Connecting: the Semantic HCI Textbook and Cross-Institutional Learning Analytics

Alan Dix

School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, UK
Talis, Birmingham, UK

Position paper for (HCIed2016)

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Abstract

Open education materials related to the author's HCI textbook were released in 2013 as a MOOC, published on interaction-design.org, and used for flipped classroom teaching.  Work is in progress to link these free open educational resources including substantial video and quizzes (some tutor-only) together with the (paid-for but open-to-all) book, to create a 'semantic textbook'.  The author is also interested in the way learning-analytics can be used to create actionable insights, at the appropriate time for the academic.  Bringing these together offers the potential for analytics using rich relationships across different educators and institutions use of the same material.

Keywords: HCI, human–computer interaction, interaction design, education, peer learning, MOOCs, learning analytics, open education, OER, flip classroom.

 

Related work

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Alan Dix 4/8/2016