Comments on Knowledge Building Analytics
Bodong Chen
KBSI 2021
Two Areas
- What knowledge-building analytics we have? Are they meeting our needs? Where are the gaps?
- How does student-led design look like? What support is needed for students to lead effectively?
What knowledge-building analytics we have?
Zhu & Kim, 2017
21 assessment tools
in different versions of Knowledge Forum
in different servers
developed by multiple groups
Zhu & Kim, 2017
- Missing tools to convey a sense of idea advancing
- Some tools were re-engineered multiple times in different versions of KF, some tools share similar functions
- Tools on different servers cannot be shared
- Need more integrative design since often several tools were adopted in a single study
Questions
- Which aspects of knowledge building does each analytic cover?
- How is the analytic aligned with KB principles?
- How can arts be captured?
How does student-led design look like?
Human-centered design
- Missing piece: Human feedback (Fernando)
Human-centered learning analytics
Students’ data literacy
- What does analytics mean to students?
- Do students understand the visualizations?
- What are students making sense from the information?
- …
Exciting Opportunity
- Student-facing analytics remains rare
- Student-led is even rarer
How can we rally to empower students to design their KB analytics?