learning analytics. online learning. transformative global education.
Macfadyen, L. P., Birch, P. H., Duong, L., Cao, P., Race, S., Cremin, C., Guimond, C., & Zahir, F. (2021).
Using learning analytics to optimize design of online learning courses in genomic counselling.
Oral presentation, World Congress on Genetic Counselling (Virtual Conference), 27–28 October 2021.
Macfadyen, L. P., Alabi, H., & Thompson, C. (2021, July 22).
Learning analytics in the COVID era.
EduBytes. CTLT Newsletter, The University of British Columbia.
Rashtian, H., Hashemi, A., & Macfadyen, L. P. (2020).
Harnessing natural language processing to support curriculum analysis.
Proceedings, ICERI2020, the 13th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, 9-11 November 2020 (Virtual) (pp. 1779-1784). Spain: International Academy of Technology, Education and Development (IATED). https://doi.org/10.21125/iceri.2020.0445
Macfadyen, L. P. (2020).
Content analytics for curriculum review: A learning analytics use case for exploration of learner context.
Proceedings, ASCILITE 2020: 37th International Conference on Innovation, Practice and Research in the Use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education, 30 November-1 December 2020 (Virtual) (pp. 42-47). ASCILITE. https://ascilite.org/wp-content/uploads/ASCILITE-2020-Conference-Proceedings-Draft-Version.pdf
Wei, J., Cutler, F., Macfadyen, L. P. & Shirazi, S. (2019).
Implementing learning analytics: Instructor perspectives.
Companion Proceedings, The 9th International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK’19), March 2019 (pp. 56-61). https://www.solaresearch.org/core/companion-proceedings-of-the-9th-international-learning-analytics-and-knowledge-conference-lak19/
Banihashem, K. & Macfadyen, L. P. (2021).
Pedagogical design: Bridging learning theory and learning analytics.
Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 47(1), https://doi.org/10.21432/cjlt27959
Macfadyen, L. P, Lockyer, L., & Rienties, B. (2020).
Learning design and learning analytics: Snapshot 2020.
Journal of Learning Analytics, 7 (3), 6-12. https://doi.org/10.18608/jla.2020.73.2
Redmond, D. W. & Macfadyen, L. P. (2020).
A framework to leverage and mature learning ecosystems.
International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 15(5), 75-99. http://dx.doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v15i05.11898
Lang, C., Macfadyen, L. P., Slade, S., Prinsloo, P. & Sclater, N. (2018).
The Complexities of Developing a Personal Code of Ethics for Learning Analytics Practitioners: Implications for Institutions and the Field.
In Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge, March 7–9, 2018, Sydney, NSW, Australia. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 5 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3170358.3170396
Macfadyen, L. P. (2017).
What Does a Learning Analytics Practitioner Need to Know?
Joint Proceedings of the Workshop on Methodology in Learning Analytics (MLA) and the Workshop on Building the Learning Analytics Curriculum (BLAC), co-located with 7th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference (LAK 2017), Vancouver, Canada, March 13th-14th, 2017.
Macfadyen, L. P., Groth, D., Rehrey, G., Shepard, L., Greer, J., Ward, D., Bennett, C., Kaupp, J., Molinaro, M. & Steinwachs, M. (2017).
Developing institutional learning analytics ‘communities of transformation’ to support student success.
In Proceedings of the Seventh International Learning Analytics & Knowledge Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, March 13 – 17, 2017 (pp. 498-499). ACM New York, NY, USA. doi: 10.1145/3027385.3029426
Macfadyen, L. P. (2017).
Overcoming Barriers to Educational Analytics: How Systems Thinking and Pragmatism Can Help.
Educational Technology, 57 (1), 31-39.
Macfadyen, L. P., Dawson, S., Gašević, D. & Prest, S. (2015).
Whose feedback? A multilevel analysis of student completion of end-of-term teaching evaluations.
Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 1-19.
doi: 10.1080/02602938.2015.1044421
Macfadyen, L. P. (2016).
Using EventFlow and CoCo to explore classroom activity patterns and learner performance.
In Proceedings, Putting Temporal Analytics into Practice: The 5th International Workshop on Temporality in Learning Data. University of Edinburgh, Scotland, April 25th 2016. https://changingeyedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2022/09/macfadyen_lak16time.pdf
Macfadyen, L. P. & Roll, I. (2016).
Analytics in Action: Research, Prototypes and Implemented Solutions.
Prepared for UBC’s LTHub.
Clow, D., Ferguson, R., Macfadyen, L. P., Prinsloo, P., Slade, S. (2016).
LAK Failathon.
In Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Learning Analytics And Knowledge, Edinburgh, Scotland, April 2016 (pp. 509-511). ACM New York, NY, USA.
Macfadyen, L. P., Roll, I. & Sandilands. (2015).
Using easily accessible aggregate LMS and SEoT data to evaluate learning design, learner engagement and perceived course value.
In Proceedings, Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Simon Fraser University and The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, June 16-19, 2015.
Roll, I., Macfadyen, L. P. & Sandilands, D. (2015).
Evaluating the Relationship Between Course Structure, Learner Activity, and Perceived Value of Online Courses.
In Proceedings, Second (2015) ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale, Vancouver, BC, Canada, March 14-18, 2015.
Macfadyen, L. P., Dawson, S. Pardo, A., & Gašević, D. (2014).
Embracing Big Data in Complex Educational Systems: The Learning Analytics Imperative and the Policy Challenge.
Research & Practice in Assessment, 9, 17-28. http://www.rpajournal.com/dev/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/A2.pdf
Ferguson, R., Clow, D., Macfadyen, L. P., Essa, A., Dawson, S. & Alexander, S. (2014).
Setting Learning Analytics in Context: Overcoming the Barriers to Large-Scale Adoption.
In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Learning Analytics And Knowledge (pp. 251-253). ACM New York, NY, USA. doi: 10.1145/2567574.2567592
Ferguson, R., Macfadyen, L. P., Clow, D., Tynan, B., Alexander, S., & Dawson, S. (2014).
Setting learning analytics in context: Overcoming the barriers to large-scale adoption.
Journal of Learning Analytics, 1(3), 120-144. http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/JLA/article/view/4077/442
Macfadyen, L. P., & Dawson, S. (2012).
Numbers Are Not Enough. Why e-Learning Analytics Failed to Inform an Institutional Strategic Plan.
Educational Technology & Society, 15 (3), 149–163.
Dawson, S., Macfadyen, L. P., Risko, E., Foulsham, T. & Kingstone, A. (2012).
Using technology to encourage self-directed learning: The Collaborative Lecture Annotation System.
In Proceedings, ASCILITE 2012, Wellington, New Zealand, November 2012.
Macfadyen, L. P. & Hewling, A. (2011).
How the earth moved. ‘Difference’ and transformative learning in an online course on global citizenship.
In R. Land & S. Bayne (Eds.), Digital Differences: Perspectives on Online Education. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
Dawson, S., Macfadyen, L., Lockyer, L. & Mazzochi-Jones, D. (2011).
Using social network metrics to assess the effectiveness of broad based admission practices.
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 27(1), 16-27. http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/ajet27/dawson.html
Dawson, S., Macfadyen, L. P., Lockyer, L. & Mazzochi-Jones, D. (2010).
From neural to social: Medical student admissions criteria and engagement in a social learning environment.
(ASCILITE 2010, Sydney, Australia, December 2010).
Macfadyen, L. P. (2010).
Current State Analysis of LMS and Web-based Tool Use in UBC Teaching and Learning Activities. Stage 1 Report: Blackboard Vista use data/data gathering on use of other tools, 2009W.
Prepared for the UBC Learning Technology Advisory Committee.
Macfadyen, L. P. & Kayaalp, D. (2010).
Problem-solving as a Learning Threshold in Biology?
(3rd Biennial Threshold Concepts Symposium, Sydney, Australia, July 1-2, 2010).
Dawson, S., Macfadyen, L. P. & Lockyer, L. (2009).
Learning or performance: Predicting drivers of student motivation.
(ASCILITE 2009, Auckland, New Zealand, December 2009.)
Macfadyen, L. P. (2009).
Using Course Management System Data as a Force for Good? Applying Academic Analytics to Teaching and Learning.
(Institute for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning seminar series, UBC)
Macfadyen, L. P., & Dawson, S. (2010).
Mining LMS data to develop an ‘‘early warning system” for educators: A proof of concept.
Computers & Education, 54:588-599. doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2009.09.008
Macfadyen, L. P. (2009).
Being and learning in the online classroom: Linguistic practices and ritual text acts.
In M. N. Lamy & R. Goodfellow (Eds.), Learning Cultures in Online Education. UK: Continuum Press.
Lee, J. & Macfadyen, L. P. (2009).
Reciprocal Peer Observation of Teaching: Networking Across Disciplines.
(Improving University Teaching 2009, July 14-17, Vancouver, Canada).
Swanson, D., Jones, S., Macfadyen, L. P. & O’Donovan, T. (2008).
How the Earth Moved: Transformative Learning in an Online International Course on Global Citizenship.
(Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) National Conference on Education, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, June 2008.)
Swanson, D., Macfadyen, L. P., O’Donovan, T., Fuller, J., O’Connor, B., Cox, A., Avasadanond, B., Land-Murphy, J., Chin, A. (2008).
Narratives of transformation: Critical reflections on pedagogy and practice in/through an international online course on global citizenship.
(Global Citizenship Education and Post Secondary Institutions: Policies, Practices and Possibilities. Edmonton, Alberta, October 2008.)
Berger, G., Abdi, A., Ahimbisibwe, D., Swanson, D., Macfadyen, L. P., Jones, S. & O’Donovan, T. (2008).
A FAILURE OF (IN)SIGHT?: Re-imagining global discourses and public policies on development, poverty, literacy, ICT, media and education from developing country contexts.
(Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) National Conference on Education, Vancouver, British Columbia, June 2008.)
Macfadyen, L. P. (2007).
Global Village, Global Classroom, Global Citizen?
(Canadian Association for Distance Education, International Conference: “Connecting in the Global Village/Connexions dans le village planétaire”, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 2007.)
Macfadyen, L. P. & Hewling, A. (2006).
Teaching Towards Social and Ecological Justice Online: Introduction to Global Citizenship at UBC.
(3rd Annual Conference of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: “Making a Greater Difference: Connecting to Transformational Agendas”, Washington, DC, USA, November 9-12).
Macfadyen, L. P. (2005).
Review of Learning and Teaching Where Worldviews Meet, Eds. R. Sutherland, G. Claxton and A. Pollard.
International Journal of Lifelong Education, 24(2):179-181.
Macfadyen, L. P. (2005).
Teaching Global Citizenship Online
(UBC e-Strategy Town Hall, June 2005.)
Weiss-Lambrou, R. & Macfadyen, L. P. (2004).
Soutien du corps professoral dans une initiative d’enseignement avec les technologies de l’information et de la communication à l’Université de Montréal.
(Proceedings, Colloque l’ingénierie pédagogique a l’heure des TIC. Pratiques et récherches, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, November 26 2004.)
Weiss-Lambrou, R. & Macfadyen, L. P. (2004).
Soutien du corps professoral dans une initiative d’enseignement avec les technologies de l’information et de la communication à l’Université de Montréal.
In Proceedings, Colloque l’ingénierie pédagogique a l’heure des TIC. Pratiques et récherches, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, November 26 2004.
Macfadyen, L. P. (2004).
A Handbook of Best Practices in the Integration of Learning Technologies into Higher Education.
Government of Canada, Office of Learning Technologies: Ottawa.
Macfadyen, L. P. (2003).
International Education Online? A Report on Six Canadian Case Studies.
Research Report for the Canadian Bureau for International Education, Ottawa.
Macfadyen, L.P. (2003).
Expanding access to International Education: The Online Way.
CBIE Research Millennium Series No. 6, CBIE Ottawa, Canada.
Macfadyen, L. P. (2003).
International Education Online? Six Canadian Case Studies.
(Canadian Bureau for International Education: Annual Conference, Ottawa, Ontario.)
Macfadyen, L.P. (2003).
Intercultural and International Education via the Internet: Success Stories from Canada.
(Proceedings, UNESCO Conference on International and Intercultural Education, Jyväskylä, Finland, June 2003.)
Macfadyen, L.P. and Hawkes, B. (2002).
Researching Information and Communication Technology in International Education in Canada. Phase One Report: A Survey of the Current Status of ICT Use.
Prepared for the Canadian Bureau for International Education, Ottawa.
Macfadyen, L. P. (2002).
Internet and Communication Technologies in International Education in Canada.
(Canadian Bureau for International Education: Annual Conference, Banff, Alberta.)
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