toward an evidence framework for evaluang online learning
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TowardanEvidenceFrameworkforEvalua4ngOnlineLearning
BarbaraMeansSRIInterna.onal
RussellRumbergerUCSantaBarbara
Theworkdescribedinthispresenta.onwassupportedbytheOfficeofEduca.onalTechnology,U.S.DepartmentofEduca.onthroughcontractED04‐CO‐0040withSRIInterna.onal.
EvidenceFrameworkReport• EffortoftheOfficeofEduca.onalTechnologyoftheU.S.DepartmentofEduca.on
• Explainswhythetransi.ontodigitallearningwarrantsrethinkingeduca.onalevidence
• Describesnewapproachestoevidencegathering• Explainshowthenewerapproachescanbeappliedto:− Developingeffec.vedigitallearningresources− Dynamicallyadap.nglearningtoindividualstudents− Suppor.ngstudents’learningandwell‐beinginandoutofschool− Measuringhard‐to‐assesslearnercompetencies− Findingdigitallearningresourcesthatwillmeetaprac..oner’sneeds
andpreferences
• PresentsaDecisionModelprovidinggeneralguidancewithrespecttothestrengthofevidenceneededfordifferentkindsoflearningtechnologydecisions
• Recommendsac.onsforpolicymakers,prac..oners,developersandresearchers
• fo
LearningTechnologyEvidenceFrameworkTechnicalWorkingGroup
EvaBaker,UCLA JimPellegrino,UniversityofIllinoisatChicago
AllanCollins,NorthwesternUniversity
WilliamPenuel,UniversityofColorado
ChrisDede,HarvardUniversity ZoranPopovic,UniversityofWashington
AdamGamoran,UniversityofWisconsin‐Madison
SteveRiXer,CarnegieLearning
KenjiHakuta,StanfordUniversity RussRumberger.UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara
KenKoedinger,CarnegieMellonUniversity
MikeSmith,CarnegieFounda.onfortheAdvancementofTeaching
DavidNeimi,KaplanInc. PhoenixWang,WilliamPennFounda.on
Implica4onsoftheShiBtoDigitalLearningfortheNatureofEvidence
• ThedevelopmentofdigitallearningresourcesforK‐12studentsisexploding.
• TheK‐12useofdigitallearningresourcesisalsorisingveryquickly.
• Butthestudyofdigitallearningresourceshasnotkeptpace.
• Wearejustbeginningtounderstandallthethingswecandowiththedatageneratedbydigitallearningsystems.
GoalsoftheEvidenceFramework
• Ge^nginforma.onontheuseandoutcomesofnewlearningtechnologiesmuchmorequickly
• Implemen.ngcon.nuousimprovementprocessesleveragingthedatafromlearningtechnologiessoeduca.oncangetbeXerover.me
• Evidence‐supporteddecision‐makingthattakesintoaccounttherangeoffactorspeoplecareabout
SixEmergingSourcesofEvidence
• Dataminingandlearninganaly.csappliedtodatafrommassivelyimplementedlearningsystems
• RapidA/Btes.ngwithinonlinesystems
• Design‐basedimplementa.onresearch
• Meta‐datafromusersaccessingweb‐baseddigitalresources
• Technology‐supportedevidence‐centereddesign• Sharingdatasetsacrossprojects;linkingindividual‐leveldataacrossagencies
SomeKeyIdeasfromtheReport‐1
• Effec.venessisnotatraitinherentinatechnologyorinterven.onperse.
• Ideally,learningresourcesandtheirimplementa.onwouldbecon.nuallyrefinedinaprocesswithfeedbackloops.(Design‐basedimplementa6onresearch)
• Internetdistribu.onofdigitallearningresourcesandthedatageneratedwhenusersaccessandusethoseresourcespermitquickandefficientgenera.onofevidenceatscale.(A/Btes6ng;datamining)
• Buttherearelimitstowhatcanbelearnedbylookingsolelyatsystemdata—mostnotably,theextenttowhichlearnerperformancewiththesystempredictsperformanceinothertasksandse^ngs.
Howcanwemakesurethatatechnology‐basedinterven6oniseffec6veinfillingthegoalswesetforit?
SomeKeyIdeasfromtheReport‐2
• Measuressuchasresponselatency,theamountofscaffoldingneeded,choiceofproblemorsolu.onpath,andresponsetofeedbackcanbeusedtobeXerunderstandanindividualstudent’slearning.(Evidence‐centereddesign)
• Collec.ngtensofthousandsofdatapointsperlearnerperday,sophis.cateddigitallearningsystemscancon.nuouslyofferastudentapproachesthathaveworkedforother,similarlearners.
• Thelargeamountsofmicro‐leveldatageneratedbylearningsystemscanleadtonewinsightsaboutthevariabilityandconstanciesoflearning.
• New‐genera.onstudentdatasystemsarestar.ngtotrackawiderrangeofstudentinforma.on.Administra.vedataarebeinglinkedwithdatafromlearningmanagementsystems.(Linkeddatasystems)
• Predic.vemodelscanbedevelopedfromthesedataandusedin“earlywarningsystems”thatprovide.melyfeedbacktobothstudentsandeducators.
Whatcanwedowithdatacollectedfromdigitallearningsystems?
SomeKeyIdeasfromtheReport‐3
• Internet‐distribu.onenablesuserstomodify,create,share,andreviewlearningresourcesthemselves.
• Usersconsidermul.pleaspectsofaproduct‐‐includingitsdesignprocess;endorsements;alignmenttostandards;fitfortheircontext;andeaseofuse;aswellasevidenceofeffec.veness.
• Onlinerepositoriesandcommuni.esarehelpinginstructorsselectandcombinedigitallearningresources.Theyaremakingra.ngsandreviewsbyusersandexperts,userpanels,andtestbedswidelyavailable.(Meta‐datafromusers)
• Dataminingcanbeusedtomakerecommenda.onsofdigitallearningresourcesthatsimilarusershavedownloadedandratedhighly.
Howcanwehelpeducatorsfindreliablesourcesofevidenceaboutdigitallearningresourcesanduseittomaketheirdecisions?
ConfidenceofImprovement
HighConfidenceHighRisk
HighConfidenceLowRisk
LowConfidenceHighRisk
LowConfidenceLowRisk
EvidenceDecision‐MakingModel
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Risk
Par4ngThoughts
• Wehavethetechnicalcapabilitytocollectunprecedentedquan..esofmicro‐learningdatawithinonlinelearningsystems.
• Thesedatacanhelpusassessstudentlearningandcoursebehaviorwhenthereiss.ll.meforcorrec.veac.on,
• ANDthesedatacanbeusedinacon.nuousimprovementprocesstomakethelearningsystembeXerandbeXer.
• BUTwes.llneedtodemonstratethatonlinelearningsystemswithhighimplementa.onrisk(becauseofscale,cost,stakesorimplementa.oncomplexity)producelearningoutcomesatleastasgoodasthoseofconven.onalinstruc.on,
• ANDwecangetsmarterabouthowtodesignandimplementdigitallearningifwestudyitsystema.cally.
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