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Learning Analytics for Teachers


FFHS

About This Course

Learning Analytics can provide teachers additional insights into their students' ways of learning (e.g., strengths or weaknesses). Existing systems showed that when teachers transform these insights into actions, it can improve student outcomes or their learning experience. Some teachers are aware of Learning Analytics, but they often do not know how to transform this information into actions and how this can contribute to students’ outcomes and their professional development. This gap limits the current usage of these systems. And that's why we designed this MOOC!

We aim to provide teachers with information and skills on how their instruction is mapped throughout the whole Learning Analytics cycle and how they can use Learning Analytics to improve support for their current or next learner groups. The teachers will also get familiar with basic methods, including their analytics literacy, and align their work with ethics and privacy standards.

Our goal is that teachers will gain knowledge that they will apply in their day-to-day work. The examples will cover mostly Higher Education with online elements; however, the learned principles can be applied by teachers across all learning contexts.

What you will learn

Upon completing the course, you will be able to position yourself as a teacher in the Learning Analytics environment, understand the principles from the teacher perspective and have knowledge to apply it in your teaching practice.

Requirements

Interest in innovative teaching approaches.

Course Content

  • Week 1: Introduction to Learning Analytics
  • Week 2: Data and Ethics
  • Week 3: Basic Methods
  • Week 4: Frameworks and Evaluation
  • Week 5: Advanced methods and Future in Learning Analytics

Important to know

Prerequisites: Interest in innovative teaching approaches.
Level: Basic
Length: 5 Weeks
Course Fee: Free of charge
Course Language: English
Enrollment Start Date: 15 August 2024
Enrollment End Date: 28 October 2024
Contact email: mooc(at)ffhs.ch

Course Staff

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Per Bergamin

Professor for Didactics in Distance Education and E-Learning
Distance University of Applied Sciences Switzerland (FFHS)

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Ioan-Sorin Comsa

Research Fellow
Distance University of Applied Sciences Switzerland (FFHS)

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Martin Hlosta

Research Fellow
Distance University of Applied Sciences Switzerland (FFHS)

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Tansu Pancar

Research Fellow
Distance University of Applied Sciences Switzerland (FFHS)

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Behnam Parsaeifard

Research Fellow
Distance University of Applied Sciences Switzerland (FFHS)

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Christof Imhof

Research Fellow
Distance University of Applied Sciences Switzerland (FFHS)

You can send an email to mooc(at)ffhs.ch to get support on your questions about the MOOC platform, enrolment or courses.

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