learning analytics. online learning. transformative global education.
Macfadyen, L. P. (2020).
Using Quantext for curriculum analysis. In J. McDonald, A. Moskal, C. Gunn, & I. Elgort (Eds.), Quantext pilot study. Project report. Ako Aotearoa. https://ako.ac.nz/assets/Knowledge-centre/Quantext-For-rapid-analysis-of-student-responses-to-short-answer-questions/Quantext.pdf
Dewell,S., Birch, P., Cremin, C., Guimond, C., & Macfadyen, L. P. (2025, November).
A novel genomics educational resource for nurse practitioners.
ISONG World Congress, Montreal, Canada.
Guimond, C., Cremin, C., Dewell, S., Macfadyen, L. P., & Birch, P. (2025, October).
Integrating genomics into a Canadian Nurse Practitioner curriculum: A genetics-led pilot project.
CAGC & CCMG Joint Annual Scientific Meeting, Banff, Canada, October 5-8.
Cremin, C., Guimond, C., DeBruin, E., Macfadyen, L. P., Dewell, S., & Birch, P. (2025, October).
Keys to sustainable online genomics education: Strategies for long-term impact.
CAGC & CCMG Joint Annual Scientific Meeting, Banff, Canada, October 5-8.
Dewell, S., Tonkin, E., Calzone, K., Dwyer, A., Badzek, L., Himes, D. O., Lucas, R., Dungan, J., Davis, S., Walker, T., Birch, P., Cremin, C., Guimond, C., & Macfadyen, L. P. (2025, July).
Integrating genomics into nursing education.
36th International Nursing Research Congress 2025, Seattle, USA.
Dewell, S., Birch, P., Macfadyen, L. P., Guimond, C. & Cremin, C. (2025, June).
Advancing excellence in precision health through innovative nurse practitioner education.
19th Annual BC Nurse Practitioner Conference, Kelowna, BC.
Macfadyen, L. P., Morales, E., & Roche, J. (2025).
Culture and communication in digital worlds. https://digitalcultures.ca
This dynamic website and open educational resource (OER) shares the outcomes of an ongoing academic project on culture, communication, and digital technologies. It includes a growing, searchable collection of research, an invitation to contribute new work, and our 2025 review of the field.
Macfadyen, L. P., Birch, P. Guimond, C., Cremin, C., & Dewell, S. (2025).
Genetics and genomics for nurse practitioners.
See: https://blogs.ubc.ca/npedge/
A collection of learning materials for nurse practitioner education and NP professional development.
Macfadyen, L. P., Morales, E., & Roche, J. (2025).
Culture and communication in digital worlds. A scoping review of literature from the Third Age of internet studies.
The University of British Columbia. https://doi.org/10.14288/r5xm-qn87
What happens when people from different cultural backgrounds try to communicate using digital technologies? This review offers a roadmap and thematic analysis of literature we compiled from 2003-2023. In it, we consider what research is telling us about whether digital communication technologies represent new opportunities, new threats, or both, for human cultures.
Beaudoin, M.-S., & Macfadyen, L. P. (2026).
Self-regulated learning skills contribute to academic success and academic resilience in first-year students enrolled in an online physiology course.
Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 17(1).
Macfadyen, L. P. & Myers, A. (2023).
The “IKEA model” for pragmatic development of a custom learning analytics dashboard.
In T. Cochrane, V. Narayan, C. Brown, K. MacCallum, E. Bone, C. Deneen, R. Vanderburg, & B. Hurren (Eds.), People, partnerships and pedagogies. Proceedings ASCILITE 2023. Christchurch (pp. 482-486). https://doi.org/10.14742/apubs.2023.465
Zumrawi, A. A. & Macfadyen, L. P. (2023).
Proposed metrics for summarizing student evaluation of teaching data from balanced Likert scale surveys.
Cogent Education, 10(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2023.2254665
Macfadyen, L. P., Austin, J., Cao, P., Cheng, J., Cremin, C., Duong, L., Elliott, A. M., Guimond, C., Lim, S., Race,S., Rajan-Babu, I.-S., Richardson, A.,Wainstein, T., Zahir, F., & Birch, P. H. (2023).
A novel online genomic counselling and variant interpretation certificate: Learning design, learning analytics, and evaluation.
Journal of Genetic Counselling, 32, 1280–1. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgc4.1737
Banihashem, S. K., Noroozi, O., van Ginkel, S., Macfadyen, L. P., & Biemans, H. J. A. (2022).
A systematic review of the role of learning analytics in enhancing feedback practices in higher education.
Educational Research Review, 100489. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2022.100489
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://changingeye.com/wp-content/uploads/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.)
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