Learning Analytics for a New Epistemological Perspective of Learning

• Oshima Jun

  Research and Education Center for the Learning Sciences, Shizuoka University, Japan

• Shaffer David Williamson

  University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA

Abstract

The knowledge-creation metaphor of learning, a new epistemological perspective of learning, has been discussed in many studies; however, the methodological approach to evaluating learning as a knowledge-creation practice has not been established to date. This paper discusses learning analytics for the new perspective of learning and examines two developing technologies for analyzing discourse: the knowledge-building discourse explorer and epistemic network analysis. This paper provides a brief introduction to the new perspective of learning and discusses the need for new methodological approaches for the new perspective of learning. The paper demonstrates how the two technologies help researchers analyze learners’ discourse in collaborative contexts and further examines how technologies can be integrated into a higher-level analytics framework.

Journal

• Information and Technology in Education and Learning

  Information and Technology in Education and Learning 1 (1), Inv-p003-Inv-p003, 2021

  Japan Society for Educational Technology & Japanese Society for Information and Systems in Education

Keywords

• knowledge-creation metaphor
• epistemic network analysis
• knowledge-building discourse explorer
• learning analytics

Details

• CRID: 1390570166645439488
• NII Article ID: 130008064358
• DOI: 10.12937/itel.1.1.inv.p003
• ISSN: 24361712
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/itel/1/1/1_1.1.Inv.p003/_pdf
• Text Lang: en
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