Seminar for the CHAI Group at The University of Sydney. A summary of the initiatives I have worked on in the past years plus a brief account of my current work.
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Analytics to understand learning
environments
Chai Seminar, 14 April 2014
Dr Abelardo Pardo (@abelardopardo)
School of Electrical and Information Engineering
slideshare.net/abelardo_pardo
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StateRecordsNSWFlickr
Lecturer at School of EIE
Two courses
Grad/Undergrad
Active learning
Use of technology
Tech to empower individuals
and communities
Behavioral analytics
User validation
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VanessaOflickr.com
“Historically, humanity has made sense of the world
through discourse, dialogue, artifacts, myth, story,
and metaphor. While those sensemaking approaches
won’t disappear, they will be augmented by data and
analytics.”
(Siemens, 2014 www.elearnspace.org/blog)
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QuinnAnyaflickr.com
Learning
Analytics
Observe and
Collect
View and Act
Self-motivation
Flipped
classroom
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UnhinderedbyTalentflickr.com
Many colleges and universities have demonstrated
that analytics can help significantly advance an
institution in such strategic areas as resource
allocation, student success, and finance
(Bichsel, 2012)
11. Humans are Subjective
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Mind Sights: Original Visual Illusions, Ambiguities, and Other Anomalies, With a Commentary on the Play of Mind in Perception and Art, Roger N. Shepard, 1990
15. “We need better evaluation
to acknowledge and esteem
excellence when it occurs,
as it does.”
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BencroweFlickr
(Hattie, 2009)
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QuinnAnyaflickr.com
Learning
Analytics
Observe and
Collect
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ChefCookeFlickr.com
Observe while
working on
course
activities
18. A clearly identified
environment within
your computer
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KevinDaviesflickr.com
(Pardo & Delgado Kloos, 2011)
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HoriaVarlanflickr.com
Tool usage vs academic performance
(Romero-Zaldívar et al., 2012)
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Chiot’sRunFlickr.com
Collect URLs Compare with
course notes
Detect new
resources
(Romero-Zaldívar et al., 2011)
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AdventuresinLibrarianshipflickr.com
Detect engagement
while writing
(Calvo et al., 2011, Liu et al., 2013)
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QuinnAnyaflickr.com
Learning
Analytics
Observe and
Collect
View and Act
Self-motivation
31. “Transition” for patients with a chronic illness
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(Calvo et al., 2013)
32. Self-determination theory and types of
motivation
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(Ryan and Deci, 2000)
33. Explore the most adequate channels to dialogue
with the patient.
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(Yu Zhao, ASWEC Doctoral Consortium 2014)
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KeoniCabralflickr.com
Tech for high stakes finite time periods
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QuinnAnyaflickr.com
Learning
Analytics
Observe and
Collect
View and Act
Self-motivation
Flipped
classroom
37. Increasing use of videos
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38. What is missing?
Annotation
Highlight areas of importance
Collaboration
Integration in learning environment
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39. Students “comment” on video with some
guidance
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(OLT Project, Using video annotation software to develop student self-regulated learning)
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KreativeKewlflickr.com
Flipped Classroom
does not exist!
(Bergmann & Sams, 2012)
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MITCHELLflickr.com
Old idea, but revived due to two reasons
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Krugazorflickr.com
(Mazur, 2009)
Simple transfer of information is not optimal!
56. Data back to the students
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57. Your activity with respect to the rest of the class
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Eleafflickr.com
• Will students use data
about their events?
• Will they act on what they
see?
• Will the tips have any
effect?
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(OLT Project, Radical transformation: re-imagining engineering
education through flipping the classroom in a global learning
partnership)
60. r2hoxFlickr
Analytics to understand learning
environments
Chai Seminar, 14 April 2014
Dr Abelardo Pardo (@abelardopardo)
School of Electrical and Information Engineering
slideshare.net/abelardo_pardo
61. References
Bichsel, J. (2012).
Analytics in Higher Education Benefits, Barriers, Progress, and Recommendations.
EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research
Hattie, J. A. C. (2009).
Visible learning: A synthesis of over 800 meta-analyses related to achievement.
New York: Routledge.
Pardo, A., Delgado Kloos, C., 2011,
Stepping out of the box. Towards analytics outside the Learning Management System
International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge, pp, 163-167, ACM New York, USA
Romero-Zaldívar, V.A., Pardo, A., Burgos, D., Delgado Kloos, C., 2012
Monitoring Student Progress Using Virtual Appliances: A Case Study
Computer & Education, 58(4):10580–1067, 2012
Romero-Zaldívar, V.A., Crespo García, R., Burgos, D., Delgado Kloos, C., Pardo, A., 2012
Automatic Discovery of Complementary Learning Resources
European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, 2011
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62. References II
Liu M., Calvo, R.; Pardo, A., 2013
Visualizing the effect of actions in personal informatics systems
Workshop on Personal Informatics, CHI’13
Calvo, R., O’Rourke, S.T., Jones, J., Yacef, K., Reimann, P., 2011
Collaborative Writing Support Tools on the Cloud
IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 4(1):88–97
Monkaresi, H., Hussain, M. S., Calvo, R., 2012
A dynamic approach for detecting naturalistic affective states from facial videos during HCI
Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Sydney, Australia. LNAI, Springer 2012, pp.170-181
Crespo García, R.M., Pardo, A., Delgado Kloos, C., Niemann, K., Scheffel, M., Wolpers, M., 2012
Peeking into the black box: visualising learning activities.
International Journal on Technology Enhanced Learning, 4(1/2), 2012
Leony, D., Pardo A., De la Fuente Valentín, L., Sánchez de Castro, D., Delgado Kloos, C. 2012
GLASS : A Learning Analytics Visualization Tool
International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge, pp. 162-163, ACM Press.
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63. References III
Calvo, R. A., Pardo, A., Zhao, Y., Klineberg, E., Lam, M., and Steinbeck, K. 2013.
TransitionMate: a mobile application for chronic illness transition support.
In C. Röcker, M. Ziefle, A. Holzinger, K. McGee, S. Hansen, and J. Meyer (Eds.), Fifth International
Workshop on Smart Healthcare and Wellness Applications (SmartHealth’13) - OzCHI 2013, Nov 25-26.
Adelaide, South Australia: ACM.
Ryan, R., and Deci, E. (2000).
Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being.
American Psychologist, 55(1), 68–78.
Bergmann, J., Sams, A., (2012)
Flip Your Classroom: Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day
Hawker Brownlow Education
Mazur, E., (2009)
Farewell, Lecture?
Science, 323, pp. 50-51.
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