short presentation for the compbiomed conference on learning analytics, moocs, and OXALIC..+ CORONA pandemic

1. eLearning & Learning
Analytics in Higher
Education
Mohammad Khalil
Senior Researcher
25.11.2020
CompBiomed/NordBioMed

2. Research Methodology
@TUMohdKhalil
http://mohdkhalil.wordpress.com
e-mail: mohammad.khalil@uib.no

3. Sydney Pressey Multiple
Choice Machine (1924)
Plato V (1981)
Examples of educational technology
(e-learning)

4. 4
MOOCs…The Hype!
CC0

5. The timeline of the Hype

6. July 2011: Stanford’s
Online Intro to AI is
Announced
October 2011: Stanford’s First Three
Courses Go Live
January 2012: Coursera
and Udacity Go Live
May 2nd, 2012: Harvard
and MIT Announce edX
July – September 2012: Coursera
Reaches 1 Million Learners, 33
University Partners, and 100+
Courses
Udacity raised 15 million
USD, Coursera raised 16
million USD
Source: Class Central, Dhawal Shah

7. Who Provide MOOCs?

8. 8

9. 10 million* students 1750+ courses
25 million* students 2500+ courses
7 million* students 640+ courses
* Figures might change

10. Open source MOOC platform

11. Who make MOOCs?

12. 12

13. However…

15. Is the hype over?

17. 17

19. Derivations of MOOCs
MOOC
SPOC
19
Mini
MOOC
Other
types

20. Use Technology to Extend or Improve
quantity
quality
MOOC
SPOC (Small Private Online Course)
Credits: C. Delgado Kloos, UC3M

21. - Based

22. - Based

23. 23

24. What research says about MOOCS?
Zawacki-Richter, O., Alturki, U., & Aldraiweesh, A. (2017). Review and
content analysis of the international review of research in open and
distance/distributed learning (2000–2015). International Review of
Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 18(2), 1-26.

25. Learning Analytics: A Primer Course. Prinsloo, Slade, Khalil.

26. Learning Analytics and/in MOOCs…
26

27. 27
CC0
a Highlight on the
problem

28. VS
For courses on a smaller scale

29. Partner institutions

30. Any university or organization may
host and create moocs/mini
moocs/spocs

31. - Based

32. VS

33. edX data packages
+
Log files

34. Open edX
Log files…only

35. “
“In order to get access to the edX data package, a partner
institution must have an agreement with edX that includes
data access” – edX

36. How log files look like…
Date and
time
Event type
username
Video id

37. Imagine hundreds of events per user

38. 38

39. • Not accurate enough
• Basic analytics
• Limited features
• Exporting data from Insights is restricted
Issues of Open edX Insights

40. Open edX Advanced Learning Analytics Tool
- oXALIC
40

41. Motivation & Objectives
▸Provide a technical solution of a Learning Analytics
module for MOOCs (Open edX)
▸Provide a set of useful visualizations in a dashboard
view for both researchers and teachers
▸Introduce new branches of Learning Analytics: such as
curriculum analytics and student behavioral analytics

43. DEMO
43
https://la-lab.apps.slate.uib.no/oxalic/
(Access restricted to certain parties)
Last fetched logdata: 26th.Feb

44. Wiki documentation

45. Bartimote, K., Pardo, A., & Reimann, P. (2018). The perspective realism brings to learning analytics in the
classroom. Learning Analytics in the Classroom: Translating Learning Analytics Research for Teachers.
Interpreting Learning Analytics for
Learning Design!

46. Thank You
Mohammad Khalil
25.11.2020