Gregor Kennedy

Feedback in higher education: aligning academic intent and student sensemaking

Tracii Ryan, Michael Henderson, Kris Ryan, Gregor Kennedy

Journal article  |  2022  |  TEACHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Research indicates that effective learner-centred feedback requires learner agency, impact and sensemaking. While scholars are foc..

How Difficult is the Task for you? Modelling and Analysis of Students' Task Difficulty Sequences in a Simulation-Based POE Environment

Sadia Nawaz, Namrata Srivastava, Ji Hyun Yu, Anam Ahmad Khan, Gregor Kennedy, James Bailey, Ryan Shaun Baker

Journal article  |  2021  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN EDUCATION

Task difficulty (TD) reflects students' subjective judgement on the complexity of a task. We examine the TDs data of 236 undergrad..

Identifying the components of effective learner-centred feedback information

Tracii Ryan, Michael Henderson, Kris Ryan, Gregor Kennedy

Journal article  |  2021  |  TEACHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Due to recent conceptual shifts towards learner-centred feedback, there is a potential gap between research and practice. Indeed, ..

Digital Learning Environments, The Science of Learning, and the Relationship Between the Teacher and the Learner

Jason M Lodge, Gregor Kennedy, Lori Lockyer

Book Chapter  |  2020

Designing learner-centred text-based feedback: a rapid review and qualitative synthesis

Tracii Ryan, Michael Henderson, Kris Ryan, Gregor Kennedy

Journal article  |  2020  |  ASSESSMENT & EVALUATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Current conceptualisations of feedback contend that it should be a learner-centred process. In practice, however, text-based feedb..

Prediction of students' assessment readiness in online learning environments: The sequence matters

D Malekian, J Bailey, G Kennedy

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  LAK '20: Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge

Online learning environments are now pervasive in higher education. While not exclusively the case, in these environments, there i..

The importance and meaning of session behaviour in a MOOC

PG de Barba, D Malekian, EA Oliveira, J Bailey, T Ryan, G Kennedy

Journal article  |  2020  |  Computers and Education

One of the main challenges for online learners is knowing how to effectively manage their time. Highly autonomous settings, such a..

Moments of Confusion in Simulation-Based Learning Environments

Sadia Nawaz, Gregor Kennedy, James Bailey, Chris Mead

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF LEARNING ANALYTICS

Confusion is an important epistemic emotion because it can help students focus their attention and effort when solving complex lea..

Analysis of task difficulty sequences in a simulation-based POE environment

S Nawaz, N Srivastava, JH Yu, RS Baker, G Kennedy, J Bailey

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Task difficulty (TD) reflects students’ subjective judgement on the complexity of a task. We examine the task difficulty sequence ..

Writing analytics across essay tasks with different cognitive load demands

Eduardo Araujo Oliveira, Rianne Conijn, Paula Galvao De Barba, Kelly Trezise, Menno van Zaanen, Gregor Kennedy

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  37th International Conference of Innovation, Practice and Research in the Use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education

Essay tasks are a widely used form of assessment in higher education. Writing analytics can assist with challenges related to usin..