By Inge Ignatia de Waard. What is critical thinking? Critical thinking in itself does not exist. There are many things that together make up critical thinking. Evaluating a claim is something else than critical thinking, which requires arguments and proof.
Famous study with air traffic controllers, a manual job and taking in enormous amounts of data at split seconds. Critical thinking was similar because of far transfer. Far transfer is the holy grail of wisdom, of learning. Read more...
#OEB_midsummit Audrey Watters on personalization & pigeons
By Inge Ignatia de Waard. Very excited to see Audrey Watters in action in real life after having read her posts and keynotes on many occasion where my mind was in need of critical analysis of contemporary learning and society. She is wearing some fabulous boots (!) and looks fierce as ever. More...
Very excited to see Audrey Watters in action in real life after having read her posts and keynotes on many occasion where my mind was in need of critical analysis of contemporary learning and society. She is wearing some fabulous boots (!) and looks fierce as ever
Free: Handbook of Learning Analytics #LAK #learninganalytics #data
By Inge Ignatia de Waard. This is simply a must have for anyone into learning: the Handbook of Learning Analytics by Charles Lang, George Siemens, Alyssa Wise and Dragan Gašević. Really, it is an astonishing bundle (350 pages!) of learning analytics insights, which will get anyone with an interest in learning analytics up to speed with current challenges and ideas. More...
Foundational Concepts
Techniques & Approaches
Applications
Chapter 14. Provision of Data-Driven Student Feedback in LA and EDM
Institutional Strategies & Systems Perspectives
#LearningTechDay in Belgium, come and join experts #EdTech #elearning
By Inge Ignatia de Waard. One of the highlights for Professional eLearning is coming up next month. On Tuesday 20 June 2017, Mathias Vermeulen (CEO of Winston Wolfe) organizes the Belgian LearningTechDay an annual event that always seems to trigger multiple ideas. More...
How to improve technical education to deliver higher skills and better productivity
In a new report for the Higher Education Policy Institute (www.hepi.ac.uk), Mary Curnock Cook, the former Chief Executive of UCAS, says the Government must address six big gaps in technical education policy to raise skills and productivity. More...
The 2017 Student Academic Experience Results: Teaching is improving but students want better value for money
The 2017 Student Academic Experience Survey, published today by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and the Higher Education Academy (HEA) reveals:
- how hard students are working;
- how satisfied they are with their lives; and
- what they think of recent government policies.
Over 14,000 full-time undergraduates took part in the survey this year. More...
University applicants set for shock to the system
The first major survey of its kind, Reality Check: A report on university applicants’ attitudes and perceptions, produced by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and Unite Students, shows a significant gap between what university applicants think higher education is like and the realities of student life. More...
2017 Student Academic Experience Survey
The UK-wide HEPI / HEA Survey was first undertaken in 2006. This year’s results are challenging, showing students have:
- falling perceptions of value for money;
- continue to display relatively low wellbeing compared to the rest of the population; and
- have yet to love England’s high-fees model of funding undergraduate education.
There are lots of positive findings too. More...
Misunderstanding Technical and Professional Education: Six Category Mistakes by Mary Curnock Cook
HEPI Policy Note 1, Misunderstanding Technical and Professional Education: Six Category Mistakes, considers six areas. More...