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Ryan S. Baker; Stephen Hutt; Nigel Bosch; Jaclyn Ocumpaugh; Gautam Biswas; Luc Paquette; J. M. Alexandra Andres; Nidhi Nasiar; Anabil Munshi – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2024
In this paper, we propose a new method for selecting cases for in situ, immediate interview research: detector-driven classroom interviewing (DDCI). Published work in educational data mining and learning analytics has yielded highly scalable measures that can detect key aspects of student interaction with computer-based learning in close to…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Anxiety, Metacognition, Data Collection
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Follmer, D. Jake; Sperling, Rayne A.; Suen, Hoi K. – Educational Researcher, 2017
The advent of online platforms such as Amazon's Mechanical Turk (MTurk) has expanded considerably researchers' options for collecting research data. Many researchers, however, express understandable skepticism of the viability of using platforms such as MTurk. In this article, we provide a background on the use of MTurk as a mechanism for…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Data Collection, Research Methodology, Online Systems
Perry, Angela – Project on Student Debt, 2019
California has long been a national and global leader in developing and maintaining quality higher education options, as well as in providing financial aid and consumer protections for Californians who access that education. However, although California's colleges and the state government do collect, receive, and report a great deal of data, these…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Access to Information, Wages, Data Collection
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Rowntree, J. E.; Witman, R. R.; Lindquist, G. L.; Raven, M. R. – Journal of Extension, 2013
Program evaluation is an important part of Extension, especially with the increased emphasis on metrics and accountability. Agents are often the point persons for evaluation data collection, and Web-based surveys are a commonly used tool. The iPad tablet with Internet access has the potential to be an effective survey tool. iPads were field tested…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Data Collection, Extension Agents
Whitfield, Christina; Armstrong, John; Weeden, Dustin – State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2019
Since 2010, the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) has periodically administered the "Strong Foundations" survey, which documents the content, structure, and effective use of state postsecondary student unit record systems (PSURSs). This report highlights the results of the fourth administration of the survey,…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Information Systems, Student Records, Data Collection
Armstrong, John; Whitfield, Christina – State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2016
This report addresses two key questions about postsecondary student unit record data systems (PSURSs): (1) What data are collected by various parties; and (2) how do these entities use the data to inform policy decisions? This 2016 report is both a follow-up and a redesign of two previous "Strong Foundations" reports by SHEEO (2010 and…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Information Systems, Student Records, Data Collection
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Valencia-Garcia, Rafael; Garcia-Sanchez, Francisco; Casado-Lumbreras, Cristina; Castellanos-Nieves, Dagoberto; Fernandez-Breis, Jesualdo Tomas – Behaviour & Information Technology, 2012
The advent of Web 2.0, also called the Social Web, has changed the way people interact with the Web. Assisted by the technologies associated with this new trend, users now play a much more active role as content providers. This Web paradigm shift has also changed how companies operate and interact with their employees, partners and customers. The…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Informal Education, Electronic Publishing, Semantics
Bikson, Tora K.; Kalra, Nidhi; Galway, Lionel A.; Agnew, Grace – RAND Corporation, 2011
The National Science Foundation's (NSF) National Science Digital Library/Distributed Learning (NSDL) program turned 10 years old in 2010. This report presents results of a preliminary program evaluation carried out by RAND and is organized around three principal goals: (1) Provide an initial evaluation of NSDL based on existing information…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, STEM Education, Program Evaluation, Formative Evaluation