A5088400879- Online Learning and Analytics
- Online and Blended Learning
- Higher Education Practises and Engagement
- E-Learning and Knowledge Management
- Higher Education Learning Practices
- Digital Education and Society
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Global Educational Policies and Reforms
- Higher Education Governance and Development
- Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Higher Education Research Studies
- Open Education and E-Learning
- Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
- Innovations in Educational Methods
- Second Language Learning and Teaching
- Management and Organizational Studies
- African cultural and philosophical studies
- Evaluation of Teaching Practices
- Ethics in Business and Education
- Statistics Education and Methodologies
- Reflective Practices in Education
- Legal Education and Practice Innovations
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Accounting Education and Careers
- Innovative Education and Learning Practices
University of South Africa
2016-2025
University of Hong Kong
2022
Universidade de Santo Amaro
2013
The field of learning analytics has the potential to enable higher education institutions increase their understanding students’ needs and use that positively influence student progression. Analysis data relating students engagement with is foundation this process. There an inherent assumption linked knowledge a learner’s behavior advantageous for individual, instructor, educational provider. It seems intuitively obvious greater cohort designs interventions they best respond would benefit...
Abstract Produced from experiences at the outset of intense times when Covid-19 lockdown restrictions began in March 2020, this collaborative paper offers collective reflections and analysis a group teaching learning Higher Education (HE) scholars diverse 15 26 South African public universities. In form theorised narrative insistent on foregrounding personal voices, it presents snapshot pandemic addressing following question: what does ‘pivot online’ to Emergency Remote Teaching Learning...
Petar is 43 years old, and lives in Zagreb, Croatia
This article examines developments in the 'smart classroom' as a new frontier for university. It provides conceptual map of scope and limitations smart classrooms, contextualized to university initiatives. First, it introduces notion 'smart' technology cities, campuses, classrooms. Next, how classroom is conceptualized, its present applications, may be utilized with or without integration into campus. Finally, explores ethical implications classroom. concludes by recommending regulations...
The article presents a socio-critical model and framework for understanding, predicting, enhancing student success developed at the University of South Africa. An extensive literature review indicated that predominant models from international contact institutions were partial application in this context. Integrating socio-critical, anthropological, cultural theoretical perspectives, applies key constructs situated agency, capital, habitus, attribution, locus control, self-efficacy to both...
The increasing potential and practice of collecting, analysing using student data necessitates that higher education institutions (HEIs) critically examine their assumptions, paradigms practices regarding data. There is a real danger some current approaches to learning analytics within ignore the fiduciary duty HEIs impact scope asymmetrical power relationship between students institution. In light concerns surveillance, cannot afford simple paternalistic approach use Very few have...
Optimizing the harvesting and analysis of student data promises to clear fog surrounding key drivers success retention, provide potential for improved success. At same time, concerns are increasingly voiced around extent which individuals routinely progressively tracked as they engage online. The Internet, very thing that promised open up possibilities break down communication barriers, now threatens narrow it again through panopticon mass surveillance.
As higher education increasingly moves to online and digital learning spaces, we have access not only greater volumes of student data, but also fine-grained nuanced data. A significant body research existing practice are used convince key stakeholders within the potential collection, analysis use data positively impact on experiences in these environments. Much recent focus analytics is around predictive modeling uses artificial intelligence both identify learners at risk, personalize...
Evidence suggests that individuals are often willing to exchange personal data for (real or perceived) benefits. Such an may be impacted by their trust in a particular context and control over data.
Much of the research on how social media is embedded into educational practices higher education students has a Western orientation. In concentrating case study varied ways in which African International Distance Education (IDE) actively use to shape their learning experiences, we discuss an under-researched group. The paper draws analysis 1295 online questionnaires and 165 in-depth interviews with IDE at UNISA, South Africa, one largest providers globally. WhatsApp emerges as 'the' key tool...
Abstract Evidence shows that appropriate use of technology in education has the potential to increase effectiveness of, eg, teaching, learning and student support. There is also evidence can introduce new problems ethical issues, privacy. This article maps some limitations technological approaches ensure data privacy analytics from a critical studies (CDS) perspective. In this conceptual article, we map claims, grounds warrants solutions maintaining analytics. Our findings suggest many are...
Abstract Higher education institutions are moving to design and implement teacher-facing learning analytics (LA) dashboards with the hope that instructors can extract deep insights about student make informed decisions improve their teaching. While much attention has been paid developing dashboards, less is known how they designed, implemented evaluated. This paper presents a systematic literature review of existing studies reporting on LA dashboards. Out 1968 articles retrieved from several...
Higher education institutions have collected and analysed student data for years, with their focus largely on reporting management needs. A range of institutional policies exist which broadly set out the purposes will be used how protected. The growing advent learning analytics has seen uses to is put expanding rapidly. Generally though setting use not kept pace this change.
This paper explores faculty's perspectives and use of open educational resources (OER) their repositories across different countries by conducting a multiple case study to find similarities differences between academics' awareness, perceptions OER, as well examining related aspects institutional policy quality that may influence individual views. Data were collected through nine expert reports on each country studied (Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Japan, South Africa, Korea, Spain...
Abstract Background The Covid‐19 pandemic disrupted higher education in many ways, such as the move to Emergency Remote Online Teaching and Learning (EROTL), often including a online assessments examinations. With evidence of increased academic dishonesty unproctored assessment, institutions sought ways ensure institutional integrity reputation. In doing this, selected implemented proctoring solutions. Objectives This article maps considerations solutions nexus between ensuring reputation,...
<p>In the context of hype, promise and perils Big Data currently dominant paradigm data-driven decision-making, it is important to critically engage with potential for higher education. We do not question Data, but we raise a number issues, present theses be seriously considered in realising this potential.</p><p>The University South Africa (Unisa) one mega ODL institutions world more than 360,000 students range courses programmes. Unisa already has access staggering amount...