Featured Research Archive
Big Data on Campus: Data Analytics and Decision Making in Higher Education
Big Data on Campus: Data Analytics and Decision Making in Higher Education
Featured February 2020
Aimed at senior administrative leaders, practitioners of institutional research, technology professionals, and graduate students in higher education, the book opens with a conceptual discussion of the roles that data analytics can play in higher education administration. Subsequent chapters address recent developments in technology, the rapid accumulation of data assets, organizational maturity in building analytical capabilities, and methodological advancements…
The Current State of Analytics: Implications for Learning Management System (LMS) Use in Writing Pedagogy, Computers and Composition
The Current State of Analytics: Implications for Learning Management System (LMS) Use in Writing Pedagogy, Computers and Composition
Featured February 2020
Amid the burgeoning interest in and use of academic and learning analytics through learning management systems (LMS), the implications of big data and their uses should be central to computers and writing scholarship. In this case study we describe the UMN Canvas LMS experience in such as way so that writing instructors might become more familiar with levels of access to academic and learning analytics, more acquainted with the analytical capabilities in LMSs, and more mindful…
A Systematic Literature Review On Synchronous Hybrid Learning: Gaps Identified
A Systematic Literature Review On Synchronous Hybrid Learning: Gaps Identified
Featured November 2020
More and more higher educational institutions invest in technology-enhanced learning spaces, which raises the question of how these environments can be shaped to be as effective as possible. A specific new learning space is the synchronous hybrid or blended learning environment in which both on-site and remote students can simultaneously attend learning activities. Given that synchronous hybrid learning is relatively new, there are few studies that have investigated its use and effectiveness…
Hybrid-Flexible Course Design Implementing Student-Directed Hybrid Classes
Hybrid-Flexible Course Design Implementing Student-Directed Hybrid Classes
Featured November 2020
The book describes the fundamental principles of HyFlex design, explains a process for design and development, and discusses implementation factors that instructors, designers, students and administrators have experienced in a wide variety of higher education institutions; public and private, larger and small, research-intensive…
Media and Pedagogy in Undergraduate Distance Education: A Theory-Based Meta-Analysis of Empirical Literature
Media and Pedagogy in Undergraduate Distance Education: A Theory-Based Meta-Analysis of Empirical Literature
Featured June 2020
This meta-analysis employs a theoretical framework in quantitatively synthesizing empirical studies that investigate the effects of distance education (DE) versus classroom instruction on undergraduate student achievement. Analyses of 218 findings from 103 studies were conducted according to how media were used to support DE pedagogy. The results indicate that the effect sizes…