Discussion amongst the learning analytics community is for the need to link learning analytics with learning design. However, learning design is a complex space, and not all approaches to design for learning are the same. With this proposed integrated practice comes unique challenges for the contemporary educator. In this paper, we focus on the underlying processes of teacher inquiry when conne...

We present a framework for online inference in the presence of a nonexhaustively defined set of classes that incorporates supervised classification with class discovery and modeling. A Dirichlet process prior (DPP) model defined over class distributions ensures that both known and unknown class distributions originate according to a common base distribution. In an attempt to automatically disco...

How can classroom teachers be assisted in developing constructivist learning environments supported by technology in schools with large populations of traditionally underserved students? What role does available technology and professional development and support play in allowing or promoting changes in teaching methods? Results of the Southwest Educational Development Lab project, Applying Tec...

This paper reports on the beliefs of a group of K-8 mathematics teachers about appropriate goals and methods of mathematics teaching for students with mathematics learning difficulties and for students generally. The teachers were involved in a brief professional learning program that aimed to provide them with effective strategies for mathematics teaching for numeracy, and to influence their r...

background: clinical learning is one of the important issues that helps the perception of nursing students’ practice in a clinical setting and its effect on their professional development. the aim of this study is to describe and state the manner of clinical learning in nursing students. materials and methods: this qualitative study was conducted as a grounded theory. the individual semi-struct...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to present a model of professional development of teachers with a qualitative approach. Methodology: In this study, in order to identify the teacher professional development model, a qualitative interview was determined. The statistical population of the study in the qualitative part was all experts and experts in educational management and planning with ...