Monthly Archives: January 2016

Learning Analytics

My two most recent columns as a Contributing Editor for Educational Technology explain the beginnings of my exploration of learning analytics, a topic I feel is crucial for education today. Learning about learning has the potential to help us understand not only more than we know about learning itself but also about how to (and probably how NOT to) insert technology into the learning process. The first is entitled  “Learning Analytics and Educational Research” and the second is “Importance and Implementation of Learning Analytics.” To say the topic is crucial would be a serious understatement.

Webinar on Ayamel

I had a great time yesterday doing a webinar on Ayamel. I have given many presentations in many different settings, but this was perhaps the most challenging. Sitting there looking at the computer screen with no visual feedback from the audience was interesting, to say the least.

As I was speaking during the presentation, I noticed a couple of typos in some slides due to some late additions. Also, listening to it afterwards, I noticed way too many “uhs,”which I considered editing out. Now, however, I have decided to throw vanity to the wind and make the link available immediately, simply because I believe that the brilliance of Ayamel will come through, despite the imperfections in the presenter’s delivery!

With that explanation, here is the link on YouTube for the video of the webinar. I have posted the PowerPoint deck here (corrected of course! 🙂  ). All I ask is that anyone who downloads the deck give attribution, should any slides be used in another presentation.

Finally, here is a link to a short (10-minute) Qualtrics survey for anyone who would like to have additional permissions for using Ayamel, such as “Create Course.”