Data Analytics Research

Translating the results of research on learning into policy may require an understanding of the particular context and the policymaking conventions of the relevant jurisdiction. There is likely to be value in knowing the specific […]

The methods of reporting on research have been honed over many, many years. Accordingly, the reporting forms and formats favored by researchers are well articulated and reinforced by reviewers as part of the peer review […]

Analyzing data to examine one or more hypotheses and address the research problem or question is often considered the heart of any investigation. In most educational research conducted today the analysis is a manual operation. […]

The data generated by one or more automated collection systems must be examined to determine which parts are actually of interest, (e.g., generated by the intended target population) as opposed to random or irrelevant “noise” […]

As a result of the introduction of a range of digital learning applications, we are quickly gaining experience in the automated collection of data related to learning and learners. In addition to data gathered through […]

Hypotheses serve to focus inquiry by proposing one or more cause and effect relations. In the case of research in education such relations might become the basis for changing practices in the learning sector to […]

Identifying and prioritizing problems to be addressed through research currently involves a host of individual, social, and political processes. Currently, such processes can just as easily be driven by idiosyncratic interests and events or indirect […]

With discussions of the growing prospects for automating work spreading to more and more tasks and professional groups, it may well be time to start considering the ways in which the various dimensions of the […]