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Direct linkJuliana E. Raffaghelli; Bonnie Stewart – OTESSA Conference Proceedings, 2021
In the higher education context, an increasing concern on the technical or instrumental approach permeates attention to academics' data literacies and faculty development. The need for data literacy to deal specifically with the rise of learning analytics in higher education has been raised by some authors, though in spite of some focus on the…
Descriptors: Statistics Education, Faculty Development, Higher Education, Learning Analytics
Slayter, Erik; Higgins, Lindsey M. – College Teaching, 2018
The development of a student's ability to make data-driven decisions has become a focus in higher education (Schield 1999; Stephenson and Caravello 2007). Data literacy, the ability to understand and use data to effectively inform decisions, is a fundamental component of information competence (Mandinach and Gummer 2013; Stephenson and Caravello,…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Computer Software, Decision Making
Henry, Philip – College and University, 2019
Phillip Henry is a semi-retired former U.K. Registrar and Secretary with almost 40 years' experience in higher education. He has been active in staff development in the United Kingdom (Association of University Administrators, Academic Registrars Council, and Association of Heads of University Administration), in the United States (AACRAO and a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Experience, College Students
Peer reviewedBrewer, Steven D.; Hoogendky, Tom; Hoagland, Donald B. – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2003
Found that in an introductory biology course at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, adoption of the Data Aggregation Project (free software that allows students in a course to aggregate a large body of data for some particular problem) resulted in an increase in the number of data points students analyzed per semester by a factor of almost…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Data Collection, Data Interpretation
Peer reviewedGutmann, Myron P.; And Others – Historical Methods, 1989
Describes the way a relational database management system manages a large historical data collection project. Shows that such databases are practical to construct. States that the programing tasks involved are not for beginners, but the rewards of having data organized are worthwhile. (GG)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Database Management Systems
Peer reviewedMilic, Louis – Computers and the Humanities, 1991
Assesses the progress made in computational stylistics over the past 25 years. Discusses theoretical notions of style. Describes certain trends that emerge from relevant articles in conference proceedings and academic journals. Concludes there has been progress in the accumulation of data, the creation of databases and archives, and construction…
Descriptors: Authors, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Computers
Creighton, Theodore B. – School Administrator, 2001
Educators' fear of statistics stems from various factors, including deficiencies in their preparation programs: insufficient relevance, inadequately integrated technologies, and stress on inferential statistics. Attendance statistics are worthless unless principals and superintendents can interpret them and incorporate them into their…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Computer Software
