Transforming the measurement of learning and teaching in higher education / Alan Bain and Nicholas Drengenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bain, Alan, 1957- author.

Drengenberg, Nicholas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Evaluation.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.

Educational evaluation.

Physical Description:

xiii, 172 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

Transforming the Measurement of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education proposes a dynamic new model for educational measurement by reconceptualizing the field of learning analytics. Revolving around the agency and daily work of those in the field, this book describes how colleges and universities can be better structured for quality learning, showcases new tools for gathering emergent feedback, and demonstrates how that feedback can be used effectively across higher education organizations. Leaders and practitioners at all levels are offered new approaches for organizational and technological design that ensure the type of data and the way it is gathered serve the ultimate goal of high quality learning and teaching. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Is There Learning in Learning Analytics? 1

Introduction and Overview 1

How Is Learning Analytics Done? 2

What Are We Doing and Why? 3

How Do People Really Use Data? 6

The Education Gap 8 Proximal and Distal Data 8

Organizations, Scale, and Networks 9

Surveillance and Ethics 10

Smarter Tools, Edge Technology 11

Maturity of a Young Field 12

Takeaways 13

References 14

2 Creating the Context for Emergent Feedback 16

Introduction and Overview 16

The Problem 16

Understanding Context 18

Context for Learning and Teaching 22

Comparability 22

Models of Learning 22

Educational Productivity Research 23

Visibility 25

Professional Control 25

Scope of the Learning and Teaching Context 29

Implications for Emergent Feedback and Learning Analytics 32

Takeaways 33

Notes 33

References 34

3 Emergent Feedback 37

Introduction and Overview 37

Understanding Emergent Feedback 37

Emergent Feedback in Action 38

Emergent Feedback at Scale 46

Attribution 51

Technology 52

Clarifying 53

Ultimate Thule-The Ultimate Goal 56

Takeaways 57

Note 58

References 58

4 Agency 59

Introduction and Overview 59

What Is Agency? 59

Networked Agency: Actor Network Theory 64

Agency without Professional Control 66

Why Is Education Different? 67

Tardean Turn 69

Gabriel Tarde: Agency and Scale 70

Scale 74

Takeaways 75

Notes 76

References 76

5 The Emergent Feedback Organization 78

Introduction and Overview 78

Characteristics of an Emergent Feedback Organization 78

Absence of Professional Control 81

Distal Schema 82

Agency of Hierarchy 83

No Emergent Feedback 85

External Forces 86

Busy with Distal Data 86

The Emergent Feedback Organization in Action 87

Professional Control 88

Agency 89

Self-Similar Distributed Leadership 90

Emergent Feedback 91

Dynamic Change 93

Implications 93

Takeaways 95

Notes 95

References 96

6 Ethics of Emergent Feedback 97

Introduction and Overview 97

Ethical Issues: Current Perspectives 98

Getting It Right-Ethical Utility 101

Best Practice Commitments 102

Accuracy and Transparency 103

Rights and Ethical Process 104

Ethical Themes in an Emergent Feedback Organization 105

Professional Codes of Ethics-A Point of Comparison 106

Implications: Making a Different Case 109

Takeaways 112

Notes 113

References 113

7 Technology of Emergent Feedback 116

Introduction and Overview 116

Technology in Education 116

Thinking Differently about Technology-Actual and Virtual 118

Actual 119

Virtual 119

Conway's Law 121

Principles of Professionally Controlled Technologies: A True "Virtual" 123

Agent-Based Development 124

Design Methodology 125

Smarter Tool-Kits 130

Implications: New Technologies 131

Takeaways 133

Notes 134

References 134

8 Change 138

Introduction and Overview 138

The Proximal Issue 138

State of the Art 139

Paradigm Building 142

Crossing the Border 144

Implications for Learning Analytics 145

1 Remap the Landscape 146

2 Instantiate the Models 146

3 Test the Models 146

4 Edge Technologies 147

5 Change Agency 147

Expecting the Incomplete 148

Takeaways 149

Notes 150

References 150

9 Where to from Here? Compatibility 153

Maturity Index 154

Culture / Process 154

Data/Reporting/Tools 156

Investment 157

Expertise 157

Governance / Infrastructure 158

Sameness and Competition 159

Changing the Game 160

Potential Differentiators 161

Final Thoughts 166

Takeaways 167

Note 167

References 167.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138118881

1138118885

9781138118898

1138118893

OCLC:

922920509