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Direct linkLowe, Heather – Educational Technology, 2016
Dartmouth and MIT have developed educational behavior apps and wearable devices that collect contiguous streams of data from student users. Given the consent of the user, the app collects information about a student's physical activity, sleep patterns, and location to form conjectures about social and academic behavior. These apps have the…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Data Collection, Courseware, Behavior Patterns
Bodily, Robert; Graham, Charles R.; Bush, Michael D. – Educational Technology, 2017
This article describes the crossroads between learning analytics and learner engagement. The authors do this by describing specific challenges of using analytics to support student engagement from three distinct perspectives: pedagogical considerations, technological issues, and interface design concerns. While engaging online learners presents a…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Online Courses, Educational Opportunities, Barriers
Gay, Geri; Mazur, Joan – Educational Technology, 1993
Describes tracking tools used by designers and users to evaluate the efficacy of hypermedia systems. Highlights include human-computer interaction research; tracking tools and user-centered design; and three examples from the Interactive Multimedia Group at Cornell University that illustrate uses of various tracking tools. (27 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer System Design, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods
Brandt, D. Scott; Uden, Lorna – Educational Technology, 2002
Discusses the use of applied cognitive task analysis (ACTA) to interview novices and gain insight into their cognitive skills and processes. Focuses particularly on novice Internet searchers at the University of Staffordshire (United Kingdom) and reviews attempts to modify ACTA, which is intended to gather information from experts as part of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Data Collection, Information Sources, Instructional Design
Ambrose, David W. – Educational Technology, 1991
Reviews relevant scholarly literature on hypermedia from two perspectives: (1) an analysis of hypermedia in terms of learning theory; and (2) the implications of several characteristics of hypermedia for instructional designers, including its impact on learner control, concept development, and collection of data on student performance. Research…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Concept Formation, Data Collection, Hypermedia
Roblyer, M. D. – Educational Technology, 1985
Presents a rationale for future research relating to educational computing, discusses beneficial studies that have been undertaken, and outlines specific areas where further research is needed, including studies on achievement, retention, and transfer measurement; material characteristics which enhance achievement; implementation variables,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Graphics
