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Multimodal learning analytics: A promising avenue to measure cognitive load during online complex problem solving?

Artificial intelligence in educational research and practice

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, online learning in higher education is gaining in popularity more than ever. Since online learning is so prevalent, it is important that online courses offer learning...

The thin line between gaming and learning

When we went into ‘lockdown’ because of the Covid-19 pandemic, and were denied access to face-to-face education, educators had to swiftly improvise. By transferring existing educational...

What you need to know to get the best from online education: A BJET/JCAL virtual special issue

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we’re all going through a period unlike any we have ever experienced. With respect to teaching and learning, students can’t attend school and universities – and...

Digital masters? Reflecting on the readiness of students and staff for digital learning

Covid-19, education and educational research

If we assume that necessity really is the mother of invention, then the problems of delivery that arose when the Covid-19 virus crisis hit UK higher education represented a golden opportunity for...

The importance of the wider context: How an ecological approach can assist in understanding ICT take-up

Those researching technology use in education often switch between excessive optimism and excessive pessimism. They see the opportunities that new technology offers for creativity and a more...

Being human – Education in a technological age

What does 'Artificial Intelligence' mean for educational research

This event has now been postponed. To be kept updated on when this will be reschedule for, please email conference@bera.ac.uk. What is the role of artificial intelligence in education? What...

When ‘good enough’ isn’t good enough: Ethical dilemmas of a netnographic researcher

Ethnography has evolved for digital contexts in the form of netnography – researchers working with data originating from digital imprints of natural, public conversations (Kozinets, 2015). This...

Own It, AI and Dealing with Digital Dilemmas

The internet is a force for good; however, it hasn't been designed specifically for children. With their own smartphone, young people now have access to a glittering array of experiences which...

Great Expectations – what should artificial intelligence be doing for us?

What does 'Artificial Intelligence' mean for educational research

Online registration has now closed. If you want to attend this event, please email events@bera.ac.uk for details of how to register onsite. Artificial intelligence seems to be everywhere at the...

Natural language processing: A tool for microgenetic analysis

Artificial intelligence in educational research and practice

Microgenetic analysis is a Vygotskyan educational research method that supports uncovering student sense-making activity during collaborative learning. Investigating learning using microgenetic...

What is the future for artificial and human intelligence?

What does 'Artificial Intelligence' mean for educational research

Online registration has now closed. If you want to attend this event, please email events@bera.ac.uk for details of how to register onsite.  Artificial intelligence seems to be everywhere at the...

Escape from the Skinner box

Artificial intelligence in educational research and practice

Now that artificial intelligence (AI) is very much in the public eye, the issue of its use in education has attracted much attention, both good and bad. Within the context of education, one...