Centre for the Science of Learning & Technology (SLATE)
Recent Submissions
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“We’re in this together”: responding to student concerns about large language models in higher education
(SLATE Research Report;2024-1, Research report, 2024-03-20)We, the self-proclaimed “LLMs in Education” group, comprising university educators (and one partner researcher) from the University of Bergen, Norway, conducted two workshops in August and December 2023 to explore the use ... -
Video Analytics in Digital Learning Environments: Exploring Student Behaviour Across Different Learning Contexts
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The use of videos in teaching has gained impetus in recent years, especially after the increased attention towards remote learning. Understanding students’ video-related behaviour through learning (and video) analytics can ... -
Learning analytics as data ecology: a tentative proposal
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Central to the institutionalization of learning analytics is the need to understand and improve student learning. Frameworks guiding the implementation of learning analytics flow from and perpetuate specific understandings ... -
Model-Based Learning Analytics for a Partnership of Teachers and Intelligent Systems: A Bibliometric Systematic Review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This paper presents a bibliometric systematic review on model-based learning analytics (MbLA), which enable coupling between teachers and intelligent systems to support the learning process. This is achieved through systems ... -
Learning analytics in support of inclusiveness and disabled students: a systematic review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)This article maps considerations of inclusiveness and support for students with disabilities by reviewing articles within the field of learning analytics. The study involved a PRISMA-informed systematic review of two popular ... -
Learning analytics in virtual laboratories: a systematic literature review of empirical research
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Remote learning has advanced from the theoretical to the practical sciences with the advent of virtual labs. Although virtual labs allow students to conduct their experiments remotely, it is a challenge to evaluate student ... -
Food for thought: How curiosity externalization is fostered through organizational identity
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Curiosity has increasingly been deemed to hold pivotal influence over the ventures founders create. While this growing body of knowledge has helped us understand the origins of a venture, what is less well understood is ... -
“Trust us,” they said. Mapping the contours of trustworthiness in learning analytics
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore and establish the contours of trust in learning analytics and to establish steps that institutions might take to address the “trust deficit” in learning analytics. Desi ... -
Towards a partnership of teachers and intelligent learning technology: A systematic literature review of model-based learning analytics
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background With increased use of artificial intelligence in the classroom, there is now a need to better understand the complementarity of intelligent learning technology and teachers to produce effective instruction. ... -
Prerequisites for teachers’ technology use in formative assessment practices: A systematic review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)While researchers promote the interactive learning potential of digital tools, studies reveal that teachers adapt technology to existing practice instead of using the tools' potential for student active learning. Researchers ... -
Governance and digital transformation in schools with 1:1 tablet coverage
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)There is an increasing trend of 1:1 coverage of tablets in schools in Scandinavia. Several studies have reported on pedagogical possibilities and challenges, but less is reported about how this change is perceived and ... -
Initial (March 2023) uses and perceptions of ChatGPT in a sample of students and instructors at the University of Bergen (UiB), Norway
(SLATE Research Report;2023-1, Research report, 2023-06)The spring semester of 2023 in higher education was impacted by the release of Large Language Models (LLMs) to the general public. OpenAI’s ChatGPT was at the forefront, with Google's Bard, Microsoft’s Bing, and others ... -
Understanding privacy and data protection issues in learning analytics using a systematic review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The field of learning analytics has advanced from infancy stages into a more practical domain, where tangible solutions are being implemented. Nevertheless, the field has encountered numerous privacy and data protection ... -
In the nexus of integrity and surveillance: Proctoring (re)considered
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background The Covid-19 pandemic disrupted higher education in many ways, such as the move to Emergency Remote Online Teaching and Learning (EROTL), often including a move to online assessments and examinations. With ... -
The use and application of learning theory in learning analytics: a scoping review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Since its inception in 2011, Learning Analytics has matured and expanded in terms of reach (e.g., primary and K-12 education) and in having access to a greater variety, volume and velocity of data (e.g. collecting and ... -
Learning Analytics in Collaborative Online Lab Environments: A Systematic Scoping Review
(Conference poster, 2022)With the increase in online education arises the challenge of replicating physical laboratories and teamwork online. This poster presents a brief overview of a scoping review of the current research within the area of ... -
What Does Twitter Say About Self-Regulated Learning? Mapping Tweets From 2011 to 2021
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Social network services such as Twitter are important venues that can be used as rich data sources to mine public opinions about various topics. In this study, we used Twitter to collect data on one of the most growing ... -
John Dewey
(Chapter, 2021)The American philosopher John Dewey and the tradition of pragmatism is often connected to the concept of experience. This entry explores John Dewey’s pragmatism with a particular emphasis on experience as transformative ... -
Meta-intelligence: understanding, control, and interactivity between creative, analytical, practical, and wisdom-based approaches in problem solving
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)A deeper understanding of the processes leading to problem framing and behind finding solutions to problems should help explain variability in the quality of the solutions to those problems. Using Sternberg’s WICS model ... -
Game Transfer Phenomena and Problematic Interactive Media Use: Dispositional and Media Habit Factors
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The study of the effects of interactive media has mainly focused on dysregulated behaviors, the conceptualization of which is supported by the paradigms of addiction. Research into Game Transfer Phenomena (GTP) examines ...
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