Lessons learned from designing a curriculum analytics tool for improving student learning and program quality.

ABSTRACT: Curriculum Analytics (CA) emerged as a sub-field of Learning Analytics, aiming to use large amounts of educational data to drive curriculum decision-making and program improvement. However, it is still an open question how the use of CA tools impacts student learning and program quality. To advance this field, this paper describes the lessons learned from having designed and implemented a CA tool to help managers and teaching staff reflect on curriculum and teaching practices. This CA tool was developed under a design-based research approach called The Integrative Learning Design Framework. We implemented a two-cycle building-testing structure to evaluate the perceived usefulness and usability of this tool. The first cycle consisted of designing a first version of the tool and evaluating i

SUBMITTER: Hilliger I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8968781 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature