Learning analytics as interpretive practice: Applying westerman to educational intervention

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 117-121

  Atkisson, Michael ^a   Wiley, David ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational intervention; Hermeneutics; Interpretive inquiry; Learning analytics; Operationalism; Positivism; Quantitative inquiry

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION; HERMENEUTICS; INTERPRETIVE INQUIRY; LEARNING ANALYTICS; OPERATIONALISM; POSITIVISM; QUANTITATIVE INQUIRY;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84856317751     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2090116.2090133     Document Type: Conference Paper

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