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View article: Educators’ Self-Efficacy, Work Engagement, and Mental Health in the Transition to On-Line or Remote Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Educators’ Self-Efficacy, Work Engagement, and Mental Health in the Transition to On-Line or Remote Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic Open
The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on all sectors of education globally, but the full extent of that impact is yet to be understood. To build our understanding of the effects of the pandemic and its associated lockdowns on educ…
View article: Evaluating an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Model Designed for Education to Identify Its Accuracy: Establishing the Need for Continuous AI Model Updates
Evaluating an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Model Designed for Education to Identify Its Accuracy: Establishing the Need for Continuous AI Model Updates Open
The growing popularity of online learning brings with it inherent challenges that must be addressed, particularly in enhancing teaching effectiveness. Artificial intelligence (AI) offers potential solutions by identifying learning gaps and…
View article: Transport Infrastructure and the Nature-Growth Trade-Off: A Comparative Perspective
Transport Infrastructure and the Nature-Growth Trade-Off: A Comparative Perspective Open
View article: Student Satisfaction and University Enrollments: Does the Urban or Regional Status of Australian Higher Education Institutions Matter?
Student Satisfaction and University Enrollments: Does the Urban or Regional Status of Australian Higher Education Institutions Matter? Open
In the aftermath of World War II, Western nations witnessed unprecedented growth in university enrollments, particularly in business schools, driven by the expansion of the publicly funded higher education system. This growth has prompted …
View article: Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers' professional development needs in educational contexts: Exploring the challenge of reflective practice.
Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers' professional development needs in educational contexts: Exploring the challenge of reflective practice. Open
This study draws attention to the need for teachers in EFL contexts, such as this, to have access to professional development opportunities that deeply engage and guide them to be reflective practitioners who can make the connections betwe…
View article: Improving Teaching and Learning in Higher Education through Machine Learning: Proof of Concept’ of AI’s Ability to Assess the Use of Key Microskills
Improving Teaching and Learning in Higher Education through Machine Learning: Proof of Concept’ of AI’s Ability to Assess the Use of Key Microskills Open
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI), including intelligent machines, are opening new possibilities to support teaching and learning in higher education. This research has found a ‘proof of concept’ in the application of machine learni…
View article: Making sense of student feedback and engagement using artificial intelligence
Making sense of student feedback and engagement using artificial intelligence Open
Making sense of student feedback and engagement is important for informing pedagogical decision-making and broader strategies related to student retention and success in higher education courses. Although learning analytics and other strat…
View article: Neural Machine Translation and Post-editing: Improving translation of domain specific English terms for a low resource language
Neural Machine Translation and Post-editing: Improving translation of domain specific English terms for a low resource language Open
Neural Machine Translation (NMT) has demonstrated salient enhancement and quality output in various aspects, but issues remain when translating specific terms across domains when data are heterogeneous or dealing with rare phrases. To expl…
View article: Teaching project management to primary school children: a scoping review
Teaching project management to primary school children: a scoping review Open
View article: Characteristics of engaging teaching videos in higher education: a systematic literature review of teachers’ behaviours and movements in video conferencing
Characteristics of engaging teaching videos in higher education: a systematic literature review of teachers’ behaviours and movements in video conferencing Open
Online learning is in high demand due to benefits such as convenience, flexibility, cost efficiency, and improved accessibility. In online learning, video conferencing is an effective technology for collaboration and increasing online stud…
View article: Towards an understanding of the engagement and emotional behaviour of MOOC students using sentiment and semantic features
Towards an understanding of the engagement and emotional behaviour of MOOC students using sentiment and semantic features Open
Online learning and teaching increased in 2020, driven by the COVID-19 pandemic. As many researchers attempted to understand the impact stress had on the emotional behaviours and academic performance of students, most studies explored thes…
View article: Sentiment analysis and opinion mining on educational data: A survey
Sentiment analysis and opinion mining on educational data: A survey Open
Sentiment analysis AKA opinion mining is one of the most widely used NLP applications to identify human intentions from their reviews. In the education sector, opinion mining is used to listen to student opinions and enhance their learning…
View article: Leveraging Initial Hints for Free in Stochastic Linear Bandits
Leveraging Initial Hints for Free in Stochastic Linear Bandits Open
We study the setting of optimizing with bandit feedback with additional prior knowledge provided to the learner in the form of an initial hint of the optimal action. We present a novel algorithm for stochastic linear bandits that uses this…
View article: Data Analytics on Online Student Engagement Data for Academic Performance Modeling
Data Analytics on Online Student Engagement Data for Academic Performance Modeling Open
In large MOOC cohorts, the sheer variance and volume of discussion forum posts can make it difficult to for instructors to distinguish nuanced behaviour in students such as positive engagement or stress. Sentiment analysis has been used to…
View article: A Review of the Trends and Challenges in Adopting Natural Language Processing Methods for Education Feedback Analysis
A Review of the Trends and Challenges in Adopting Natural Language Processing Methods for Education Feedback Analysis Open
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a fast-growing area of study that stretching its presence to many business and research domains. Machine learning, deep learning, and natural language processing (NLP) are subsets of AI to tackle different a…
View article: Machine learning system to guide teacher reflection on behavior management skills
Machine learning system to guide teacher reflection on behavior management skills Open
This paper presents a classroom behavior management skills classification system based on machine learning to assist teachers to develop their classroom behavior management skills through guided reflection. Such a system would enable more …
View article: Effects of rubric quality on marker variation in higher education
Effects of rubric quality on marker variation in higher education Open
View article: Effective online professional development: Teacher perceptions, practices, and preferences
Effective online professional development: Teacher perceptions, practices, and preferences Open
Never before has the importance of effective online professional development been more prominent than it has during the COVID-19 times with the significant transition to working and teaching online. Effective professional development (PD) …
View article: Outcomes of a Collaborative Contextualised Learning Approach to Teacher Professional Development in Papua, Indonesia.
Outcomes of a Collaborative Contextualised Learning Approach to Teacher Professional Development in Papua, Indonesia. Open
The paper reports on a teacher professional development program conducted over two years in five different regions within the province of Papua, Indonesia. The goal of the program was to assist Papuan teachers to become more aware of and s…
View article: The elephant in the room: why 'when the buying stops, the killing can too' is still relevant to ivory consumption
The elephant in the room: why 'when the buying stops, the killing can too' is still relevant to ivory consumption Open
From a demand side perspective, the research analyzes the current anti "elephant poaching" efforts. Using China as a case study, the research examines the relationship between the rise in disposable incomes and ivory demand, the "bandwagon…
View article: Enhancing learning and assessment of pre-service teachers on practicum placements using mobile technologies with video capture
Enhancing learning and assessment of pre-service teachers on practicum placements using mobile technologies with video capture Open
Across all educational jurisdictions, each year, large numbers of pre-service teachers are assessed for their suitability for teaching during their teacher education courses, in schools and institutions through practicum placements or work…