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How Learning Analytics Can Make Instructors More Effective in an Online Course

This is the first in a three-part series on learner analytics, cutting edge insight for the course instructor; how to assess student behaviours in an online course using the LMS data collection tools...

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How Course Instructors can Improve Student Engagement with Learning Analytics

Online learning is dynamic, active, at times disorganized, yet with the effective use of tools, instructors can adapt and adjust instruction to create a rich learning experience. This is part two in a...

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Putting Learners in the Driver’s Seat With Learning Analytics

I read something disturbing this week from Inside Higher Ed, Measuring Engagement with Books … “The big buzz in higher ed is analytics,” said senior vice-president of marketing Cindy Clarke, of the...

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Dream or Nightmare? The Ethics of Learning Analytics

Just because it [academic data] is accessible doesn’t make it ethical (Boyd & Crawford, 2012). What are the implications of higher education institutions collecting student data and compiling a...

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What-the-heck Happened in 2012? Review of the Top Three Events in Education

This was an extraordinary year in the education sector providing bloggers and journalists  with much content to write about: ed-tech start-ups, big data, open courses attracting thousands of students...

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Nicolas Carr on ‘Social Physics’…The Darker Side of Reality Mining

It’s this article ‘The Limits of Social Engineering’ that piqued my interest this week, first because of the image featured in the article which I found appealing, then it was the reference made to...

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