The rapid rise in popularity of online social networking has been followed by a slew of services aimed at an academic audience. This project sought to explore network structure in these sites, and to explore trends in network structure by surveying participants about their use of sites and motivations for making connections. Social network analysis […]
Search engines: From social science objects to academic inquiry tools
This paper discusses the challenges and opportunities involved in incorporating publicly available search engine data in scholarly research. In recent years, an increasing number of researchers have started to include tools such as Google Trends (http://google.com/trends) in their work. However, a central ‘search engine’ field of inquiry has yet to emerge. Rather, the use of […]
Resource requirements and costs of developing and delivering MOOCs
Given the ongoing alarm regarding uncontrollable costs of higher education, it would be reasonable to expect not only concern about the impact of MOOCs on educational outcomes, but also systematic efforts to document the resources expended on their development and delivery. However, there is little publicly available information on MOOC costs that is based on […]
Where is research on massive open online courses headed? A data analysis of the MOOC Research Initiative
This paper reports on the results of an analysis of the research proposals submitted to the MOOC Research Initiative (MRI) funded by the Gates Foundation and administered by Athabasca University. The goal of MRI was to mobilize researchers to engage into critical interrogation of MOOCs. The submissions – 266 in Phase 1, out of which […]
Unlimited Access Learning
The warfighter requires on-demand training, but traditional methods can be costly and time-consuming and keep warfighters away from their families. Today’s military is capable of delivering this training to the warfighter 24/7 on most mobile devices through distributed learning (DL). Military Training Full Article
When an LMS Dies
The Angel learning management system, after cheating death once, will officially retire in October 2016. Before then, hundreds of institutions will have to search for a new provider. Inside Higher Ed Full Article
Online tool will help train teachers of students with visual impairments
NIU’s Department of Special and Early Education and the eLearning Services Digital Convergence Lab have secured a federal grant to develop an online training tool to meet the needs of teachers of students with visual impairments nationwide. Northern Illinois University Press Release