Innovative Learning Analytics for Evaluating Instruction
A Big Data Roadmap to Effective Online Learning
Theodore W. Frick, Rodney D. Myers, Cesur Dagli, Andrew F. Barrett
- 132 pages
- English
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Innovative Learning Analytics for Evaluating Instruction
A Big Data Roadmap to Effective Online Learning
Theodore W. Frick, Rodney D. Myers, Cesur Dagli, Andrew F. Barrett
About This Book
Innovative Learning Analytics for Evaluating Instruction covers the application of a forward-thinking research methodology that uses big data to evaluate the effectiveness of online instruction. Analysis of Patterns in Time (APT) is a practical analytic approach that finds meaningful patterns in massive data sets, capturing temporal maps of students' learning journeys by combining qualitative and quantitative methods. Offering conceptual and research overviews, design principles, historical examples, and more, this book demonstrates how APT can yield strong, easily generalizable empirical evidence through big data; help students succeed in their learning journeys; and document the extraordinary effectiveness of First Principles of Instruction. It is an ideal resource for faculty and professionals in instructional design, learning engineering, online learning, program evaluation, and research methods.
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1 Learning Journeys in Education
Metaphor of a Journey: The Oregon Trail
The State-Trait Approach to Measurement: Quantitative Methods
Individual Episodic Stories: Qualitative Methods
Qualitative Temporal Mapping that is Quantifiable and Generalizable: A Third Alternative for Educational Research Methods
The Larger Problem in Educational Research
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Chapter Summaries
- List of Tables, Figures, and Maps
- 1 Learning Journeys in Education
- 2 Overview of the Big Study
- 3 The Indiana University Plagiarism Tutorials and Tests
- 4 More Details of the Big Study
- 5 Analysis of Patterns in Time as a Research Methodology
- 6 Using Analysis of Patterns in Time for Formative Evaluation of a Learning Design
- 7 Analysis of Patterns in Time with Teaching and Learning Quality Surveys
- 8 Analysis of Patterns in Time as an Alternative to Traditional Approaches
- Epilogue
- Abbreviations and Symbols
- Index