ORGANIZATIONAL AND PEDAGOGICAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIGITALIZING STUDENT ATTENDANCE MONITORING
Keywords:
attendance monitoring, digitalization, digital maturity, early warning indicators, data analytics, labeling, data protection, pedagogical interaction.Abstract
The article analyzes the organizational and pedagogical opportunities for
digitalizing student attendance monitoring. The author identifies what digitalization
actually changes, distinguishing four key effects: speed, completeness, data connectivity,
and visibility. The study substantiates three levels of digital maturity — recording,
analysis, and prediction — and defines the organizational requirements for each level. A
system of early warning indicators is examined, and the necessity of analyzing attendance in conjunction with other indicators is substantiated. Furthermore, the article explores the
limitations and risks of digitalization, including labeling, data protection, and the
displacement of pedagogical interaction, and reviews the academic debate on the use of
data analytics in education.
References
1. Balfanz R., Herzog L., Mac Iver D. J. Preventing Student Disengagement and Keeping Students on the Graduation
Path in Urban Middle-Grades Schools // Educational Psychologist. – 2007. – Vol. 42, № 4. – P. 223–235.
2. Kearney C. A. An Interdisciplinary Model of School Absenteeism in Youth to Inform Professional Practice and Public
Policy // Educational Psychology Review. – 2008. – Vol. 20, № 3. – P. 257–282.
3. Ferguson R. Learning Analytics: Drivers, Developments and Challenges // International Journal of Technology
Enhanced Learning. – 2012. – Vol. 4, № 5/6. – P. 304–317.
4. Siemens G., Baker R. S. J. d. Learning Analytics and Educational Data Mining: Towards Communication and
Collaboration // Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge. – New York: ACM,
2012. – P. 252–254.
5. Balfanz R., Byrnes V. The Importance of Being in School: A Report on Absenteeism in the Nation's Public Schools.
– Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Center for Social Organization of Schools, 2012. – 46 p.
6. Selwyn N. Is Technology Good for Education? – Cambridge: Polity Press, 2016. – 180 p.
7. Williamson B. Big Data in Education: The Digital Future of Learning, Policy and Practice. – London: SAGE
Publications, 2017. – 256 p.
8. Gottfried M. A., Hutt E. L. (Eds.). Absent from School: Understanding and Addressing Student Absenteeism. –
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, 2019. – 240 p.
9. Kearney C. A., Graczyk P. A. A Multidimensional, Multi-tiered System of Supports Model to Promote School
Attendance and Address School Absenteeism // Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review. – 2020. – Vol. 23, № 3. – P.
316–337.
10. OECD. Equity and Quality in Education: Supporting Disadvantaged Students and Schools. – Paris: OECD
Publishing, 2012. – 168 p.