Guardian: "Universities are tracking their students. Is it clever or creepy?"
*Universities are tracking their students. Is it clever or creepy?* /Learning analytics are becoming increasingly popular for improving learning and cutting drop-out rates – but critics question the impact on privacy/ Chris Jutting Wednesday 3 August 2016 14.19 BST What could be more normal that heading to the university library, swiping your card and logging in to a computer? Most students wouldn’t think twice about it. But what they may not realise is that this mundane series of events leaves a unique data pattern that can be recorded, logged and reviewed, in a practice known as “learning analytics”. And now data analysts are using this information to predict whether students will struggle with their courses, or drop out. “We’re trying to use data to improve our understanding of how students learn,” says Dr Bart Rienties, director of the learning analytics programme at the Open University. “We want to understand the story behind that data.” Such techniques look set to become an integral part of university life in the future, much to the delight of advocates. “Learning analytics can provide a more personal learning experience, rather than a one-size-fits-all solution,” Rienties says. He was part of a new study – which analysed data from more than 113,000 students at the Open University – looking at drop-out rates and how usage patterns of online learning resources can be an early indicator of academic performance. […] Continua qui: https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2016/aug/03/learning-an...
La scuola 42 a Parigi è tutta basata sul concetto di lavoro di gruppo tra gli studenti, dove gli insegnanti sono di supporto. Tutto viene gestito attraverso il tracking delle presenze e delle attività, in questo caso di programmazione. I progetti, il codice, i contributi vengono analizzati da sistemi automatici. http://www.42.fr/ David Orban "What is the question that I should be asking?" twitter, linkedin, etc: davidorban On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 5:24 PM, J.C. DE MARTIN <demartin@polito.it> wrote:
*Universities are tracking their students. Is it clever or creepy?*
*Learning analytics are becoming increasingly popular for improving learning and cutting drop-out rates – but critics question the impact on privacy*
Chris Jutting
Wednesday 3 August 2016 14.19 BST
What could be more normal that heading to the university library, swiping your card and logging in to a computer?
Most students wouldn’t think twice about it. But what they may not realise is that this mundane series of events leaves a unique data pattern that can be recorded, logged and reviewed, in a practice known as “learning analytics”. And now data analysts are using this information to predict whether students will struggle with their courses, or drop out.
“We’re trying to use data to improve our understanding of how students learn,” says Dr Bart Rienties, director of the learning analytics programme at the Open University. “We want to understand the story behind that data.”
Such techniques look set to become an integral part of university life in the future, much to the delight of advocates. “Learning analytics can provide a more personal learning experience, rather than a one-size-fits-all solution,” Rienties says. He was part of a new study – which analysed data from more than 113,000 students at the Open University – looking at drop-out rates and how usage patterns of online learning resources can be an early indicator of academic performance.
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Grazie, David, conosco. Un'esperienza molto particolare, con un obiettivo molto "stretto" (insegnare a programmare) e specificamente pensata per studenti che, pur dotati, non rendono bene in sistemi educativi tradizionali. juan carlos On 05/08/16 17:41, David Orban wrote:
La scuola 42 a Parigi è tutta basata sul concetto di lavoro di gruppo tra gli studenti, dove gli insegnanti sono di supporto. Tutto viene gestito attraverso il tracking delle presenze e delle attività, in questo caso di programmazione. I progetti, il codice, i contributi vengono analizzati da sistemi automatici.
David Orban "What is the question that I should be asking?" twitter, linkedin, etc: davidorban
On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 5:24 PM, J.C. DE MARTIN <demartin@polito.it <mailto:demartin@polito.it>> wrote:
*Universities are tracking their students. Is it clever or creepy?*
/Learning analytics are becoming increasingly popular for improving learning and cutting drop-out rates – but critics question the impact on privacy/
Chris Jutting
Wednesday 3 August 2016 14.19 BST
What could be more normal that heading to the university library, swiping your card and logging in to a computer?
Most students wouldn’t think twice about it. But what they may not realise is that this mundane series of events leaves a unique data pattern that can be recorded, logged and reviewed, in a practice known as “learning analytics”. And now data analysts are using this information to predict whether students will struggle with their courses, or drop out.
“We’re trying to use data to improve our understanding of how students learn,” says Dr Bart Rienties, director of the learning analytics programme at the Open University. “We want to understand the story behind that data.”
Such techniques look set to become an integral part of university life in the future, much to the delight of advocates. “Learning analytics can provide a more personal learning experience, rather than a one-size-fits-all solution,” Rienties says. He was part of a new study – which analysed data from more than 113,000 students at the Open University – looking at drop-out rates and how usage patterns of online learning resources can be an early indicator of academic performance.
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pero' non e' un metodo molto diverso dal metodo bardi.. On 05/08/2016 17:44, J.C. DE MARTIN wrote:
Grazie, David, conosco. Un'esperienza molto particolare, con un obiettivo molto "stretto" (insegnare a programmare) e specificamente pensata per studenti che, pur dotati, non rendono bene in sistemi educativi tradizionali.
juan carlos
On 05/08/16 17:41, David Orban wrote:
La scuola 42 a Parigi è tutta basata sul concetto di lavoro di gruppo tra gli studenti, dove gli insegnanti sono di supporto. Tutto viene gestito attraverso il tracking delle presenze e delle attività, in questo caso di programmazione. I progetti, il codice, i contributi vengono analizzati da sistemi automatici.
David Orban "What is the question that I should be asking?" twitter, linkedin, etc: davidorban
On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 5:24 PM, J.C. DE MARTIN <demartin@polito.it <mailto:demartin@polito.it>> wrote:
*Universities are tracking their students. Is it clever or creepy?*
/Learning analytics are becoming increasingly popular for improving learning and cutting drop-out rates – but critics question the impact on privacy/
Chris Jutting
Wednesday 3 August 2016 14.19 BST
What could be more normal that heading to the university library, swiping your card and logging in to a computer?
Most students wouldn’t think twice about it. But what they may not realise is that this mundane series of events leaves a unique data pattern that can be recorded, logged and reviewed, in a practice known as “learning analytics”. And now data analysts are using this information to predict whether students will struggle with their courses, or drop out.
“We’re trying to use data to improve our understanding of how students learn,” says Dr Bart Rienties, director of the learning analytics programme at the Open University. “We want to understand the story behind that data.”
Such techniques look set to become an integral part of university life in the future, much to the delight of advocates. “Learning analytics can provide a more personal learning experience, rather than a one-size-fits-all solution,” Rienties says. He was part of a new study – which analysed data from more than 113,000 students at the Open University – looking at drop-out rates and how usage patterns of online learning resources can be an early indicator of academic performance.
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Nel rapporto sui big data che abbiamo pubblicato da poco al MIUR ( http://hubmiur.pubblica.istruzione.it/web/ministero/cs280716bis )abbiamo citato espressamente il potenziale di utilizzare i dati derivanti dai learning environments per migliorare la didattica e, dove necessario, anticipare l'abbandono scolastico. In tutto questo, la privacy è evidentemente una questione molto rilevante - soprattutto se si considera che i ragazzi iniziano oramai a imparare online sui vari edmodo o simili fin dalla primaria (e quindi si avrebbe una profilazione spinta dai 6 ai 24 anni). La questione della riservatezza si fa ancora più rilevante, quando si pensa che gli ambienti di apprendimento online sono sempre più integrati con social, cloud e mille altre modernità. Spunti su questo sono molto graditi. A presto! Donatella On Fri, 5 Aug 2016 at 14:01, Stefano Quintarelli <stefano@quintarelli.it> wrote:
pero' non e' un metodo molto diverso dal metodo bardi..
On 05/08/2016 17:44, J.C. DE MARTIN wrote:
Grazie, David, conosco. Un'esperienza molto particolare, con un obiettivo molto "stretto" (insegnare a programmare) e specificamente pensata per studenti che, pur dotati, non rendono bene in sistemi educativi tradizionali.
juan carlos
On 05/08/16 17:41, David Orban wrote:
La scuola 42 a Parigi è tutta basata sul concetto di lavoro di gruppo tra gli studenti, dove gli insegnanti sono di supporto. Tutto viene gestito attraverso il tracking delle presenze e delle attività, in questo caso di programmazione. I progetti, il codice, i contributi vengono analizzati da sistemi automatici.
David Orban "What is the question that I should be asking?" twitter, linkedin, etc: davidorban
On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 5:24 PM, J.C. DE MARTIN <demartin@polito.it <mailto:demartin@polito.it>> wrote:
*Universities are tracking their students. Is it clever or creepy?*
/Learning analytics are becoming increasingly popular for improving learning and cutting drop-out rates – but critics question the impact on privacy/
Chris Jutting
Wednesday 3 August 2016 14.19 BST
What could be more normal that heading to the university library, swiping your card and logging in to a computer?
Most students wouldn’t think twice about it. But what they may not realise is that this mundane series of events leaves a unique data pattern that can be recorded, logged and reviewed, in a practice known as “learning analytics”. And now data analysts are using this information to predict whether students will struggle with their courses, or drop out.
“We’re trying to use data to improve our understanding of how students learn,” says Dr Bart Rienties, director of the learning analytics programme at the Open University. “We want to understand the story behind that data.”
Such techniques look set to become an integral part of university life in the future, much to the delight of advocates. “Learning analytics can provide a more personal learning experience, rather than a one-size-fits-all solution,” Rienties says. He was part of a new study – which analysed data from more than 113,000 students at the Open University – looking at drop-out rates and how usage patterns of online learning resources can be an early indicator of academic performance.
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Grazie per la segnalazione, Donatella, leggerò. Sempre sui dati in ambito educativo, ricordo il paper che ho appena segnalato in lista (vi è arrivato il mio email? A me no...), ovvero: The Myth of Accountability: How Data (Mis)Use is Reinforcing the Problems of Public Education Data & Society Working Paper 08.08.2016 CLAIRE FONTAINE http://www.datasociety.net/pubs/ecl/Accountability_primer_2016.pdf Ciao, juan carlos On 08/08/16 15:47, Donatella Solda wrote:
Nel rapporto sui big data che abbiamo pubblicato da poco al MIUR (http://hubmiur.pubblica.istruzione.it/web/ministero/cs280716bis )abbiamo citato espressamente il potenziale di utilizzare i dati derivanti dai learning environments per migliorare la didattica e, dove necessario, anticipare l'abbandono scolastico.
In tutto questo, la privacy è evidentemente una questione molto rilevante - soprattutto se si considera che i ragazzi iniziano oramai a imparare online sui vari edmodo o simili fin dalla primaria (e quindi si avrebbe una profilazione spinta dai 6 ai 24 anni).
La questione della riservatezza si fa ancora più rilevante, quando si pensa che gli ambienti di apprendimento online sono sempre più integrati con social, cloud e mille altre modernità.
Spunti su questo sono molto graditi.
A presto!
Donatella On Fri, 5 Aug 2016 at 14:01, Stefano Quintarelli <stefano@quintarelli.it <mailto:stefano@quintarelli.it>> wrote:
pero' non e' un metodo molto diverso dal metodo bardi..
On 05/08/2016 17:44, J.C. DE MARTIN wrote: > Grazie, David, conosco. Un'esperienza molto particolare, > con un obiettivo molto "stretto" (insegnare a programmare) > e specificamente pensata per studenti che, pur dotati, > non rendono bene in sistemi educativi tradizionali. > > juan carlos > > On 05/08/16 17:41, David Orban wrote: >> La scuola 42 a Parigi è tutta basata sul concetto di lavoro di gruppo >> tra gli studenti, dove gli insegnanti sono di supporto. Tutto viene >> gestito attraverso il tracking delle presenze e delle attività, in >> questo caso di programmazione. I progetti, il codice, i contributi >> vengono analizzati da sistemi automatici. >> >> http://www.42.fr/ >> >> >> >> David Orban >> "What is the question that I should be asking?" >> twitter, linkedin, etc: davidorban >> >> On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 5:24 PM, J.C. DE MARTIN <demartin@polito.it <mailto:demartin@polito.it> >> <mailto:demartin@polito.it <mailto:demartin@polito.it>>> wrote: >> >> *Universities are tracking their students. Is it clever or creepy?* >> >> /Learning analytics are becoming increasingly popular for >> improving learning and cutting drop-out rates – but critics >> question the impact on privacy/ >> >> Chris Jutting >> >> Wednesday 3 August 2016 14.19 BST >> >> What could be more normal that heading to the university library, >> swiping your card and logging in to a computer? >> >> Most students wouldn’t think twice about it. But what they may not >> realise is that this mundane series of events leaves a unique data >> pattern that can be recorded, logged and reviewed, in a practice >> known as “learning analytics”. And now data analysts are using >> this information to predict whether students will struggle with >> their courses, or drop out. >> >> “We’re trying to use data to improve our understanding of how >> students learn,” says Dr Bart Rienties, director of the learning >> analytics programme at the Open University. “We want to understand >> the story behind that data.” >> >> Such techniques look set to become an integral part of university >> life in the future, much to the delight of advocates. “Learning >> analytics can provide a more personal learning experience, rather >> than a one-size-fits-all solution,” Rienties says. He was part of >> a new study – which analysed data from more than 113,000 students >> at the Open University – looking at drop-out rates and how usage >> patterns of online learning resources can be an early indicator of >> academic performance. >> >> […] >> >> Continua qui: >> https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2016/aug/03/learning-an... >> <https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2016/aug/03/learning-an...> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nexa mailing list >> nexa@server-nexa.polito.it <mailto:nexa@server-nexa.polito.it> <mailto:nexa@server-nexa.polito.it <mailto:nexa@server-nexa.polito.it>> >> https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa >> <https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa> >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa@server-nexa.polito.it <mailto:nexa@server-nexa.polito.it> > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa > _______________________________________________ nexa mailing list nexa@server-nexa.polito.it <mailto:nexa@server-nexa.polito.it> https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa
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