scholarly journals Application of Learning Analytics to Improve Higher Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Carlos Llopis-Albert ◽  
Francisco Rubio
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Analytics ◽  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Big Data Analytics ◽  
Data Analyst ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
The Subject ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Teaching Learning

<p>In the digital era, the teacher assumes very diverse roles among which are to be an adviser, a generator of multimedia content, and more recently a data analyst. Big data analytics may play a major role in Higher Education for all the agents involved, the teachers and educators, the students themselves and the managers or heads of university centers. This paper applies learning analytics to the subject of Theory of Machines and Strength of Materials of the bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering at Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain). The aim of analyzing the available information is to improve teachers’ actions and communication, to enhance resource efficiency, to assess classroom procedures, the achievement of transversal competences, the student typology and their results, or the attitudes and commitment they acquire with the subject taught. Results show the existence of niches with competitive advantages, improvements in the quality and performance of the teaching-learning experience.</p>

Features of the Professional Direction of University Students in the Era of Digitalization

2021 ◽  
pp. 18-22
Author(s):  
A. Fatyhova ◽  
O. Bakanev ◽  
I. Kohanovskaya
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Internal Conflict ◽  
Life Meaning ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Personal Qualities ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
And Training

In the digital era, the success of the professional development of future specialists in the process of obtaining higher education largely depends on their professional orientation (PN). Despite the significant interest in the subject of the study, the problem of identifying the factors that affect PN remains poorly understood. The purpose of the study is to determine the factors of the formation of PN of students enrolled in training and retraining programs, and the features of PN in the digital era. The article reveals the content and structure of the PN of future specialists in the era of digitalization. According to the results of the empirical research, the relationship of students' PN with indicators of life-meaning orientations, motives for choosing a profession and training was revealed; the relationship between students' life-meaning orientations and indicators of motives for choosing a profession and training at the stage of digitalization of education. The factors influencing the personal condition, and the factors of the formation of the personal condition of students, who are trained according to the programs of training and retraining of specialists, have been determined. As a result of an empirical study, it was concluded that a negative impact on the formation of PN is created by factors caused by various life circumstances, lack of independence of decisions in choosing a profession, low reflection of life goals, prospects for the future, rigidity of volitional and personal qualities, internal conflict in the structure of personality relationships, low pleasure training and the like. At the same time, the level of PN is significantly higher among students who receive a second higher education and who understand its importance at the stage of digitalization of education.

THE USE OF BUSINESS SIMULATION GAMES IN HIGHER EDUCATION: LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND PERFORMANCE

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Segovia-López ◽  
Gema Marín-Carrillo ◽  
Manuel Sánchez-Pérez ◽  
Elvira Sáez-González ◽  
Mª Ángeles Iniesta-Bonillo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Business Simulation ◽  
Simulation Games ◽  
And Performance

Learning communities: an untapped sustainable competitive advantage for higher education

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shane Dawson ◽  
Bruce Burnett ◽  
Mark O'Donohue
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Higher Education Policy ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Performance Standards ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Content Type ◽  
And Performance

PurposeThis paper demonstrates the need for the higher education sector to develop and implement scaleable, quantitative measures that evaluate community and establish organisational benchmarks in order to guide the development of future practices designed to enhance the student learning experience.Design/methodology/approachLiterature regarding contemporary Australian higher education policy and community development is critiqued to illustrate the need for universities to adopt scaleable quantitative measures to evaluate stated strategic imperatives and establish organisational benchmarks. The integration of organisational benchmarks guides the implementation of future practices designed to enhance the student learning experience. A current active exemplar methodology is discussed to demonstrate applicability to both higher education administrators and teaching staff across the various organisation levels.FindingsWhile universities are promoting and investing in the concept of community to enhance the student learning experience there are as yet, limited scaleable evaluative measures and performance indicators to guide practitioners. This paper proposes an effective measurement tool to benchmark current pedagogical performance standards and monitor the progress and achievement of future implemented practices designed to enhance the sense of community experienced by the student cohort.Originality/valueThis paper identifies and addresses the current absence of effective scaleable evaluative measures to assess the achievement of stated strategic imperatives implemented as a consequence of reducing government financial support, increasing accountability, and increasing student expectations as result of educational consumerism.

scholarly journals Student’s perception about Modular teaching and various instructional strategies in the subject of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (01) ◽  
pp. 40-45
Author(s):  
Umber Fatima ◽  
Mubashra Naz ◽  
Humaira Zafar ◽  
Anees Fatima ◽  
Rizwan Rasool Khan
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Strategies ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Obstetrics And Gynecology ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Almost All

Many modifications have been introduced in the field of medical education in recent past with a shift from didactic to more student focused teaching strategies. Modular study system for final year MBBS students was introduced in the subject of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 2018 session. Objectives: To determine the students′ perception about modular teaching and various instructional strategies through feedback in the subject of Obstetrics and Gynecology at undergraduate level. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Setting: University Medical and Dental College, Faisalabad. Period: 1st January to 30th October 2018. Material & Methods: Eight modules were designed in the subject of obstetrics and gynecology for final year MBBS students. In order to ascertain the quality of teaching and to monitor the effectiveness of teaching methodologies, feedback was obtained.  A written questionnaire was designed to collect feedback. Interpretation of collected data was performed on SPSS 20. Results: Total 136 students participated in study by giving back properly filled questionnaire. Modular teaching was appreciated as an effective method by 93.4% students. Case based teaching, small group sessions and problem based learning were considered most favored teaching methods (97.7%, 97.1% and 94.85%) respectively by the students. Conclusion: Modular teaching was found to be an interesting and a useful teaching - learning experience by majority of students. Almost all students showed positive acceptance for various teaching methods. Students’ feedback was also useful in identifying course components that need improvement so that appropriate measures can be made to improve the overall quality and effectiveness of the course in future.

A Comparative study between Summative Written Examination and Practical Project Work of Higher Secondary Level School Students at Memari Block in Burdwan, West Bengal

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (04) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashim Manna ◽  
Shubhankar Saha ◽  
Ullaskar Bag
Keyword(s):  
Learning Experience ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Summative Evaluation ◽  
School Students ◽  
Course Grades ◽  
Written Examination ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Intended Learning Outcomes

Evaluation is an important part of our educational system. Ultimate goal of it is the evaluation of all-round development of students. For this, Summative written examination and Project work play an important role. Summative Evaluation takes place when the teaching-learning process is over. It generally takes place at the end of a terra of year. The purpose of S.E. is to determine whether the pupil has completed a particular course of studies successfully. Summative evaluation typically comes at the end of a course of instruction. It is designed to determine the extent in which the instructional objectives have been achieved and is used primarily for assigning course-grades or certifying pupil mastery of the intended learning outcomes. Projective methods are those method in which we provide the subject relatively indefinite and unstructured material and then allow students to build structure of the material in anyway according to the subject project, his feelings, attitude etc. Project Work is a learning experience which aims to provide students the opportunity to synthesise knowledge from various areas of learning and it critically and creatively applies to real life situations.

Creating Collaborative and Convenient Learning Environment Using Cloud-Based Moodle LMS

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vikas Kumar ◽  
Deepika Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Pervasive Computing ◽  
Management System ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Learning Management System ◽  
Portable Devices ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Computing Platform ◽  
Learning Management ◽  
Teaching Learning

Students in the digital era are habitual of using digital devices not only for playing and interacting with their friends and peers, but also as a tool for education and learning. These digital natives are highly obsessed with the internet driven portable devices and always demand for a multimedia rich content. This specific demand needs to be addressed by college teachers in the teaching -learning pedagogy design and implementation. The integration of pervasive computing in traditional classroom pedagogy can boost new learning experience for cyber savvy students in higher education. Learning Management System (LMS) as a pervasive computing can be embedded in classroom pedagogy to support learning inside and outside the classroom. LMS can play a supportive role to teachers and administrators in higher education to facilitate them in their work. This becomes more significant to the teachers and administrators, when the LMS is based upon the cloud computing platform. This paper explores the significance of various components of cloud-based open source Moodle Learning Management System with a specific focus on teachers and administrators in higher education. A learning theory approach has been followed to map the requirements of the teachers and the administrators and specific cases and examples have been presented.

scholarly journals Understanding Student Behavior in a Flipped Classroom: Interpreting Learning Analytics Data in the Veterinary Pre-Clinical Sciences

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 260
Author(s):  
Laura Dooley ◽  
Nikolas Makasis
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Learning Analytics ◽  
Student Behavior ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Individual Student ◽  
Study Materials ◽  
Student Access ◽  
Access Patterns

The flipped classroom has been increasingly employed as a pedagogical strategy in the higher education classroom. This approach commonly involves pre-class learning activities that are delivered online through learning management systems that collect learning analytics data on student access patterns. This study sought to utilize learning analytics data to understand student learning behavior in a flipped classroom. The data analyzed three key parameters; the number of online study sessions for each individual student, the size of the sessions (number of topics covered), and the first time they accessed their materials relative to the relevant class date. The relationship between these parameters and academic performance was also explored. The study revealed patterns of student access changed throughout the course period, and most students did access their study materials before the relevant classroom session. Using k-means clustering as the algorithm, consistent early access to learning materials was associated with improved academic performance in this context. Insights derived from this study informed iterative improvements to the learning design of the course. Similar analyses could be applied to other higher education learning contexts as a feedback tool for educators seeking to improve the online learning experience of their students.

scholarly journals Practice Perspectives on Learning Analytics in Higher Education

2019 ◽  
pp. 45-56
Author(s):  
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele ◽  
Victor X. Wang ◽  
Joy Galaige
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Theory ◽  
Learning Analytics ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Technical Development ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Value Of Learning ◽  
Significant Effort

Learning analytics have taken higher education by the proverbial “storm.” Universities primarily employ learning analytics at the level of metrics to satisfy institutional requirements but are also investing significant effort in technical development. In the domain of teaching, learning analytics are making an appearance but are much less developed than in institutional or technical domains. On the basis of the potential of learning analytics to inform teaching practice and thus improve learning experiences, course instructors are now encouraged to use learning analytics at classroom level. Early forages are giving mixed results, and some confusion reigns among teaching staff in relation to the usability/value of learning analytics. The fundamental premise of the present chapter is that if potential of learning analytics to improve learning experiences is to be realized, then learning analytics must shift further into the practice domain, and this requires the projection of learning theory onto learning analytics.

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