Sandra Milligan

Methodological foundations for the measurement of learning in learning analytics

SK Milligan

Conference Proceedings  |  2018  |  Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge

Learning analysts often claim to measure learning, but their work has attracted growing concern about whether or not the measures ..

To what degree? Alternative micro-credentialing in a digital age

S MILLIGAN, G Kennedy

Book Chapter  |  2017

Graduates, employers and the community are accustomed to regarding a degree as a reliable signal that a graduate has attained valu..

Daring to learn how to learn

S Milligan

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2017

A study of over 100,000 online learners finds that learning is a skill in itself that involves being prepared to take a risk, enga..

DesignLAK17: Quality metrics and indicators for analytics of assessment design at scale

Ulla Ringtved, Sandra Milligan, Linda Corrin, Allison Littlejohn, Nancy Law

Conference Proceedings  |  2017  |  Proceedings of the Seventh International Learning Analytics & Knowledge Conference

Notions of what constitutes quality in design in traditional oncampus or online teaching and learning may not always translate int..

MOOCs Meet Measurement Theory: A Topic-Modelling Approach

J He, BIP Rubinstein, J BAILEY, R Zhang, S Milligan, J Chan

Conference Proceedings  |  2016  |  30th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 2016

This paper adapts topic models to the psychometric testing of MOOC students based on their online forum postings. Measurement theo..

Learning design and feedback processes at scale: stocktaking emergent theory and practice

Ulla Ringtved, Sandra Milligan, Linda Corrin

Conference Proceedings  |  2016  |  Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge - LAK '16

Design for learning in scaled courses is shifting away from replication of traditional on-campus or online teaching towards exploi..

Validity: A Framework for Cross-disciplinary Collaboration in Mining Indicators of Learning from MOOC Forums

S Milligan, J He, J Bailey, R Zhang, BIP Rubinstein

Conference Proceedings  |  2016  |  Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge - LAK '16

Two research teams from the University of Melbourne's Learning Analytics Research Group used validation as applied in educational ..

Measurement of the ability to generate higher order learning in MOOCs

S MILLIGAN

Thesis / Dissertation  |  2016

Mining a MOOC: What our MOOC taught us about professional learning, teaching, and assessment

S Milligan, P Griffin

Book Chapter  |  2015

In July 2014, a massive open online course (MOOC) entitled The Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills (ATC21S) was offered..

Crowd-sourced learning in MOOCs: Learning analytics meets measurement theory

S Milligan

Conference Proceedings  |  2015  |  Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Learning Analytics And Knowledge

This paper illustrated the promise of the combination of measurement theory and learning analytics for understanding effective MOO..