{"id":1072,"date":"2012-02-10T21:34:59","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T21:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orfeu.org\/2012\/02\/10\/george-siemens-concludes-his-presentation-with-this-powerful-thoughtindividual-assessment-teaching\/"},"modified":"2018-08-05T19:40:28","modified_gmt":"2018-08-05T18:40:28","slug":"george-siemens-why-analytics-tools-must-be-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/josemota.pt\/sr\/george-siemens-why-analytics-tools-must-be-open\/","title":{"rendered":"George Siemens on why analytics tools must be open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a class=\"proflink\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/112869117429645144444\">George Siemens<\/a><\/span> concludes his presentation with this powerful thought:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Individual assessment, teaching, one-on-one consultation and mentorship \u2013 those factors that can\u2019t be scaled \u2013 serve as the foundation and premise of tomorrow\u2019s education model. Learning analytics serve to give educators information on what\u2019s working and what\u2019s not working. For this reason, analytics tools must be open, embodying the principles of open source movements or the hacker way: iterative, hands on, democratic, open, and transformative.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att\">\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elearnspace.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/10\/openness-why-learners-should-know-about-and-influence-how-decisions-are-made-about-their-learning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Openness: Why learners should know about, and influence, how decisions are made about their learning<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att-img\" style=\"float: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elearnspace.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/10\/openness-why-learners-should-know-about-and-influence-how-decisions-are-made-about-their-learning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/ImxfAIfVTfqd_fUKCwD6UcsvIbReY3ltUDOMCkXjTz1mDxI7ttMeRWaa0nYbS987OhF7HDIS-K1Jrz9xvNDwhFW1049GRhn6_IX2mm70Oxxzi-mm=w120-h120\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att-txt\">Earlier this week, I delivered a presentation to TEDxEdmonton on why openness and learning analytics are critical for rethinking the future of education. The theme of the event was on open source culture and whether the promises of open source have been oversold.<br \/>\nMy argument is that openness has not been oversold and that increased openness (of content, teaching\/learning, analytics, policy, data, and technology) is really the only path forward fo&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-backlink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/112390264067431209914\/posts\/8inpCCjmxAH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This was posted on Google+<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>+George Siemens concludes his presentation with this powerful thought: &#8220;Individual assessment, teaching, one-on-one consultation and mentorship \u2013 those factors that can\u2019t be scaled \u2013 serve as the foundation and premise of tomorrow\u2019s education model. Learning analytics serve to give educators information on what\u2019s working and what\u2019s not working. 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