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Translating the Concept of Goal Setting into Practice -- What 'Else' does it Require than a Goal Setting Tool?

Computers and Society 2020-05-19 v1

Abstract

This conceptual paper reviews the current status of goal setting in the area of technology enhanced learning and education. Besides a brief literature review, three current projects on goal setting are discussed. The paper shows that the main barriers for goal setting applications in education are not related to the technology, the available data or analytical methods, but rather the human factor. The most important bottlenecks are the lack of students goal setting skills and abilities, and the current curriculum design, which, especially in the observed higher education institutions, provides little support for goal setting interventions.

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@article{arxiv.2005.08669,
  title  = {Translating the Concept of Goal Setting into Practice -- What 'Else' does it Require than a Goal Setting Tool?},
  author = {Gábor Kismihók and Catherine Zhao and Michaéla C. Schippers and Stefan T. Mol and Scott Harrison and Shady Shehata},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.08669},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

This paper has been accepted to be published in the proceedings of CSEDU 2020 by SciTePress

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