 they make blanket statements like, 'People will forget 40% of what they learned within a day of learning it.'" Forgetting varies widely. Prior knowledge matters. Motivation matters. Context matters. Learning methods matter.
Wjat is the role of analytics in education? This excellent article provides a non-Orwellian (and hence, refreshing) way to think about analytics. I like the way it is summarized, as well, as follows:
- Developed as a concept in the science of choice, subtle interactions - or nudges - can influence people's actions without infringing on their freedom of choice.
- he wealth of digital data in higher education enables the use of that data to nudge students toward better achievement and persistence.
- The next step is to figure out correlation characteristics from machine recommendations, and determine practices based on patterns found in the data.
- A vibrant community is forming for action, basing new practices on successful models of pattern analysis, implementation, and evaluation.
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