Education Theory/Epistemology and Learning Theories - UCD - CTAG. Epistemology basic is a branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods, and limits of human knowledge.
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In: Third Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK 2013), 8-12 April 2013, Leuven, Belgium, pp. 75–84. Full text available as: Introduction to Epistemology « Finding Knowledge. This post discusses epistemology – first the sorts of questions we might ask when applying epistemology to education, and then a general taster of the areas epistemology covers (which is by no means comprehensive).
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When influenza hit early and hard in the United States this year, it quietly claimed an unacknowledged victim: one of the cutting-edge techniques being used to monitor the outbreak. A comparison with traditional surveillance data showed that Google Flu Trends, which estimates prevalence from flu-related Internet searches, had drastically overestimated peak flu levels. Facebook Will Predict The Next President. The Pitfalls of Prediction. Prognostication is a multi-billion dollar industry.
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The new research is the latest in a number of similar initiatives that seek to mine web data to predict all kinds of events. Recorded Future, for instance, analyzes news, blogs and social media to “help identify predictive signals” for a variety of industries, including financial services and defense. Researchers are also using Twitter and Google to track flu outbreaks. Piyanka Jain, CEO, Aryng.com - Myths of Predictive Analytics. Enhancing Teaching and Learning Through Educational Data Mining and Learning Analytics (PDF) Technology and the Completion Agenda. The White House, the Lumina Foundation for Education, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: Call them the Three Tenors of the completion agenda.
In one of his first speeches as president, Barack Obama emphasized the need for a higher rate of postsecondary completion. Lumina had already been investing in projects designed to get more Americans into college and out with a degree. Improving Retention by Identifying and Supporting "At-Risk" Students (EDUCAUSE Review. Annika Wolff is a Research Associate and Zdenek Zdrahal is a Senior Research Fellow at the Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University.
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Phil Long (longpd@uq.edu.au) is a Professor in the Schools of ITEE and Psychology and is Director of the Centre for Educational Innovation & Technology at the University of Queensland. Comments on this article can be posted to the web via the link at the bottom of this page. Attempts to imagine the future of education often emphasize new technologies—ubiquitous computing devices, flexible classroom designs, and innovative visual displays. Openness: Why learners should know about, and influence, how decisions are made about their learning. Eli Pariser: Beware online "filter bubbles".
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