The Digital Learning Industry has recognized two important professions namely:(a) Instructional Designers, who design and develop online courses and (b) e-Trainers who support the delivery of these online courses. Given the evident importance of these job roles in designing and delivering high quality and effective competence-based online professional training courses, professional competence frameworks have been developed to define their competence needs, supported by professional development initiatives for cultivating them. However, emerging and promising advancements in Digital Learning related to the use of data-driven evidence from Educational Data Analytics are scarcely, if at all, addressed by existing competence frameworks and, by extend, professional development programs. Therefore, there is a need for extending existing competence frameworks with new competences for both professions, to accommodate these emerging fields. Furthermore, innovative professional development programs are also required to develop these new competences. In this context, the project aims to develop an Academia-Industry Knowledge Alliance for designing, developing and evaluating (a) two new competence profiles (extending existing frameworks) and (b) one competence-based European MOOC addressed at cultivating these innovative instructional designers’ and e-trainers’ competences for exploiting educational data analytics in online professional workplace development. The expected impact of the project will be: (a) for academic partners, modernization of their curricula towards developing their students' competences and better align them to work-based needs of the Digital Learning Industry and (b) for industrial partners, dissemination of their LMS products and professional development programs, potentially leading to even wider adoption from practitioners, as well as improving the functionalities of their LMS platforms to better meet the needs of instructional designers and e-trainers
To produce and validate a comprehensive proposal for an Educational Data Literacy Competence Profile for e-Learning Professionals and Educators. To design, develop, offer and evaluate a competence-based Professional Development Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) leading to a Certificate of Achievement in Educational Data Literacy. To facilitate building a professional community around Educational Data Analytics with the participants and the graduates of the L2A MOOC.
Educational Data Analytics (EDA), that is, the use of educational data generated during teaching and learning (including assessment) for better supporting individual learners' in online and blended courses, became even more relevant during the emergency remote teaching forced by the COVID19 pandemic lockdown. As a result, Educational Data Literacy (EDL) competences for e-Learning professionals, as well as, school teachers and leaders, are highlighted as a key competence in the post COVID19 era.
<< Background >> Educational Data Analytics (EDA), that is, the use of educational data generated during teaching and learning (including assessment) for better supporting individual learners' in online and blended courses, became even more relevant during the emergency remote teaching forced by the COVID19 pandemic lockdown. As a result, Educational Data Literacy (EDL) competences for e-Learning professionals, as well as, school teachers and leaders, are highlighted as a key competence in the post COVID19 era. << Objectives >> To produce and validate a comprehensive proposal for an Educational Data Literacy Competence Profile for e-Learning Professionals and Educators. To design, develop, offer and evaluate a competence-based Professional Development Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) leading to a Certificate of Achievement in Educational Data Literacy. To facilitate building a professional community around Educational Data Analytics with the participants and the graduates of the L2A MOOC. << Implementation >> Researched, developed and validated the L2A Educational Data Literacy Competence Profile (L2A-EDL-CP). Designed, developed, promoted, offered, evaluated (all in 2 cycles), revised and re-offered the L2A MOOC, a professional competence development MOOC of 200 hours of study. Almost 5.000 people enrolled on the L2A MOOC and 521 successfully completed an L2A Certification of Achievement in EDL. Presented project to 24 academic conferences and 5 industry exhibitions (# 6.500 reached out) << Results >> The L2A Educational Data Literacy Competence Profile, researched and validated by 210 experts [R2, 3, 4]The L2A MOOC & Certification implemented, offered and evaluated in 2 cycles [R5a&b, 6a&b, 7a&b, 8, 9, 10]A comprehensive MOOC evaluation strategy & a systematic, in-depth evaluation study for both versions of the L2A MOOC [R12a&b, R13, R14]2 open access books negotiated and agreed with Springer, 1 journal & 10 conference papers published,14 invited keynotes in international conferences