AVALIAÇÃO, ENQUANTO INSTRUMENTO DE GESTÃO, DE AMBIENTES DE APRENDIZAGEM ENRIQUECIDOS PELA TECNOLO-GIA EM INSTITUIÇÕES DO ENSINO SUPERIOR

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Academic analytics: mapeando o genoma da universidade

Publication . Ferreira, Sérgio André; Andrade, António

Higher education institutions (HEIs) have multiple technologic subsystems for administrative, pedagogical management and quality purposes, which gather an immense volume of data from various sources and which do not communicate with each other. The domain of the analytic performances in Education emerges from the need to aggregate multiple sources of data, which the complexity of treatment associated with the ease of mobilizing selected information will make it possible to understand reality and optimize management actions. In this article, we present the architecture and results achieved in the development of an Academic Analytics aggregator of multiple sources of data on the educational activity.

2013Journal article

Open access

Academic analytics: anatomy of an exploratory essay

Publication . Ferreira, Sérgio André; Andrade, António

Investment in technological subsystems to support the activity of teaching and learning and the various areas of the life of Higher Education Institutions (HEI) is of increasing importance in the implementation of the policy and strategy of these organizations. Each of these subsystems collects a huge amount of data that, if properly organized, can provide useful information for decision making and informed action, which results in the need to articulate the strategic vision with Information Systems. This study aims to identify the technological requirements and understand the technical difficulties in accessing data sources of different technological subsystems in order to facilitate dialogue between the departments which hold the data to build a future Academic Analytics in a HEI. To achieve these goals a prototype was conceived which involved the aggregation, cleansing and standardization of data sources and resulted in a database that integrates records from three data sources—the LCMS (Learning Content Management System), academic management services and quality management services. This prototype allows reports and analysis to be made. Future studies for the development and implementation of Academic Analytics that can produce information to support decision making and control of the HEI’s activity are also possible.

2016Journal article

Open access

Tecnologia, inovação e educação – Implementação de um sistema de Learning Analytics

Publication . Ferreira, Sérgio André; Andrade, António

Na Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Porto (Católica-Porto) está em curso o desenvolvimento de um sistema de Learning Analytics (LA), que agrega informação proveniente do Learning Content Management System (LCMS) e do feedback dos estudantes sobre a atividade letiva desenvolvida nesta plataforma tecnológica. Este sistema de LA permite posicionar cada unidade curricular (UC) ou faculdade numa matriz de cinco estádios de integração do LCMS no processo de ensino aprendizagem. Para o efeito foi desenvolvido um sistema de extração e análise de dados no LCMS, formatado de acordo com a matriz e foi construída e validada uma escala para aferição das opiniões dos estudantes sobre o LCMS. O objetivo desta ferramenta é facultar informação passível de ser analisada pelos diferentes níveis hierárquicos da instituição, esperando-se que contribua para potenciar as boas práticas e diminuir os obstáculos no uso do LCMS no processo formativo.

2013Conference object

Open access