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I started playing around with what became learning analytics in 2007 or so. Since then every/any time "learning analytics" is mentioned in a university there's almost an automatic mention of dashboards. So much so I was lead to tweet....more...
The Moodlemoot'AU 2015 conference is running working groups one of which is looking at assessment analytics. In essence, trying to think about what can be done in the Moodle LMS code to enhance assessment....more...
The following documents some initial exploration into why, if, and how sentiment analysis might be added to the BIM module for Moodle. BIM is a tool that helps manage and mirror blog posts from individual student blogs. Sentiment analysis is an application of algorithms to identify the sentiment/emotions/polarity of a person/author through their writing and other artefacts. The theory is that sentiment analysis can alert a teacher if a student has written something that is deemed sad, worried, or confused; but also happy, confident etc....more...
The last assignment for the course EDC3100, ICT and Pedagogy was due to be submitted yesterday. Right now the Moodle assignment activity (a version somewhat modified by my institution) is showing that 193 of 318 enrolled students have submitted assignments....more...
One of the likely aims of the Moodle "open" book project that interested me was the ability to export Book modules to ePub format. A capability I think would be seen as valuable for students in my course, given the heavy use of the book module. In developing the Moodlemoot'AU 2015 session on the project this was certainly I've been trawling the Moodle community forums for discussions about the Book module. This type of function has been mentioned as desirable by others....more...
The following is a summary and ad hoc thoughts on Macfadyen et al (2014)....more...
As part of the "Moodle open book" project I'm hoping to increase my knowledge of what the Moodle community has already discussed about the Book module. The following is a summary of the process I'm using to analyse those discussions....more...
The following is a place holder for two presentations that are related. They are:...more...