Tag Archives: MOOCs

Learning Analytics: the rise of the data wrangler

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Liz Bennett's Blog

The rise of online tools for delivering courses enables educators new opportunities to harvest and use data.  Buckingham Shum and colleagues at the OU presented the ways that data can be used in education as three overlapping spheres; Customer relations … Continue reading →

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MOOCs – the educational technology ‘du jour’

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Liz Bennett's Blog

MOOCs, Massively Online Open Courses The idea of the MOOC has come to prominence in the last year or so.  The idea is that courses can exist online provided by organisations such as universities or profit making bodies and students … Continue reading →

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