Professor Bart Rienties is Professor of Learning Analytics with The Open University UK, with an extensive and impressive list of publications related to the use of data to improve student outcomes. He has a tremendous insight of what big data at the Open University reveals about student success. Bart and I chatted in the Jennie Lee building at the Open University.
Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/005-Bart-Rientes-final.mp3 | recorded October 2018
Bart’s online profile ( including links to publications, projects and presentations): http://www.bartrienties.nl/
Particular works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjfwIDQuA6E | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIWrygqmOIs | http://oro.open.ac.uk/45383/ | http://oro.open.ac.uk/41813/
Twitter: @drBartRienties
Dr Neil Fassina is President of Athabasca University, and President of ICDE. Neil brings a strong academic background to his work. In this interview Neil talks about the Imagine: Transforming Lives, Transforming Communities that is reshaping one of the world’s leading ODL universities. Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/037-Neil-Fassina-Final.mp3 | recorded March 2020 Neil’s profile: http://president.athabascau.ca/ Nominated links (free to access): The Athabasca University IMAGINE: Transforming Lives, Transforming Communities strategic plan Twitter: @neilfassina ...
António is a Professor at Universidade Aberta, the Portuguese Open University. He is also a Senior Fellow and recent President of EDEN, and he joined me via Skype from Lisbon. António has been involved in some impressive online and distance education projects, as you’ll hear from this conversation. Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/004-Antonio-Teixeira-Final.mp3 | recorded September 2018 António’s online profile (also links to projects): www.eden-online.org/nap_elgg/pg/profile/teixeira Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/antonio.m.teixeira Twitter: @antonioteix ...
Professor Paul Prinsloo is Professor of Business Management with the University of South Africa, with a broad distance education background in administration, instructional design and more recently as an academic. His research is concerned with the student experience, the ethics of learning analytics and student supervision. Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/019-Paul-Prinsloo-Final.mp3 | recorded March 2019 Paul’s online profile: https://opendistanceteachingandlearning.wordpress.com/about/ Paul’s blog: https://opendistanceteachingandlearning.wordpress.com/ Nominated works (free to access): Prinsloo, P. (2018). Include us all! Directions for the adoption of learning analytics in the Global South: An African perspective. Digital Learning for Development (DL4D). Available at: http://dl4d.org/portfolio-items/learning-analytics-for-the-global-south/ Prinsloo, P. (2017). Recognising African leaders in distance education. Journal of Learning for Development 4(2), 104-118. Retrieved from http://jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/download/225/209 Prinsloo, P. (2017). Guidelines on the ethical use of student data: A draft narrative framework. Retrieved from https://www.siyaphumelela.org.za/documents/5a61c7b737ff5.pdf Prinsloo, P., & Slade, S. (2017). Student vulnerability and agency in networked, digital learning. European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning. http://www.eurodl.org/?p=special&sp=articles&inum=8 Slade, S., & Prinsloo, P. (2013). Learning analytics: Ethical issues and dilemmas. American Behavioral Scientist 57(1), 1509–1528. Retrieved fromhttp://oro.open.ac.uk/36594/ Twitter: @14prinsp ...
