Diagnostic peer assessment
One of the things I’m interested in is how to use assessment (and especially peer and self assessment) as a learning activity. A method I used as a teacher, and […]
3 PhD Scholarships, Learning Analytics (Sydney)
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY CONNECTED INTELLIGENCE CENTRE 3 LEARNING ANALYTICS PHD SCHOLARSHIPS We are delighted to announce the launch of CIC’s doctoral program in Learning Analytics, offering three UTS Scholarships […]
Identifying factive claims in written text
Tom Morris: Citation Needed https://www.flickr.com/photos/35034350249@N01/16350846052 I recently attended CIKM in Melbourne, and heard/followed up on a couple of ideas around an idea on ‘assertion identification’ – that is, the spotting […]
Reflecting on reflective writing analytics
Computational “assessment” of writing elicits strong reactions from many educators. For sceptics, handing over to a machine the task of feeding back or even grading writing crosses a boundary line […]
Writing Analytics @LAK15
We just concluded an outstandingly run LAK15 conference hosted expertly by Marist College, Poughkeepsie NY. In the closing panel, a few of us shared thoughts on the state of the field. We […]
Welcome to the CIC Writing Analytics blog
This site will be a hub for tracking and reflecting on Writing Analytics research and practice. Stay tuned for updates. . . Simon & Simon
Etherpad for co-operation/collaboration learning analytics
One of my data-sources is the set of etherpads which were used to write (mostly in small groups) a report. This data includes the final output (obviously) including some basic […]