BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 14.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Central Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Central Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Big Data Comes to School: Reconceptualizing Evidence and Resear ch in the Era of Technology-mediated Learning \; \;  \;A semin ar sponsored by the Bureau of Educational ResearchOver the past century\, the learning sciences have come to be defined by an array of experimental\ , survey and ethnographic methods. Recent literature on ‘big data’\, howev er\, suggests new possibilities for educational evidence and research in t he era of digitally-mediated learning and the large amounts of data collec ted incidental to that learning. In this presentation\, we set out to expl ore the consequences of big data for educational research practice. The pr esentation includes theoretical and practical perspectives. Theoretically\ , we argue that a new generation of ‘educational data sciences’ might requ ire a reconceptualization of the nature of evidence of learning and the di mensions of our research practices. Practically\, we will demonstrate some of the work we have been undertaking in the ‘Scholar’ project\, funded by the Institute of Education Sciences and the Bill and Melinda Gates Founda tion.PRESENTERS:  \;Dr. William CopeBill Cope is Professor in the Depa rtment of Education Policy Studies at the University of Illinois. He is Pr incipal Investigator in a series of major projects funded by the Institute of Education Sciences in the US Department of Education and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation researching and developing multimodal writing and assessment spaces. From 2010-2013 he was Chair of the Journals Publicatio n Committee of the American Educational Research Association. Recent books include The Future of the Academic Journal\, (with Angus Phillips\, eds) Elsevier\, Oxford\, 2009/2nd edition 2014\, and Towards a Semantic Web: Co nnecting Knowledge in Academic Research\, (with Kalantzis and Magee)\, Els evier\, Oxford\, 2010.Dr. Mary KalantzisMary Kalantzis is Dean of the Coll ege of Education at the University of Illinois\, Urbana-Champaign. She was formerly Dean of the Faculty of Education\, Language and Community Servic es at RMIT University in Melbourne\, Australia\, and President of the Aust ralian Council of Deans of Education. With Bill Cope\, she is co-author of New Learning: Elements of a Science of Education\, Cambridge University P ress\, 2008/2nd edition 2012 and Literacies\, Cambridge University Press\, 2012/2nd edition 2015\; and co-editor of Ubiquitous Learning\, University of Illinois Press\, 2009.A light lunch will be provided at 11:45 a.m. DTEND:20150312T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260311T165240Z DTSTART:20150312T170000Z LOCATION:USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Big Data UID:RFCALITEM639088267607839948 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Big Data Comes to School: Reconceptualizing Evidence and Research in the Era of Technology-mediated Learning
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A seminar sponsored by the Bureau of Educational Rese arch

Over the past century\, the learning sciences have come to be defined by an array of experimental\, survey and ethnographic methods. Rec ent literature on ‘big data’\, however\, suggests new possibilities for ed ucational evidence and research in the era of digitally-mediated learning and the large amounts of data collected incidental to that learning. In th is presentation\, we set out to explore the consequences of big data for e ducational research practice. The presentation includes theoretical and pr actical perspectives. Theoretically\, we argue that a new generation of ‘e ducational data sciences’ might require a reconceptualization of the natur e of evidence of learning and the dimensions of our research practices. Pr actically\, we will demonstrate some of the work we have been undertaking in the ‘Scholar’ project\, funded by the Institute of Education Sciences a nd the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

PRESENTERS:  \;
Dr. William Cope

Bill Cope is Professor in the Department of Educ ation Policy Studies at the University of Illinois. He is Principal Invest igator in a series of major projects funded by the Institute of Education Sciences in the US Department of Education and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation researching and developing multimodal writing and assessment sp aces. From 2010-2013 he was Chair of the Journals Publication Committee of the American Educational Research Association. Recent books include The F uture of the Academic Journal\, (with Angus Phillips\, eds) Elsevier\, Oxf ord\, 2009/2nd edition 2014\, and Towards a Semantic Web: Connecting Knowl edge in Academic Research\, (with Kalantzis and Magee)\, Elsevier\, Oxford \, 2010.

Dr. Mary Kalantzis
Mary Kalantzis is Dean of the Colleg e of Education at the University of Illinois\, Urbana-Champaign. She was f ormerly Dean of the Faculty of Education\, Language and Community Services at RMIT University in Melbourne\, Australia\, and President of the Austra lian Council of Deans of Education. With Bill Cope\, she is co-author of N ew Learning: Elements of a Science of Education\, Cambridge University Pre ss\, 2008/2nd edition 2012 and Literacies\, Cambridge University Press\, 2 012/2nd edition 2015\; and co-editor of Ubiquitous Learning\, University o f Illinois Press\, 2009.

A light lunch will be provided at 11:45 a. m.

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