Should feedback be at the centre of Personalised Learning?Denise Whitelock
Should feedback be at the centre of Personalised Learning?
The advent of e-Learning has prompted the development of web-based learning systems, recognising there is no fixed learning pathway that will be appropriate for all learners. However, most learning platforms with personalised learning sequencing rely on a learner’s preferences.
However if we want students to be able to learn to make reliable judgements about their learning and to identify any further support they require to meet their learning goals, then personalised automatic feedback should play an important role. This presentation explores the role that technology enhanced feedback can play in the pursuit of a personalised learning agenda.
References
Whitelock, D., Twiner, A., Richardson, J.T.E., Field, D. & Pulman, S. (2015). Feedback on academic essay writing through pre-emptive hints: Moving towards ‘advice for action’. Winner of Best Research Paper Award. Special Issue of European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, Best of EDEN RW8, 8th EDEN Research Workshop (eds. U. Bernath and A. Szucs). Published by European Distance and E-Learning Network, 1-15. ISSN 1027 5207
Whitelock, D., Twiner, A., Richardson, J.T.E., Field, D. & Pulman, S. (2015). OpenEssayist: A supply and demand learning analytics tool for drafting academic essays. The 5th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK) Conference, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. 16-20 March 2015. ISBN 978-1-4503-3417-4
A High-tech Behavior Analytic Approach
Progress Report Presented at the RAIND Institute Faculty Meeting
September 17, 2015
Plavnick, Skibbe, Mariage, Englert, & Thompson
AHTR SoTL Resources: Kelly Donahue-Wallace, Prove It! Publish It! SoTL Case ...Amy Raffel
CAA 2018 Presentation, included in "Prove It! Publish It! Art History and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning," session sponsored by Art Historians Interested in Pedagogy and Technology http://bit.ly/2uKheWK
'Learning design & learning analytics – building the links', presented by Rebecca Ferguson at 'What the Research Says' seminar held at the London Knowledge Lab on 28 November 2014.
Should feedback be at the centre of Personalised Learning?Denise Whitelock
Should feedback be at the centre of Personalised Learning?
The advent of e-Learning has prompted the development of web-based learning systems, recognising there is no fixed learning pathway that will be appropriate for all learners. However, most learning platforms with personalised learning sequencing rely on a learner’s preferences.
However if we want students to be able to learn to make reliable judgements about their learning and to identify any further support they require to meet their learning goals, then personalised automatic feedback should play an important role. This presentation explores the role that technology enhanced feedback can play in the pursuit of a personalised learning agenda.
References
Whitelock, D., Twiner, A., Richardson, J.T.E., Field, D. & Pulman, S. (2015). Feedback on academic essay writing through pre-emptive hints: Moving towards ‘advice for action’. Winner of Best Research Paper Award. Special Issue of European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, Best of EDEN RW8, 8th EDEN Research Workshop (eds. U. Bernath and A. Szucs). Published by European Distance and E-Learning Network, 1-15. ISSN 1027 5207
Whitelock, D., Twiner, A., Richardson, J.T.E., Field, D. & Pulman, S. (2015). OpenEssayist: A supply and demand learning analytics tool for drafting academic essays. The 5th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK) Conference, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. 16-20 March 2015. ISBN 978-1-4503-3417-4
A High-tech Behavior Analytic Approach
Progress Report Presented at the RAIND Institute Faculty Meeting
September 17, 2015
Plavnick, Skibbe, Mariage, Englert, & Thompson
AHTR SoTL Resources: Kelly Donahue-Wallace, Prove It! Publish It! SoTL Case ...Amy Raffel
CAA 2018 Presentation, included in "Prove It! Publish It! Art History and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning," session sponsored by Art Historians Interested in Pedagogy and Technology http://bit.ly/2uKheWK
'Learning design & learning analytics – building the links', presented by Rebecca Ferguson at 'What the Research Says' seminar held at the London Knowledge Lab on 28 November 2014.
"Its on the exam" - Affecting student engagement through crowd-sourced asses...Eamon Costello
Costello, E., Brown, M., Brunton, J., & Delaney, L. (2015). It's on the exam! Affecting student engagement through crowd-sourced assessment. Paper at Shaping the Future of Learning Together, Association for Learning Technology Annual Conference (ALT-C), Manchester, 10th September.
Teaching in MOOCs: Unbundling the roles of the educatorRebecca Ferguson
Teaching in MOOCs: Unbundling the roles of the educator, a presentation given at the design4learning conference at The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK by Rebecca Ferguson (co-authored with Denise Whitelock) on 26 November 2014.
Toward an automated student feedback system for text based assignments - Pete...Blackboard APAC
As the use of blended learning environments and digital technologies become integrated into the higher education sector, rich technologies such as analytics have the ability to assist teaching staff identify students at risk, learning material that is not proving effective and learning site designs that aid and facilitate improved learning. More recently consideration has been given to automated essay scoring. Such systems can be used in a formative way, such as providing feedback on initial assignment drafts or summatively through the analysis of final assignment submissions. Further, providing students with quick feedback on written assignments opens the opportunity through formative feedback to improved learning outcomes.
This presentation details a current project developing a system to analyse text-based assignments. The project is being developed for broad application, but the findings focus on an undergraduate pilot subject: ‘Ideas that Shook the World’ (a compulsory first year Bachelor of Arts subject taught on 5 campuses to more than 1000 students by 15 staff). Preliminary results of a fist scan of assignments are presented and the issues raised in developing the system presented together with an outline of additional work planned for the project. It is believed the work will have wide application where text-based assignments are utilised for assessment.
Moving through MOOCs: Pedagogy, Learning and Patterns of EngagementRebecca Ferguson
Presentation for ECTEL 2015, Toledo, Spain (the detailed version).
The related, shorter, presentation is at http://www.slideshare.net/dougclow/moving-through-moocs
CIKM 2018 - Contrasting Search as a Learning Activity with Instructor-designe...Felipe Moraes
https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3271676
The field of Search as Learning addresses questions surrounding human learning during the search process. Existing research has largely focused on observing how users with learning-oriented information needs behave and interact with search engines. What is not yet quantified is the extent to which search is a viable learning activity compared to instructor-designed learning. Can a search session be as effective as a lecture video - our instructor-designed learning artefact - or learning? To answer this question, we designed a user study that pits instructor-designed learning (a short high-quality video lecture as commonly found in online learning platforms) against three instances of search, specifically (i) single-user search, (ii) search as a support tool for instructor-designed learning, and, (iii) collaborative search. We measured the learning gains of 151 study participants in a vocabulary learning task and report three main results: (i) lecture video watching yields up to 24% higher learning gains than single-user search, (ii) collaborative search for learning does not lead to increased learning, and (iii) lecture video watching supported by search leads up to a 41% improvement in learning gains over instructor-designed learning without a subsequent search phase.
Presentation by Rebecca Ferguson at Learning and Knowledge 2015 (LAK15), Poughkeepsie, NY, USA.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are now being used across the world to provide millions of learners with access to education. Many learners complete these courses successfully, or to their own satisfaction, but the high numbers who do not finish remain a subject of concern for platform providers and educators. In 2013, a team from Stanford University analysed engagement patterns on three MOOCs run on the Coursera platform. They found four distinct patterns of engagement that emerged from MOOCs based on videos and assessments. However, not all platforms take this approach to learning design. Courses on the FutureLearn platform are underpinned by a social-constructivist pedagogy, which includes discussion as an important element. In this paper, we analyse engagement patterns on four FutureLearn MOOCs and find that only two clusters identified previously apply in this case. Instead, we see seven distinct patterns of engagement: Samplers, Strong Starters, Returners, Mid-way Dropouts, Nearly There, Late Completers and Keen Completers. This suggests that patterns of engagement in these massive learning environments are influenced by decisions about pedagogy. We also make some observations about approaches to clustering in this context.
"Its on the exam" - Affecting student engagement through crowd-sourced asses...Eamon Costello
Costello, E., Brown, M., Brunton, J., & Delaney, L. (2015). It's on the exam! Affecting student engagement through crowd-sourced assessment. Paper at Shaping the Future of Learning Together, Association for Learning Technology Annual Conference (ALT-C), Manchester, 10th September.
Teaching in MOOCs: Unbundling the roles of the educatorRebecca Ferguson
Teaching in MOOCs: Unbundling the roles of the educator, a presentation given at the design4learning conference at The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK by Rebecca Ferguson (co-authored with Denise Whitelock) on 26 November 2014.
Toward an automated student feedback system for text based assignments - Pete...Blackboard APAC
As the use of blended learning environments and digital technologies become integrated into the higher education sector, rich technologies such as analytics have the ability to assist teaching staff identify students at risk, learning material that is not proving effective and learning site designs that aid and facilitate improved learning. More recently consideration has been given to automated essay scoring. Such systems can be used in a formative way, such as providing feedback on initial assignment drafts or summatively through the analysis of final assignment submissions. Further, providing students with quick feedback on written assignments opens the opportunity through formative feedback to improved learning outcomes.
This presentation details a current project developing a system to analyse text-based assignments. The project is being developed for broad application, but the findings focus on an undergraduate pilot subject: ‘Ideas that Shook the World’ (a compulsory first year Bachelor of Arts subject taught on 5 campuses to more than 1000 students by 15 staff). Preliminary results of a fist scan of assignments are presented and the issues raised in developing the system presented together with an outline of additional work planned for the project. It is believed the work will have wide application where text-based assignments are utilised for assessment.
Moving through MOOCs: Pedagogy, Learning and Patterns of EngagementRebecca Ferguson
Presentation for ECTEL 2015, Toledo, Spain (the detailed version).
The related, shorter, presentation is at http://www.slideshare.net/dougclow/moving-through-moocs
CIKM 2018 - Contrasting Search as a Learning Activity with Instructor-designe...Felipe Moraes
https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3271676
The field of Search as Learning addresses questions surrounding human learning during the search process. Existing research has largely focused on observing how users with learning-oriented information needs behave and interact with search engines. What is not yet quantified is the extent to which search is a viable learning activity compared to instructor-designed learning. Can a search session be as effective as a lecture video - our instructor-designed learning artefact - or learning? To answer this question, we designed a user study that pits instructor-designed learning (a short high-quality video lecture as commonly found in online learning platforms) against three instances of search, specifically (i) single-user search, (ii) search as a support tool for instructor-designed learning, and, (iii) collaborative search. We measured the learning gains of 151 study participants in a vocabulary learning task and report three main results: (i) lecture video watching yields up to 24% higher learning gains than single-user search, (ii) collaborative search for learning does not lead to increased learning, and (iii) lecture video watching supported by search leads up to a 41% improvement in learning gains over instructor-designed learning without a subsequent search phase.
Presentation by Rebecca Ferguson at Learning and Knowledge 2015 (LAK15), Poughkeepsie, NY, USA.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are now being used across the world to provide millions of learners with access to education. Many learners complete these courses successfully, or to their own satisfaction, but the high numbers who do not finish remain a subject of concern for platform providers and educators. In 2013, a team from Stanford University analysed engagement patterns on three MOOCs run on the Coursera platform. They found four distinct patterns of engagement that emerged from MOOCs based on videos and assessments. However, not all platforms take this approach to learning design. Courses on the FutureLearn platform are underpinned by a social-constructivist pedagogy, which includes discussion as an important element. In this paper, we analyse engagement patterns on four FutureLearn MOOCs and find that only two clusters identified previously apply in this case. Instead, we see seven distinct patterns of engagement: Samplers, Strong Starters, Returners, Mid-way Dropouts, Nearly There, Late Completers and Keen Completers. This suggests that patterns of engagement in these massive learning environments are influenced by decisions about pedagogy. We also make some observations about approaches to clustering in this context.
You are probably searching for effective study techniques that will help you to succeed in a test, pass an exam or to improve your study skills. This presentation presents you some of the most effective study methods that you can implement when studying for your exams or when studying for home.
Digital learning - Individual Adaptive Construction or Connected Social Inter...The Transformation Society
The fourth in our 2014 series of interactive experiences, in collaboration with Adobe, "Tech Challenges: Surfing and Diving Deep." It includes survey results.
Full webinar recording at http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J
You'll find more about this series at http://www.culturecom.net/TransFormation/webinars_2014/about.html
Education technology is developing to include multiple media combinations, in order to deal with complexity of codes, content, interactions, and cognitive processes. Some solutions favour individual adaptive learning as a personal cognitive structure, while others provide learning environments for collaborative cognitive development. How can they be merged?
Multi-Tiered Systems of Support for Young Children: Driving Change in Early E...Brookes Publishing
Sponsored by Brookes Publishing
WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING AT OUR EDWEB COMMUNITY TODAY: http://bit.ly/EdWebTeachAll
Wouldn’t it be great if every child could participate in an early education program with evidence-based instruction, and receive appropriate levels of instructional interventions to achieve the best possible early academic and behavioral outcomes?
Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)—a framework grounded in delivering evidence-based instruction of various intensity levels—can ensure that young children learn essential early academic and behavioral skills. In this edWebinar, discover how to successfully use a data-based decision-making process to match children’s needs with universal, strategic, or intensive instruction in a tiered model. Early education experts Judith J. Carta, Ph.D., and Robin Miller Young, Ed.D., NCSP, introduce MTSS as a system-wide, prevention-oriented framework for delivering efficient services and supports that meet the needs of all young children and their families.
In this recorded session, learn to:
- Articulate the MTSS framework’s core components that help improve outcomes for children and families and contrast these components with those that typically exist in early learning settings
- State how to use a data-based decision-making process to identify children who might need more intensive educational interventions and to monitor their progress during intervention
- Describe a multi-tiered intervention model for early learning programs
- Advocate for moving to an MTSS framework to drive change in early education across multiple system levels
This recorded edWebinar is ideal for all early childhood professionals. Learn how MTSS can help all young children achieve critical early learning outcomes and get ready for success in school.
Originally broadcast: February 7, 2019
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Welcome to TechSoup New Member Orientation and Q&A (May 2024).pdfTechSoup
In this webinar you will learn how your organization can access TechSoup's wide variety of product discount and donation programs. From hardware to software, we'll give you a tour of the tools available to help your nonprofit with productivity, collaboration, financial management, donor tracking, security, and more.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
Model Attribute Check Company Auto PropertyCeline George
In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
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Synthetic fiber production is a fascinating and complex field that blends chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. By understanding these aspects, students can gain a comprehensive view of synthetic fiber production, its impact on society and the environment, and the potential for future innovations. Synthetic fibers play a crucial role in modern society, impacting various aspects of daily life, industry, and the environment. ynthetic fibers are integral to modern life, offering a range of benefits from cost-effectiveness and versatility to innovative applications and performance characteristics. While they pose environmental challenges, ongoing research and development aim to create more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Understanding the importance of synthetic fibers helps in appreciating their role in the economy, industry, and daily life, while also emphasizing the need for sustainable practices and innovation.
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
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1. Using Technology Effectively with R esponse T o I ntervention Alice Mercer Oak Ridge Elementary, Sacramento City Unified CUE 2010 Diverse Learners Symposium
7. My School African American 21% White (not Hispanic) 4% American Indian or Alaska Native 2% Asian 26% Socioeconomically Disadvantaged 99% English Learners 41% Hispanic or Latino 46% Students with Disabilities 15% Pacific Islander 1%
RTI: Response to intervention comes to education from the field of health care. It is easy to understand the notion of intervention and intensive services in the context of illness and disease. Lack of response to an intervention requires new interventions of greater intensity. – Dave Edyburn The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a United States federal law that governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education , and related services to children with disabilities. It addresses the educational needs of children with disabilities from birth to age 21 [1] [2] in cases that involve 13 specified categories of disability. – Wikipedia Tiers/Levels each new step of intervention where you increase the intensity is a tier. RTI has a three tier model.
Clarise the classroom teacher. She needs to provide interventions at the classroom level for the student and document behavior incidents Things that technology can help – Adding visuals and multimedia to instruction to increase student learning and retention Skills specific remediation Providing students with adaptive technology like keyboards/laptops Creating forms for tracking Email for documenting incidents Things that technology cannot help - She has 5 students needing ABC charting She has 10 students with RTI interventions in a class of 28.
This is Peter the principal He need to document interventions like conferences with students that are both formal (for a suspension) and informal. Where technology can help – Documenting formal meetings on SIS Documenting informal ones using hand held devices Sharing information via email Where technology cannot help – It won’t make those conferences effective
Suzy the special ed resource teacher: She needs provide students at Tier/Level 3 with pull-out or push-in intervention services. Things that technology can help – Adding visuals and multimedia to instruction to increase student learning and retention Skills specific remediation Providing students with adaptive technology like keyboards/laptops Creating forms for tracking Email for documenting incidents Things that technology cannot help – Being maxed out on her case load
One of the great literary aphrosims from the Bible I learned in college is this exchange: A follower asks Jesus, “Should we pay taxes?” Jesus says, “Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s; Render unto God what is God.” Give Special Ed their paperwork, but stay focused on the student Just like paying Rome taxes had some advantages (roads for the itinerant messiah to travel the Holy Land, clean water to turn into wine), the info we are collecting for SSTs can be helpful
Assessment tracking How good is the assessment? What systems do you have? Does everyone who needs it have access to the data? Email is your friend Notification Keeping members in touch even if they are not there Documentation of what’s occurred -Interventions -Incidents Keeping everyone on the same page Special Tech for this like recorders, etc.
Remediation programs Paid Free and web-based Assistive Technology -Keyboards Notes (doc cameras and IWBs) Computers Cell phones