Big Data for Education Project<\/h1>\n

The big data for education project offers new, evidence-based approaches to assessing and predicting not only academic success or drop-out rates, but the \u2018soft skills\u2019 so often found lacking by employers.<\/p>\n

Chart 1: Klik2learn Labs \u2013 Collaboration Over Time by Course<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Impact on digital pedagogy<\/h3>\n

So what\u2019s the point? Well, we\u2019re not talking about a single \u2013 issue plug-in to a Learning Management System here. We\u2019re talking about something completely different.\u00a0What does the social network look like? How do students learn best online? Are the resources we\u2019re providing effective?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not enough, of course, just to find out what\u2019s happening inside Forums and Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs). If you discover, as you invariably will, that perhaps, there actually isn\u2019t much real collaboration going on or that students are not particularly engaged with your learning resources or each other, what, as an educational establishment, do you do about it?<\/p>\n

Collaboration score<\/h3>\n

Our second hypothesis was that changes in methodology and resources could improve collaboration and by default, lead to better educational outcomes.<\/p>\n

Chart 2: Klik2learn Labs – Collaboration Chart by College Course<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

These could be minor tweaks to the kind of task students are set or more radical overhauls of the type of digital resources we offer: more immersive, game- based learning as opposed to your standard video, quiz or powerpoint.<\/p>\n

A crucial outcome of our analysis was the development of a \u2018Collaboration Score\u2019 for each student. How useful might that be, sitting alongside your exam results when you tell an employer you\u2019re a \u2018good team player?\u2019<\/p>\n

What’s next?<\/h3>\n

The first phase of our research has come to a successful conclusion. We are however, not at the end of the journey. If any of the questions raised here are of interest, join us. More data and more analysis leads to better insights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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