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Zeide, Elana; Nissenbaum, Helen – Theory and Research in Education, 2018
The current debate about student privacy issues raised by education technology focuses on how schools information with private vendors. It neglects a related but different trend, namely, the rise of online learning platforms offering learning experiences and credentials directly to users. These Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and Virtual…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Large Group Instruction, Privacy, Educational Technology
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Lynch, Collin F. – Theory and Research in Education, 2017
Big Data can radically transform education by enabling personalized learning, deep student modeling, and true longitudinal studies that compare changes across classrooms, regions, and years. With these promises, however, come risks to individual privacy and educational validity, along with deep policy and ethical issues. Education is largely a…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Privacy, Evaluation Methods
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Atapattu, Thushari; Falkner, Katrina; Tarmazdi, Hamid – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2016
With a goal of better understanding the online discourse within the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) context, this paper presents an open source visualisation dashboard developed to identify and classify emergent discussion topics (or themes). As an extension to the authors' previous work in identifying key topics from MOOC discussion contents,…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Large Group Instruction, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Saykili, Abdullah – International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2018
Distance Education, nowadays defined more as Open and Distance Learning, dates back to 1800s. Once considered as using non-traditional approaches and delivery methods compared to conventional campus-based education, distance education now has become a mainstream form of education increasing its popularity and use in the 21st century. Distance…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Definitions
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Goldman, Juliette – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2016
There is a revolution taking place in teacher/learner/technology relations. At primary, secondary and tertiary education levels, teachers and students are being confronted by new technologies, new pedagogies, new relationships in teacher-student roles, as well as reconsiderations about how information is to be learned. The growth of information…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Large Group Instruction, Online Courses, Technology Uses in Education
Johnson, L.; Adams, S.; Cummins, M.; Estrada, V. – New Media Consortium, 2012
The "Technology Outlook for STEM+ Education 2012-2017" reflects a collaborative effort between the New Media Consortium (NMC), the Centro Superior para la Enseñanza Virtual (CSEV), Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y de Control at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), and the Institute of Electrical…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Information Technology