What’s right and what’s wrong about Coursera-style MOOCs
TED Talks: Daphne Koller: What we're learning from online education
Daphne Koller, one of the two founders of Coursera, describes some of the key features...
LAK 2013: Third Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge, Leuven, Belgium
The library, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
What: Dialectics in Learning Analytics (well, it is a European location)
This third conference on learning analytics will be designed to...
Interview on the role of learning management systems
Recently I did a Skype interview (in English) for Pontificia Universidad Javeriana at Cali, Colombia. I was asked the following five questions:
Why is it...
Desire2Learn moving to ‘predictive analytics’ with IBM
Sorry for the gap in posts over the last week. Funny how work gets in the way of blogging. I've been visiting some universities...
Why learning management systems are not going away
Contact North has just published online a series of six short papers (10-12 pages) under the title of Learning Management Systems: Disruptive Developments, Alternative Options...
New resources for online educators from Contact North
Over the last few months, Contact North has been gradually adding an impressive range of online resources to its Educator Portal. As well as the numerous articles...
An introduction to learning analytics
Ferguson, R. (2012). The State Of Learning Analytics in 2012: A Review and Future Challenges. Technical Report KMI-12-01, Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University, UK.
This is...
Learning analytics: call for papers
The Sloan-C Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks (JALN) advisory panel on learning effectiveness is soliciting articles on the use of analytics in online learning for a special issue...
Will big data answer our questions about online learning?
Fain, P. (2012) Big data's arrival, Inside Higher Education, February 1
Sorry for the one week gap in posting, but I've been working on a...
Using analytics to identify students at risk
Fusch, D. and Jones, J. (2012) Vetting Early Alert Technologies, Academic Impressions, January 20
Daniel Fusch of Academic Impressions interviewed Jennifer Jones of Minnesota State...