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The Technology Horizon implications for assessment. Phil Marston Centre for Academic Development University of Aberdeen. Heads-up. What’s on the horizon. Overview. Learning Analytics Tin Can API Open Badges. Key Concept. Gartner’s Hype Cycle. Learning Analytics.
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The Technology Horizon implications for assessment • Phil Marston • Centre for Academic Development • University of Aberdeen
Heads-up • What’s on the horizon
Overview • Learning Analytics • Tin Can API • Open Badges
Key Concept • Gartner’s Hype Cycle
Learning Analytics • Huge amounts of data being generated • Storage & processing power available exponentially • Patterns of relationships hidden in that data • Algorithms being developed • Dashboards being developed
Learning Analytics • Huge amounts of data being generated • Storage & processing power available exponentially • Patterns of relationships hidden in that data • Algorithms being developed • Dashboards being developed
Learning Analytics • Huge amounts of data being generated • Storage & processing power available exponentially • Patterns of relationships hidden in that data • Algorithms being developed • Dashboards being developed
Learning Analytics • Huge amounts of data being generated • Storage & processing power available exponentially • Patterns of relationships hidden in that data • Algorithms being developed • Dashboards being developed
Learning Analytics • Huge amounts of data being generated • Storage & processing power available exponentially • Patterns of relationships hidden in that data • Algorithms being developed • Dashboards being developed
Tin Can API • SCORM • Experience • Subject, verb, object (I did this)
Tin Can API • SCORM • Experience • Subject, verb, object (I did this)
Tin Can API • SCORM • Experience • Subject, verb, object (I did this)
Open Badges • Digital certificates with embedded metadata • Will be endorsable • Providing employers with the information they need
Open Badges • Digital certificates with embedded metadata • Will be endorsable • Providing employers with the information they need
Open Badges • Digital certificates with embedded metadata • Will be endorsable • Providing employers with the information they need
Implications What’s the role of HE?
Any Questions? • Phil Marston • Centre for Academic Development • University of Aberdeen
Resources • Learning Analytics • NMC Horizon Reports http://www.nmc.org/horizon-project/horizon-reports • Purdue http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/signals-using-academic-analytics-promote-student-success • JISC http://jisc.cetis.ac.uk/topic/learning_analytics • Tin Can API • http://tincanapi.com • Open Badges • Mozilla http://openbadges.org • JISC http://www.rsc-scotland.org/eassessment/tag/open-badges/
Image Credits • Slide 4 Gartner's 2012 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2124315 • Slide 6 Aberdeen University ‘Maxwell’ High Performance Computing Facility http://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/details-13807.php • Slide 7 Map of science derived from clickstream data http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0004803 • Slide 10 SCORM, repositories and competencies - The big picture by Claude Ostyn http://www.ostyn.com/standards/prop/SCORM_competencies_repositories.htm • Slide 11 Making Sense of Tin Can API by Liz Burrow http://burlix.wordpress.com/2012/06/19/making-sense-of-tincan-api/ • Slide 12 Toyota environmentally conscious driving simulator by Eric Chan. Creative Commons license CC BY http://www.flickr.com/photos/maveric2003/2143217328/ • Slide 13 “Badge Anatomy” by Class Hack. Creative Commons license CC BY-SA http://www.waynebarry.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Open-Badge-Anatomy.png • Slide 14 Endorse project logo Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-SA http://ict-endorse.eu • Slide 15 Digital Resume by Linda Zivnustkova http://www.lindazivnustkova.com/resume.html • All other images fotolia.com