{"id":21614,"date":"2011-07-26T11:15:57","date_gmt":"2011-07-26T15:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=21614"},"modified":"2011-07-26T11:16:57","modified_gmt":"2011-07-26T15:16:57","slug":"how-data-and-analytics-can-improve-education-watters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2011\/07\/26\/how-data-and-analytics-can-improve-education-watters\/","title":{"rendered":"How data and analytics can improve education [Watters]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"title\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/radar.oreilly.com\/2011\/07\/education-data-analytics-learning.html\" target=\"_blank\">How data and analytics can improve education<\/a><\/strong> &#8211;from O&#8217;Reilly by by Audrey Watters<br \/>\n<em>George Siemens on the applications and challenges of education data.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">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 \u2014 whether due to privacy issues or technical capacities \u2014 to enhance students&#8217; learning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">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&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">I asked education theorist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elearnspace.org\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">George Siemens<\/a>, from the Technology Enhanced Knowledge Research Institute at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.athabascau.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Athabasca University<\/a>, about the possibilities and challenges for data, teaching, and learning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Our interview follows.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">My thanks to Stephen Downes for his posting on this:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.downes.ca\/cgi-bin\/page.cgi?post=55947\" target=\"_blank\">Explore A New Learning Frontier: MOOC <\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>(A MOOC is a Massive Open Online Course.)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How data and analytics can improve education &#8211;from O&#8217;Reilly by by Audrey Watters George Siemens on the applications and challenges of education data. Excerpt: Schools have long amassed data: tracking grades, attendance, textbook purchases, test scores, cafeteria meals, and the like. 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