Data Analytics Research – Page 8

A Finer Grained Approach to Location Data

September 13, 2019 Gary Natriello 0

For those of us interested in research that incorporates location data, the new Apple iPhones contain a hidden perk. As reported in this Wired article the new iPhones contain a new chip, the U1, which […]

Automating Educational Practice

August 10, 2019 Gary Natriello 0

Modifying educational practice as a result of learning research can take at least two distinct forms. On the one hand, in those cases where instruction is being delivered by automated digital learning systems, it will […]

Automating Policy Formation

August 8, 2019 Gary Natriello 0

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 […]

Automating Reporting

August 6, 2019 Gary Natriello 0

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 […]

Automating Data Analysis

August 4, 2019 Gary Natriello 0

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. […]

Automating Data Processing

August 2, 2019 Gary Natriello 0

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” […]

Automating Data Gathering

July 31, 2019 Gary Natriello 0

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 […]

Automating Hypothesis Generation

July 23, 2019 Gary Natriello 0

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 […]

Automating Problem Identification

July 6, 2019 Gary Natriello 0

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 […]

Prospects for Automating Research

June 15, 2019 Gary Natriello 0

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 […]