Big Data and analytics in higher education: Opportunities and challenges

Ben Daniel

British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 46, No. 5 (Sep 01, 2015) pp. 904–920

Institutions of higher education are operating in an increasingly complex and competitive environment. This paper identifies contemporary challenges facing institutions of higher education worldwide and explores the potential of Big Data in...

Engagement and knowledge sharing in a virtual learning community

Ben Daniel; Richard Schwier

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 639–646

The notion of knowledge sharing in virtual learning communities is critical but hardly researched. This paper identifies the process involved in sharing knowledge and the types of knowledge sharing objects that are exchanged in virtual learning...

Topics: Learning Objects, Community

Researching Social Capital in Video Mediated Virtual Communities: Problems and Prospects – The State of Affairs

Nancy Poon; Ben Daniel

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 2315–2324

The meaning of interaction in virtual learning communities can be difficult to understand let alone reconstruct conceptually. For instance, capturing perspectives of participants and making inferences which are both valid and meaningful poses many...

Big Data and data science: A critical review of issues for educational research

Ben Kei Daniel

British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 50, No. 1 (January 2019) pp. 101–113

Big Data refers to large and disparate volumes of data generated by people, applications and machines. It is gaining increasing attention from a variety of domains, including education. What are the challenges of engaging with Big Data research in...

iMETHOD AND LEARNING ANALYTICS RESEARCH DESIGN FOR PEDAGOGICAL ENHANCEMENT OF RESEARCH METHODS COURSES

Ben Kei Daniel

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2017 (Oct 17, 2017) pp. 769–777

Research Methodology is an essential subject in postgraduate education Universities offer research methods courses to postgraduate students to enable them effectively undertake research leading to the award of higher degrees Despite the significance ...

Topics: research, Tools & Systems, Implementation Examples & Issues

A Consideration of Learning Processes in Virtual Learning Communities

Ben Daniel; Richard Schwier

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (Oct 26, 2009) pp. 2494–2499

How do we understand and support learning in virtual learning communities? The main goal of this research was to take the first steps toward instantiating a model describing the fundamental processes of learning in virtual communities. We...

Analysis of Interactions Patterns in Video-Mediated Virtual Communities to Model Social Capital

Ben Daniel; Nancy Poon

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 683–688

Communication incorporating text based chat rooms with aural and webcam technologies are becoming a powerful means of supporting interactions in different virtual communities and distributed teams. The goal here is to understand interaction patterns ...

Topics: Video, Interaction

Engineering Methodology for Educational Webware Development

Ben Kei Daniel

WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet 2000 (2000) pp. 871–873

This paper proposes a methodology for the development of educational software on the World Wide Web (WWW) referred to as a "Webware". The methodology emanates from principles commonly found in software development. What can be different in the...

Topics: Software, Instructional Design, Educational Technology

Stakeholders Analysis as a Research Methodology: Implications for Development of a Distributed Community of Practice for Health Research and Innovation

Ben Daniel; Beth Horsburgh

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (Oct 26, 2009) pp. 2500–2505

There is a continuous requirement to understand complex human diseases. Recently, the need for a rising awareness in understanding a pandemic such as H1N1, and its preventative measures will most likely lie within many disciplines. The coalescing of ...

The Learning Objects' Approach: Challenges and Opportunities

Permanand Mohan; Ben Daniel

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 2512–2520

Over the last five years, there has been tremendous interest worldwide in online learning materials known as "learning objects", coupled with several large-scale international developments such as e-learning standards and specifications for...

Topics: Learning Objects

iMethod: A Web-based Environment for Harvesting and Visualisation of Learning Analytics on Research Methodology

Ben Kei Daniel

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2016 (Jun 28, 2016) pp. 618–621

For many years, Research Methodology has occupied a central role in postgraduate education, with courses taught at all levels of postgraduate programmes. Despite its rapid development, postgraduate students face a considerable challenges in learning ...

Topics: distributed learning environments, WWW-based Course-Support Systems, WWW-based Course Sites & Learning Resources

Access to Digital Learning Materials and Student Lecture Attendance Patterns

Ben Kei Daniel; Rebecca Bird

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2016 (Jun 28, 2016) pp. 611–617

This paper reports on research aimed at understanding how providing students with lecture materials enhance learning experience. We focused on how lecture materials released to students prior to lectures influence class attendance. We surveyed a...

Topics: WWW-based Course-Support Systems, improving classroom teaching, distributed learning environments

Factors Influencing Response Rates in Online Student Evaluation Systems: A Systematic Review Approach

Samuel Asare; Ben Kei Daniel

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2017 (Oct 17, 2017) pp. 537–541

Students’ feedback on teaching activities significantly contributes to the enhancement of the quality of teaching and learning Conventionally students evaluate teaching activities through paper based systems, where they fill out and return paper...

Topics: research, Evaluation, Policy Issues

The Dynamic Landscape of Higher Education: The Role of Big Data and Analytics

Hamidreza Mahroeian; Ben Kei Daniel

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2016 (Jun 28, 2016) pp. 1320–1325

Over the years, a number of institutions have systematically deployed new technologies to support learning and teaching. Lately, institutions have begun to explore new forms of data in order to understand and effectively address its systemic...

Topics: SIG: Emerging Technologies for Learning and Teaching

Six Years of Computer Penetration into Primary Education: The Case of Israel

Daniel Millin; Ben Zion Barta

Education and Computing Vol. 7, No. 3 (1991) pp. 171–78

Introduction of microcomputer technology into Israeli elementary schools in the 1980s resulted in a need for national policy for teachers' education and support, guidelines for computer-assisted instruction and staff development, and planning for...

The Dynamic Landscape of Higher Education: The Role of Big Data and Analytics

Hamidreza Mahroeian; Ben Kei Daniel

Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 25, No. 3 (July 2016) pp. 287–297

Over the years, a number of institutions have systematically deployed new technologies to support learning and teaching. Lately, institutions have begun to explore new forms of data in order to understand and effectively address its systemic...

Technology Enhanced Analytics (TEA) in Higher Education

Ben Kei Daniel; Russell Butson

International Conference on Educational Technologies (ICEduTech) 2013 (2013)

This paper examines the role of Big Data Analytics in addressing contemporary challenges associated with current changes in institutions of higher education. The paper first explores the potential of Big Data Analytics to support instructors,...

Factors Influencing Response Rates in Online Student Evaluation Systems: A Systematic Review Approach

Samuel Asare; Ben Kei Daniel

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 29, No. 2 (2018) pp. 133–144

Students’ feedback on teaching activities significantly contributes to the enhancement of the quality of teaching and learning. Conventionally students evaluate teaching activities through paper based systems, where they fill out and return paper...

Intentional and Incidental Discourse Variables in a Virtual Learning Community

Ben Daniel; Richard Schwier; Heather Ross

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 1953–1965

Learning in virtual learning communities is receiving considerable attention in current literature. Research on virtual learning communities focuses on building, supporting and sustaining virtual learning communities. Despite growing research into...

Blended Learning Approach for Technology Enhanced Learning Environment

Ben Daniel; Kathleen Matheos; Gordon McCalla

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 1840–1845

There is an increasing interest in the notion of blended learning as an effective approach for enhancing learning in higher education and the corporate sector. Despite this growing interest, little empirical work is available to support the...

Topics: Computer Sciences

Synthesis of the Process of Learning through Discourse in a Formal Virtual Learning Community

Ben K. Daniel; Richard A. Schwier; Heather M. Ross

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 18, No. 4 (October 2007) pp. 461–477

This article reports on the analysis of online discussions among graduate students studying the theoretical and philosophical foundations of educational technology, with the aim of understanding the process of learning through discourse in these...

Topics: Research Methods, Virtual Environments, Information Communication Technologies, Collaboration, Communication, Computers, Community

Participant Engagement in a Non-Formal, Self-Directed and Blended Learning Environment

Richard Schwier; Dirk Morrison; Ben Daniel; Jaymie Koroluk

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (Oct 26, 2009) pp. 1948–1956

Novice professors representing seven disciplines participated in a year-long course on teaching in higher education that featured online self-directed learning opportunities and regular face-to-face group meetings. This study examined how...

Dimensions for Blended Learning Technology: Learners' Perspectives

Kathleen Matheos; Ben K Daniel; Gordon I. McCalla

Journal of Learning Design Vol. 1, No. 1 pp. 56–75

This paper reports on a case study aimed at developing a better understanding of the different dimensions of blended learning technology. Drawing upon learners' experiences, it examines the circumstances in which learners are more likely to choose...

Social Capital in Virtual Learning Communities and Distributed Communities of Practice

Ben Daniel; Richard Schwier; Gordon McCalla; Gordon McCalla

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 29, No. 3 (Oct 15, 2003)

Abstract. Social capital has recently emerged as an important interdisciplinary research area. It is frequently used as a framework for understanding various social issues in temporal communities, neighbourhoods and groups. In particular,...

Overcoming Barriers to Using Precision Teaching with a Web-Based Programme

Ben Hayes; Andrew Heather; Daniel Jones; Christopher Clarke

Educational Psychology in Practice Vol. 34, No. 2 (2018) pp. 166–174

Precision Teaching (PT) is an evidence-based intervention, which research indicates is frequently not implemented following training, with few teachers using it in schools after training events. The web-based programme in this research focuses on...

A Preliminary Investigation of Self-Directed Learning Activities in a Non-Formal Blended Learning Environment

Richard A. Schwier; Dirk Morrison; Ben K Daniel

Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association 2009 (April 2009)

This research considers how professional participants in a non-formal self-directed learning environment (NFSDL) made use of self-directed learning activities in a blended face-to-face and on line learning professional development course. The...

Digital Technology, Diabetes and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities: A Case Study with Elderly Women from the Vietnamese Community

Ben O'Mara; Gurjeet K. Gill; Hurriyet Babacan; Daniel Donahoo

Health Education Journal Vol. 71, No. 4 (July 2012) pp. 491–504

Objective: To report the processes and outcomes of a case study on digital technology, diabetes and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. Design: The qualitative study was based on a literature review, consultations and testing...

Shared teaching assignments in the service of mathematics reform: situated professional development

Daniel Chazan; David Ben-chaim; Jan Gormas; Martin Schnepp; Michael Lehman; Sandra Callis bethell; Steven Neurither

Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 14, No. 7 pp. 687–702

Proponents of ‘team teaching’ — organizational arrangements in which teachers share responsibility for instruction of students — suggest that it can be a catalyst for teacher learning and school change. We seek to understand the mechanisms...

Language: English

Effects of Administering Feedback Following Extended Problem Solving

Andrew S. Gibbons; Daniel J. Robertson; Joel R. Duffin; Ben Thompson

Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 25, No. 4 (2001) pp. 417–26

Reports the results of research on effects of detailed feedback on problem solving within a computer-based simulation. Participants were 54 undergraduate students. Results indicated highest performance was associated with feedback based on an expert ...

Problematizing Complex Datasets for Students: Design Principles for Inquiry Curriculum

Josh Radinsky; Ben Loh; Jennifer Mundt; Sue Marshall; Louis M. Gomez; Brian J. Reiser; Daniel C. Edelson

Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association 1999 (April 1999)

Recent advances in computer technologies have provided new tools for accessing complex data for classroom inquiry. The effectiveness of these tools for learning depends on the extent to which students learn to engage them reflectively. From an...

Agricultural Producer Perceptions of Climate Change and Climate Education Needs for the Central Great Plains

Amber Campbell Hibbs; Daniel Kahl; Lisa PytlikZillig; Ben Champion; Tarik Abdel-Monem; Timothy Steffensmeier; Charles W. Rice; Kenneth Hubbard

Journal of Extension Vol. 52, No. 3 (June 2014)

The Central Great Plains Climate Education Partnership conducted focus groups throughout Kansas to gain a better understanding of farmer perceptions and attitudes towards climate change education. Results indicate concern about climatic changes,...