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View article: Author Correction: A roadmap for equitable reuse of public microbiome data
Author Correction: A roadmap for equitable reuse of public microbiome data Open
View article: A roadmap for equitable reuse of public microbiome data
A roadmap for equitable reuse of public microbiome data Open
View article: Skills and Competencies for Thriving in the Age of Generative AI:
Skills and Competencies for Thriving in the Age of Generative AI: Open
This editorial looks back at the Journal of Learning Analytics (JLA) in 2024 and forward to 2025. The first section of this editorial considers how learning analytics and Generative AI might be used to help students to develop a broad rang…
View article: Emerging technologies and research ethics: Developing editorial policy using a scoping review and reference panel
Emerging technologies and research ethics: Developing editorial policy using a scoping review and reference panel Open
Background Emerging technologies and societal changes create new ethical concerns and greater need for cross-disciplinary and cross–stakeholder communication on navigating ethics in research. Scholarly articles are the primary mode of comm…
View article: The Importance of Offline Options for Online Learners
The Importance of Offline Options for Online Learners Open
The popularity of MOOCs and MOOC platforms prompted some universities to develop their first online courses, while others experimented with the format of existing online offerings. Despite the body of research identifying cognitive, metaco…
View article: Open Learning and Learning at Scale: The Legacy of MOOCs
Open Learning and Learning at Scale: The Legacy of MOOCs Open
This paper provides an introduction to the special collection. It presents a summary of the last decade in relation to research on MOOCs and describes the FutureLearn Academic Network (FLAN), which brought together FutureLearn partners for…
View article: Open Technology-Enhanced Learning
Open Technology-Enhanced Learning Open
Editorial introducing this special issue on interdisciplinarity in open technology-enhanced learning, explaining its roots in the work of the OpenTEL group.
View article: Generative AI and Learning Analytics
Generative AI and Learning Analytics Open
This editorial looks back at the Journal of Learning Analytics (JLA) in 2023 and forward to 2024. Considering the recent proliferation of large language models such as GPT4 and Bard, the first section of this editorial points to the need f…
View article: Challenges for Innovation and Educational Change in Digital Education in Low Resourced Settings: A Kenyan Example
Challenges for Innovation and Educational Change in Digital Education in Low Resourced Settings: A Kenyan Example Open
Many governments invest in digital education and deliver multi-faceted initiatives to develop the capacity of educational institutions and staff confidence in use of technology for enhanced learning and better student outcomes. However, th…
View article: Aligning the Goals of Learning Analytics with its Research Scholarship
Aligning the Goals of Learning Analytics with its Research Scholarship Open
To promote cross-community dialogue on matters of significance within the field of learning analytics (LA), we as editors-in-chief of the Journal of Learning Analytics (JLA) have introduced a section for papers that are open to peer commen…
View article: Education 4.0 in higher education and computer science: A systematic review
Education 4.0 in higher education and computer science: A systematic review Open
Education 4.0 is a recently introduced concept focused on innovation, novelty, use of technology and connections with employment and industry. In particular, in engineering disciplines like computer science (CS) it is essential that educat…
View article: Introducing A Reflective Framework for the Assessment and Recognition of Microcredentials
Introducing A Reflective Framework for the Assessment and Recognition of Microcredentials Open
Assessment and recognition are key aspects of microcredentials, and other courses offered on massive open online course (MOOC) platforms. Microcredentials are designed to address the needs of employers and learners looking for units of stu…
View article: Learning Analytics: Practitioners, Take Note
Learning Analytics: Practitioners, Take Note Open
The editorial looks back at the journal in 2022 and forward to 2023. For this editorial, we analysed all ‘Notes for Practice’ published in the journal from when they first appeared in issue 5(1) to the end of November, 2022. Our goals were…
View article: Adapting OER: Addressing the Challenges of Reuse When Designing for HE Capacity Development
Adapting OER: Addressing the Challenges of Reuse When Designing for HE Capacity Development Open
Changes in learning and teaching due to COVID-19 have prompted higher education (HE) institutions to develop strategies and skills related to technology-supported education, creating development opportunities that help staff teach and supp…
View article: Enabling online learning: who are the educators?
Enabling online learning: who are the educators? Open
With the COVID-19 pandemic rapidly escalating higher education’s move online, this timely Handbook offers holistic conceptualisations of digital higher education which consider personal, pedagogic, and organisational level change. Key find…
View article: Improving Esophagectomy Outcomes in France: Petit a Petit
Improving Esophagectomy Outcomes in France: Petit a Petit Open
View article: Visual Discomfort and Variations in Chromaticity in Art and Nature
Visual Discomfort and Variations in Chromaticity in Art and Nature Open
Visual discomfort is related to the statistical regularity of visual images. The contribution of luminance contrast to visual discomfort is well understood and can be framed in terms of a theory of efficient coding of natural stimuli, and …
View article: When industry meets Education 4.0: What do Computer Science companies need from Higher Education?
When industry meets Education 4.0: What do Computer Science companies need from Higher Education? Open
Education 4.0 emphasises the development of skills and competences necessary in a modern workplace. In this paper, we explored what these Education 4.0 skills look like through exploring the opinions of industry professionals in the Comput…
View article: Assessment and Recognition of MOOCs: The State of the Art
Assessment and Recognition of MOOCs: The State of the Art Open
Verification of learner identity is increasingly important for online education in examination and proctoring, and the Covid-19 pandemic has encouraged many institutions to move to online examinations at scale. This paper reviews state of …
View article: Implementation of the FAIR Data Principles for Exploratory Biomarker Data from Clinical Trials
Implementation of the FAIR Data Principles for Exploratory Biomarker Data from Clinical Trials Open
The FAIR data guiding principles have been recently developed and widely adopted to improve the Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reuse of digital assets in the face of an exponential increase of data volume and complexity.…
View article: The Roles and Value of Citizen Science: Perceptions of Professional Educators Enrolled on a Postgraduate Course
The Roles and Value of Citizen Science: Perceptions of Professional Educators Enrolled on a Postgraduate Course Open
Recent findings regarding learning in Citizen Science (CS) have led to an increase in CS project popularity in formal education classrooms. However, there has been little discussion of educators’ initial views on CS. This study examined th…
View article: Innovating Pedagogy 2020: Open University Innovation Report 8
Innovating Pedagogy 2020: Open University Innovation Report 8 Open
This series of reports explores new forms of teaching, learning and assessment for an interactive world, to guide teachers and policy makers in productive innovation.
This eighth report, produced by The Open University in collaboration …
View article: Teaching and Learning at Scale: Futures
Teaching and Learning at Scale: Futures Open
In this chapter, Rebecca Ferguson considers recent work toward the vision 'Teams can successfully teach any number of students at a distance', showing how a substantial body of TEL research work can be built up over time, responding to cha…
View article: Educational visions: The lessons from 40 years of innovation
Educational visions: The lessons from 40 years of innovation Open
Educational Visions looks to future developments in educational technology by reviewing our history of computers and education, covering themes such as learning analytics and design, inquiry learning, citizen science, inclusion, and learni…
View article: Introduction
Introduction Open
This chapter forms the introduction to the book, “Educational Visions” and describes the nature of the book. It presents the four principles or visions which inform the work of the Computers and Learning research group (CALRG) and are refl…
View article: Moving Forward with Learning Analytics: Expert Views
Moving Forward with Learning Analytics: Expert Views Open
Learning analytics involve the measurement, collection, analysis, and reporting of data about learners and their contexts, in order to understand and optimise learning and the environments in which it occurs. Since emerging as a distinct f…
View article: Ethical Challenges for Learning Analytics
Ethical Challenges for Learning Analytics Open
This response to Neil Selwyn’s paper, ‘What’s the problem with learning analytics?’, relates his work to the ethical challenges associated with learning analytics and proposes six ethical challenges for the field.
View article: Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements Open
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View article: Human-Centred Learning Analytics
Human-Centred Learning Analytics Open
The design of effective learning analytics extends beyond sound technical and pedagogical principles. If these analytics are to be adopted and used successfully to support learning and teaching, their design process needs to take into acco…
View article: Innovating Pedagogy 2019: Open University Innovation Report 7
Innovating Pedagogy 2019: Open University Innovation Report 7 Open
This series of reports explores new forms of teaching, learning and assessment for an interactive world, to guide teachers and policy makers in productive innovation.
\nThis seventh report, produced by The Open University in collaboration …