Paper Info
Title
Challenges and opportunities for learning analytics when formal teaching meets social spaces
Abstract
Social networking is revolutionizing the world in ways few imagined just a few years ago. The power of social networking technology can also be leveraged to improve education and enhance the instructor and learner experience. Unlike conventional learning management systems, social software environments such as Athabasca Landing provide a persistent space and are flexible enough to support social and learner-led methods of informal, non-formal, and formal learning. Analytics can be used to effectively track and measure personal progress and help uncover extra-curricular factor affecting learner success such as network formation and growth. The paper reports on an attempt to explore this problem through analysis of student behaviour on the Athabasca Landing site within the context of a course. Its findings, explanation, and potential implications are listed. Effects of social learning on learners, based on the learner's behaviour before, during, and after the course are described and discussed. Finally, features of an open source tool created for this analysis, LASSIE is presented.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1145/2330601.2330619
LAK
Keywords
Field
DocType
conventional learning management system,social network,social space,learner success,social software environment,formal teaching,learner experience,formal learning,social learning,social networking technology,athabasca landing,athabasca landing site,social systems,network formation,social system,analytics
Experiential learning,Data science,Informal learning,Open learning,Social network,Learning analytics,Computer science,Formal learning,Knowledge management,Social learning,Social computing
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
1.00
8
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Nazim Rahman1816.50
Jon Dron210219.41