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Use of Learning Experience Platforms in Lithuanian General Education Schools: Case Study Analyses
Julija Melnikova, Aleksandra Batuchina
Klaipeda University, Lithuania
Abstract. In addition to traditional learning, digital learning is increasingly being applied in schools through various educational technologies. The development and implementation of digital educational tools represents a growing and promising field within educational technology. Digital tools provide prerequisites for students to take responsibility and control learning, as well as to choose individual learning strategies. For teachers, digital tools are a means to enhance learner engagement and learning motivation by enabling them to determine the necessary steps to achieve defined learning goals. However, the use of digital educational tools does not yet guarantee the quality of modern education. In order to ensure profound and personalized learning digital tools that foster learning based on students’ personal abilities and interests, prove to be more effective. To achieve higher student engagement, it is essential to offer timely feedback, comprehensively assess students’ individual progress, and identify strengths and weaknesses of their learning. For this purpose, teachers can leverage advanced technologies that employ artificial intelligence and learning analytics. Such technologies are able to help teachers to monitor students’ learning more effectively- to identify learning gaps, to predict future learning progress, and to make necessary pedagogical decisions. In this study, such technologies are referred to as “learning experience platforms.” These platforms are designed in a manner that assists both students and teachers in proficiently managing teaching and learning processes through the utilization of learning analytics and artificial intelligence. The study focuses on the selection of advanced technological solutions – learning experience platforms suitable for general education schools. The selected platforms were tested in Lithuanian schools, and the practices and experiences are presented through a case study analysis. The outcomes of our research disclose the advantages of implementing such technological solutions in teaching-learning process and benefits for its participants. The results of the study emphasize that learning experience platforms foster inclusive and engaging learning, promote models of self-directed, adaptive, and personalized learning in general education schools.
Keywords: general education schools, learning experience platforms, case study.
The article was prepared within the framework of the project “Artificial Intelligence in Schools: Scenarios for the Development of Learning Analytics in Modernizing General Education in Lithuania” (DIMA_LT). Implementing institution: Klaipeda University. Project partner: School Improvement Center. The project was funded by the European Union (project No. S-DNR-20-4) under a grant agreement with the Lithuanian Science Council (LMTLT).
In: Human, Technologies and Quality of Education, 2023. Proceedings of Scientific Papers = Cilvēks, tehnoloģijas un izglītības kvalitāte, 2023. Rakstu krājums
Riga, University of Latvia, 2023. 796 p. Ed. L. Daniela
https://doi.org/10.22364/htqe.2023
ISBN 978-9934-36-116-6