Course code

KAM7507.HR

old course code

Course title in Estonian

Haridustehnoloogia ja õpianalüütika

Course title in English

Educational Technology and Learning Analytics

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

Create opportunity for
- Understanding the role of technology as a tool for driving and measuring evidence in the educational innovation processes;
- Getting an overview of current trends in educational technology used to change teaching and learning practices;
- Understanding the role of online data collection and learning analytics to measure effects of educational interventions;
- Being able to plan and conduct a learning analytics project, including considerations of ethical conduct and privacy.

Brief description of the course

Activity Theory and the role of tools in the conduct of human activity, tools as a driver of innovation.
Several types of educational technology for formal and informal learning: Open Educational Resources; inquiry projects; mobile tools for learning outside the classroom; collaborative research and writing tools; distributed course management systems; blogs and e-portfolios; MOOCs; Institutional Evidence-based decision making; Technologies for classroom orchestration and student self-regulation.
Overview of different learning analytics projects.
Data Analysis project using an open data set to predict course drop-out, collaborative learning activity or similar; communication of results.
Ethical and data privacy issues in learning analytics.
Making a plan for how to adopt Learnig Analytics in their own project.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- understands of activity theory and tools as a driver for educational innovation;
- has knowledge of current edu tech and learning analytics approaches;
- has ability to apply basic skills of data analysis;
- has ability to make a learning analytics plan for their project / institution.

Teacher

Tobias Ley, Maria Rodriguez Triana, Luis Pablo Prieto

Study programmes containing that course

Educational Innovation and Leadership (KAEIM/24.HR)
Educational Innovation and Leadership (KAEIM/23.HR)
Educational Innovation and Leadership (KAEIM/22.HR)
Educational Innovation and Leadership (KAEIM/21.HR)
Educational Innovation and Leadership (KAEIM/20.HR)
Educational Innovation and Leadership (KAEIM/19.HR)
Educational Innovation and Leadership (KAEIM/18.HR)