Online Learning Update

August 5, 2011

Online Learning: How data and analytics can improve education

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:05 am

by Audrey Watters, O’Reilly Radar

Schools have long amassed data: tracking grades, attendance, textbook purchases, test scores, cafeteria meals, and the like. But little has actually been done with this information — whether due to privacy issues or technical capacities — to enhance students’ learning. With the adoption of technology in more schools and with a push for more open government data, there are clearly a lot of opportunities for better data gathering and analysis in education. But what will that look like? It’s a politically charged question, no doubt, as some states are turning to things like standardized test score data in order to gauge teacher effectiveness and, in turn, retention and promotion. I asked education theorist George Siemens, from the Technology Enhanced Knowledge Research Institute at Athabasca University, about the possibilities and challenges for data, teaching, and learning.

http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/07/education-data-analytics-learning.html

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