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New JCAL paper: Learning Analytics Support to Teachers’ Design and Orchestrating Tasks,

21.07.2022

 

Amarasinghe, I., Michos, K., Crespi, F., Hernández-Leo, D. (2022) Learning Analytics Support to Teachers’ Design and Orchestrating Tasks, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, https://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12711  

Abstract

Background

Data-driven educational technology solutions have the potential to support teachers in different tasks, such as the designing and orchestration of collaborative learning activities. When designing, such solutions can improve teacher understanding of how learning designs impact student learning and behaviour; and guide them to refine and redesign future learning designs. When orchestrating educational scenarios, data-driven solutions can support teacher awareness of learner participation and progress and enhance real time classroom management.

Objectives

The use of learning analytics (LA) can be considered a suitable approach to tackle both problems. However, it is unclear if the same LA indicators are able to satisfactorily support both the designing and orchestration of activities. This study aims to investigate the use of the same LA indicators for supporting multiple teacher tasks, that is, design, redesign and orchestration, as a gap in the existing literature that requires further exploration.

Methods

In this study, first we refer to the previous work to study the use of different LA to support both tasks. Then we analyse the nature of the two tasks focusing on a case study that uses the same collaborative learning tool with LA to support both tasks.

Implications

The study findings led to derive design considerations on LA support for teachers’ design and orchestrating tasks.

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