These days following a progressive move of Higher Education Institutions towards blended and online environments, accelerated by COVID-19, many universities have access to a greater variety of student data than before. Learning Analytics (LA) provides means for collecting and analysing such evidence. In order to make this analysis useful to the end user, LA data are aggregated in the form of a Learning Analytics Dashboard (LAD). LADs visualise and predict students’ learning progress based on demographics, performance, and digital learning footprints data and have a strong potential to provide useful insights into how teaching and learning may be improved. Continue reading First time OU students commented on their own learning analytics data in a research study – how did it go?
Monthly Archives: September 2021
José Luis Aznarte presents at the next Assessment & Feedback SIG
Assessment & Feedback SIG
Wednesday 6th October, 2021 (14:00 – 15:30 UK)
In this talk José Luis Aznarte will cover UNED’s experience in digitalizing the exam/assessment process during the pandemic lockdowns. Starting with a brief review of our standard assessment protocol, we will dive into the decision process during the emergency provoked by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, including the rejection of invasive forms of vigilance. We will share the results of a social research into the expectations and satisfaction levels of the student community regarding the technical and social aspects of the solution finally adopted by the university.
Speaker Bio
José Luis Aznarte is an associate professor at the Department of Artificial Intelligence of the UNED university and deputy vice-chancellor for intelligent data and resources management. He graduated in Computer Science by the University of Granada (Spain) and there he obtained his PhD. He was a post-doc researcher with the Renewable Energy Research Group in the Center for Energy and Processes of the MINES ParisTech engineering school (France). He was awarded a Ramón y Cajal tenure-track grant. Nowadays he coordinates research about applications of data mining, machine learning and soft computing, especially in the framework of time series forecasting. He is involved in the development of operational solutions for personalized learning, air quality forecasting and public health. He coordinates the UNED-EMT Chair on Sustainable Mobility and Air Quality.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1636-244X
A recording of this session is available for OU staff here.
For an invite, or to be added to the Assessment & Feedback SIG mailing list, please contact openTEL. All are welcome!
Show & TEL 2nd & 3rd November 2021: Call for Presenters
openTEL’s next Show & TEL event is scheduled for the 2nd and 3rd November 2021.
If you are interested in presenting, please contact openTEL with a brief outline of your presentation and whether you have a preference on date or AM or PM slot.
For more information on our Show & TEL events you can see our previous recordings and write ups here: https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/opentel/show-and-tel/about/
Accessibility in the BBC – open & Inclusive SIG
Accessibility in the BBC, The open & Inclusive Special Interest Group
Wednesday 15th September 2021 (10:00 – 12:00)
Thank you to those who joined us for openTEL and SeGA’s open & Inclusive Special Interest Group meeting where we were joined by Jamie + Lion and Paul Bepey from the BBC, and Mathijs Lucassen from The Open University. The session was hosted by Kate Lister and Paco Iniesto.
Thank you, Kate!
Kicking off the meeting, Eileen Scanlon thanked Kate Lister for all her exceptional work within the Special Interest Group as this was Kate’s last meeting as co-host and SIG lead. Kate has been essential in growing the open & Inclusive SIG and providing interesting themes and excellent speakers. We hope she will stay in touch and attend future meetings when she can and openTEL looks forward to working with Kate in the future!
Presentations
Mathijs Lucassen gave a presentation from The Open University side: Getting BBC content into OU modules
Jamie + Lion gave a presentation on accessibility at the BBC relating to Audience Facing Digital Products and Paul Bepey gave a talk on accessibility relating to the Internal Facing side.
Jamie + Lion finished the meeting by presenting Charlie Turrell’s slides, who was unfortunately unable to attend the meeting, on the Champions Network.
More information here:
GDS/BBC Webinar: Accessibility Culture eats WCAG compliance for breakfast
Recording, Links and Slides
The Recording is available for OU Staff here: OU Staff Recording Link
Slides: Getting BBC content into OU modules, Mathijs Lucassen.
Slides: Accessibility @ BBC, Audience Facing Digital Products Jamie + Lion
Slides: uploads to follow
GDS/BBC Webinar: Accessibility Culture eats WCAG compliance for breakfast
Podcast: Check out Jamie’s 1800 Seconds on Autism podcast.
To join the open & Inclusive mailing list please email openTEL
Accessibility in the BBC
For the most up to date information about this event, please see the updated blog post here:https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/opentel/accessibility-in-the-bbc-open-inclusive-sig/
Join us for the next Open & Inclusive Special Interest Group meeting where external speakers from the BBC will be discussing accessibility. All are welcome!
Accessibility in the BBC: open & Inclusive SIG, Wednesday 15th September 10:00 – 12:00
Presenters will include Jamie + Lion (you can read more about Jamie + Lion here) and Charlie Turrell (bio below).
Charlie Turrell
Charlie Turrell is the manager of the BBC’s Accessibility Champions network, encouraging this group to put accessibility at the front of any product they are working on. Charlie is currently setting up an additional external champions network to provide support for all people in a similar role and those who are wanting to set up networks in their own companies.
Additionally Charlie is on the board for BBC Pride and is passionate about pushing the constant improvement of culture and diversity in her organisation
We hope you can join us.
Please email openTEL for an invite.