edtech | learning analytics | other things I find interesting | author of "Learning Analytics Explained"
Helensburgh, Scotland
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Our new paper on an overview of the trends and barriers of #learninganalytics in European #HigherEducation is available for free download for 50 days: authors.elsevier.com/a/1b5%7… @dgasevic @RatesDiego @pedmume @m_a_s_c @IoanaJJ @cdkloos @HDrachsler @laceproject @SoLAResearch
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Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom. A data scientist explains the vagaries of the first link...qz.com/1664575/is-data-scien…
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Companies that embed #Facebook’s “Like” button on their #websites must seek users’ #consent to transfer their #personaldata to the #US social network, in line with the bloc’s #dataprivacy laws, Europe’s top court said yesterday #GDPR #privacy hubs.ly/H0k07Gc0
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After many months of productive discussion with staff and students @UniversityLeeds we are today publishing our Code of Practice on Learning Analytics, which will help us to enhance student success: leeds.ac.uk/secretariat/docu… @Jisc @laceproject @SoLAResearch #creativecommons #edtech
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Excellent lecture capture research. What struck me in a very thorough review of the literature is how unreliable much of data on attendance levels at lectures is. Surprisingly few studies actually measure directly. This does & finds "marginal but statistically significant" diffs.
New longitudinal #research study on impact of #lecture #capture on staff and students in #HE published in Computers & Education from @NeilMorrisLeeds @bronswinnerton and Taryn Coop, and freely available for 50 days here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1ZHlY… #edtech #edtechchat
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I live in the Scottish Highlands. I've seen first hand the damage that is being done to this 'untouched' landscape. We need to embrace change for the better and rewild Scotland. #rewilding @RewildingB @ScotlandTBP #YoungRewilders
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Good reasons. See GDPR legitimate interests requirement to show: legitimate, necessary, risk balance, safeguards
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Students didn’t want the following data to be included in #learninganalytics system: income, social media use, disability/chronic diseases and WiFi login. Reasons given include: not relevant for academic performance, privacy concerns and fear of abuse #EUNIS19
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University regulator unveils £14m mental health scheme to reduce student suicides | The Independent independent.co.uk/news/educa…
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Very excited to announce the release of a discussion paper on the ethics of #learninganalytics in Australian #highereducation by me, Gregor Kennedy, Sarah French, @sbuckshum, @KirstyKitto, @abelardopardo, Deborah West, @neginm and @Casssays. Available from melbourne-cshe.unimelb.edu.a…
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LINK CHANGED! #sheilaproject #learninganalytics #mooc live panel 2 on 5 December at 7pm (UCT) with @sclater, @SharonSlade, @LeahPMac and @pedmume. Join us at youtube.com/watch?v=ulwQl0TT…
Ask questions here or during the panel! @LALACommunity @eddiged @laceproject @SoLAResearch
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#sheilaproject #learninganalytics #mooc live panel 2 on 5 December at 7pm (UCT) with @sclater, @SharonSlade, @LeahPMac and @pedmume. Join us at youtube.com/watch?v=Qg4azBuS…
Ask questions here or during the panel! @LALACommunity @eddiged @laceproject @SoLAResearch
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The 5th Learning Analytics #Hackathon is waiting for your input!
Do you have a research question, dataset or new tool for #LearningAnalytics? Submit it to the #LAKHackathon - check here the Call for Proposals
👉 lakhackathon.com/cfp-call-fo…
#LAK19 #HackAtLAK #LAK2019 – at Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Essential viewing... and very very worrying.
THE most brutal assessment of #BrexitShambles by the US embassy in London
- the economy is gonna tank
- the British Government isn't interested in telling people they got it wrong
- worst kind of inflation
- Brexit ends up not helping people
- leavers are absolutely terrified
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It's time to get over the accuracy of predictive models in higher education wp.me/p2oiqz-Ij
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We saw this coming, and here it is. Endless trapdoors ahead: data inaccuracies, intentional gaming, constant intimate surveillance 24/7, data breaches that will be infinitely worse, &c...
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If you haven't seen it yet, Call for Papers for #LAK19 is now posted! Looking forward to seeing everyone at #ASU! Lak19.solaresearch.org #learninganalytics #datascience #studentsuccess
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Algorithms in decision-making - the Report of the Science and Technology Committee. We need transparency & accountability! publications.parliament.uk/p…
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The five stages of GDPR: denial (it won’t apply to us!), anger (How could the EU do this!), bargaining (If I change my ToS a bit, we’re cool?), depression (My business is ruined!) and acceptance (Customers will trust us more if we are more transparent with their data)
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We’re presenting our overview model of privacy process related to #learninganalyitcs #lak18 #lakhackathon
