The SHEILA Framework: Informing Institutional Strategies and Policy Processes of Learning Analytics

This paper introduces a learning analytics policy and strategy framework developed by a cross-European research project team — SHEILA (Supporting Higher Education to Integrate Learning Analytics), based on interviews with 78 senior managers from 51 European higher education institutions across 16 countries. The framework was developed adapting the RAPID Outcome Mapping Approach (ROMA), which is designed to develop effective strategies and evidence-based policy in complex environments. This paper presents four case studies to illustrate the development process of the SHEILA framework and how it can be used iteratively to inform strategic planning and policy processes in real world environments, particularly for large-scale implementation in higher education contexts. To this end, the selected cases were analyzed at two stages, each a year apart, to investigate the progression of adoption approaches that were followed to solve existing challenges, and identify new challenges that could be addressed by following the SHEILA framework.

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Strategies for Promoting Virtual Higher Education: General Considerations on Africa and Asia

African and Asian Studies ◽

10.1163/156920903773004068 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

pp. 565-575 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Hossain Shanawez ◽

Kazuo Kuroda

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Large Scale ◽

Development Process ◽

Developing World ◽

Virtual Education ◽

Institutions Of Higher Education ◽

Growth Strategies ◽

The North ◽

Prohibitive Cost ◽

Virtual Higher Education

AbstractEducation in general, and specifically higher education, plays an important role in the development process of all nations. Institutions of higher education have an important responsibility to support knowledge-driven economic growth strategies. This paper investigates the strategies of how by applying technologies on a large scale—with close attention to quality—virtual education can help higher education to find a way through the crisis of access, prohibitive cost, and lack of flexibility that we find all over the developing world. By addressing various issues related to planning, implementation, and quality with proper strategies, virtual education can provide immense opportunity to reduce the North-South knowledge gap and also to promote the development of the developing world. This paper reviews various issues related to promotion and quality control in virtual higher education and addresses possible strategies with general considerations of Africa and Asia.

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Evolution and Prospect of Higher Education Compensation Policies for Disadvantaged Groups in China

Lifelong Education ◽

10.18282/le.v9i7.1525 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (7) ◽

pp. 234

Author(s):

Li Wang

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Elementary Education ◽

Legal System ◽

Development Process ◽

Family Education ◽

Compensation Policy ◽

Disadvantaged Groups ◽

Two Stages

This paper reviews the development process of higher education compensation policy for disadvantaged groups in China, and divides it into two stages. This policy has achieved certain results.However, there are still many deficiencies and limitations in the current education compensation policy. It should be designed reasonably and implemented efficiently for all disadvantaged groups in future and be guaranteed by a just legal system; include higher education, elementary education and family education.

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A large-scale implementation of predictive learning analytics in higher education: the teachers’ role and perspective

Educational Technology Research and Development ◽

10.1007/s11423-019-09685-0 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 67 (5) ◽

pp. 1273-1306 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Christothea Herodotou ◽

Bart Rienties ◽

Avinash Boroowa ◽

Zdenek Zdrahal ◽

Martin Hlosta

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Learning Analytics ◽

Large Scale ◽

Predictive Learning

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Learning Analytics and Education Data Mining in Higher Education

Advancing the Power of Learning Analytics and Big Data in Education - Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-7103-3.ch005 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 108-126

Author(s):

Samira ElAtia ◽

Donald Ipperciel

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Data Mining ◽

Big Data ◽

Learning Analytics ◽

Large Scale ◽

Educational Data Mining ◽

Current Situation ◽

Research Perspective ◽

Education Data ◽

The Impact

In this chapter, the authors propose an overview on the use of learning analytics (LA) and educational data mining (EDM) in addressing issues related to its uses and applications in higher education. They aim to provide meaningful and substantial answers to how both LA and EDM can advance higher education from a large scale, big data educational research perspective. They present various tasks and applications that already exist in the field of EDM and LA in higher education. They categorize them based on their purposes, their uses, and their impact on various stakeholders. They conclude the chapter by critically analyzing various forecasts regarding the impact that EDM will have on future educational setting, especially in light of the current situation that shifted education worldwide into some form of eLearning models. They also discuss and raise issues regarding fundamentals consideration on ethics and privacy in using EDM and LA in higher education.

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Predictive Learning Analytics 'At Scale': Guidelines to Successful Implementation in Higher Education

Journal of Learning Analytics ◽

10.18608/jla.2019.61.5 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Christothea Herodotou ◽

Bart Rienties ◽

Barry Verdin ◽

Avinash Boroowa

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Distance Learning ◽

Learning Analytics ◽

Large Scale ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Education Institution ◽

Successful Implementation ◽

Students At Risk ◽

Educational Stakeholders ◽

Predictive Learning

Predictive Learning Analytics (PLA) aim to improve learning by identifying students at risk of failing their studies. Yet, little is known about how best to integrate and scaffold PLA initiatives into higher education institutions. Towards this end, it becomes essential to capture and analyze the perceptions of relevant educational stakeholders (i.e., managers, teachers, students) about PLA. This paper presents an “at scale” implementation of PLA at a distance learning higher education institution and details, in particular, the perspectives of 20 educational managers involved in the implementation. It concludes with a set of recommendations about how best to adopt and apply large-scale PLA initiatives in higher education.

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Interference mitigation in point to point wireless sensor networks using LSP protocol and time division multiplexing approach

Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems ◽

10.3233/jifs-189028 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 39 (4) ◽

pp. 5449-5458

Author(s):

A. Arokiaraj Jovith ◽

S.V. Kasmir Raja ◽

A. Razia Sulthana

Keyword(s):

Energy Consumption ◽

Large Scale ◽

Control Parameter ◽

Interference Mitigation ◽

Wireless Sensor ◽

Point To Point ◽

A Minor ◽

Two Stages ◽

Time Division ◽

And Control

Interference in Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) predominantly affects the performance of the WSN. Energy consumption in WSN is one of the greatest concerns in the current generation. This work presents an approach for interference measurement and interference mitigation in point to point network. The nodes are distributed in the network and interference is measured by grouping the nodes in the region of a specific diameter. Hence this approach is scalable and isextended to large scale WSN. Interference is measured in two stages. In the first stage, interference is overcome by allocating time slots to the node stations in Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) fashion. The node area is split into larger regions and smaller regions. The time slots are allocated to smaller regions in TDMA fashion. A TDMA based time slot allocation algorithm is proposed in this paper to enable reuse of timeslots with minimal interference between smaller regions. In the second stage, the network density and control parameter is introduced to reduce interference in a minor level within smaller node regions. The algorithm issimulated and the system is tested with varying control parameter. The node-level interference and the energy dissipation at nodes are captured by varying the node density of the network. The results indicate that the proposed approach measures the interference and mitigates with minimal energy consumption at nodes and with less overhead transmission.

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Latina College Students: Issues and Challenges for the 21st Century

NASPA Journal ◽

10.2202/0027-6014.1111 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 37 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 35

Author(s):

Adele Lozano Rodriguez ◽

Florence Guido-DiBrito ◽

Vasti Torres ◽

Donna Talbot

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Financial Aid ◽

21St Century ◽

Academic Support ◽

Academic Affairs ◽

Campus Environment ◽

Latina College Students ◽

College And University ◽

Effective Strategies ◽

Success In Higher Education

A neglected yet increasing student population in higher education at the threshold of the 21st Century, Latina college and university students face distinct challenged and barriers to participation. This manuscript explores various Latina student issues - including "labeling," barriers, and factors contributing to success - and examines effective strategies for student and academic affairs administrators to support Latina success in higher education (ie, financial aid, academic support, social/cultural support, and campus environment).

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Vibration characteristics of triple-gear-rotor system in compressed air energy storage under variable torque load

Science Progress ◽

10.1177/0036850420987058 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 104 (1) ◽

pp. 003685042098705

Author(s):

Xinran Wang ◽

Yangli Zhu ◽

Wen Li ◽

Dongxu Hu ◽

Xuehui Zhang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Large Scale ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Element Model ◽

Rotor System ◽

Dynamic Responses ◽

System Response ◽

Rotating Speed ◽

Torque Load ◽

Set Up ◽

Two Stages

This paper focuses on the effects of the off-design operation of CAES on the dynamic characteristics of the triple-gear-rotor system. A finite element model of the system is set up with unbalanced excitations, torque load excitations, and backlash which lead to variations of tooth contact status. An experiment is carried out to verify the accuracy of the mathematical model. The results show that when the system is subjected to large-scale torque load lifting at a high rotating speed, it has two stages of relatively strong periodicity when the torque load is light, and of chaotic when the torque load is heavy, with the transition between the two states being relatively quick and violent. The analysis of the three-dimensional acceleration spectrum and the meshing force shows that the variation in the meshing state and the fluctuation of the meshing force is the basic reasons for the variation in the system response with the torque load. In addition, the three rotors in the triple-gear-rotor system studied show a strong similarity in the meshing states and meshing force fluctuations, which result in the similarity in the dynamic responses of the three rotors.

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New Directions in Latino/a/x Histories of Education: Comparative Studies in Race, Language, Law, and Higher Education

History of Education Quarterly ◽

10.1017/heq.2020.43 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 60 (4) ◽

pp. 612-622

Author(s):

Rosina Lozano

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Civil Rights ◽

Race And Ethnicity ◽

Large Scale ◽

Student Activism ◽

The United States ◽

The Philippines ◽

Language Instruction ◽

Historical Inquiry ◽

Legal Cases

The twenty-first century has seen a surge in scholarship on Latino educational history and a new nonbinary umbrella term, Latinx, that a younger generation prefers. Many of historian Victoria-María MacDonald's astute observations in 2001 presaged the growth of the field. Focus has increased on Spanish-surnamed teachers and discussions have grown about the Latino experience in higher education, especially around student activism on campus. Great strides are being made in studying the history of Spanish-speaking regions with long ties to the United States, either as colonies or as sites of large-scale immigration, including Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines. Historical inquiry into the place of Latinos in the US educational system has also developed in ways that MacDonald did not anticipate. The growth of the comparative race and ethnicity field in and of itself has encouraged cross-ethnic and cross-racial studies, which often also tie together larger themes of colonialism, language instruction, legal cases, and civil rights or activism.

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