From tinkering to systemic change:The potential of educational technologies

&lt;p&gt;We applaud the work in educational technology innovation and research that adds to our understanding of how technologies can improve the teaching and learning experience within well-defined learning systems. However, we also see a potential for critical research around digital technologies in relation to higher education as a system. In this edutorial ee encourage researchers to report on empirical studies or rigorously supported conceptual work that fundamentally reconceptualises teaching in higher education and critically questions existing configurations.&lt;/p&gt;</jats:p

Editorial: Volume 34, Issue 4. How international is AJET?

While carrying ‘Australasia’ in its name, our journal aims to achieve a strong global presence in the English-speaking world. In this editorial we examine data collected by our journal management software OJS to ascertain the outreach of AJET beyond its Australasian borders. We look at data concerning AJET’s readership, submissions, authors, and reviewers for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018 (to mid-August)

Editorial: AJET bibliometrics and licensing

In this editorial we present the bibliometric data and explain the new Creative Commons license being adopted from Volume 36. The bibliometrics include the journal’s publication, review and article access statistics, the articles attracting the most interest over the past year and the citation performance of the journal

Videos in higher education: making the most of a good thing

There has been a noticeable rise in the use of, and research into, educational videos in tertiary education in the past decade. This is due in no small part to the reduction of expensive barriers to their production and storage, and an increase in access to streaming services that make videos playable anywhere, anytime. Research into educational videos broadly falls into three categories, namely improving video design; investigating platforms and technologies that increase student engagement with videos for a diverse range of learners; and developing pedagogical approaches that take full advantage of the affordances of videos. This article outlines the valuable contributions authors in this and other publications have made to each of these lines of enquiry, and highlights areas in need of further inquiry. Research into the improvement of theory and practice these three focus areas is needed to guide the development educational videos

The evolving field of learning analytics research in higher education: From data analysis to theory generation, an agenda for future research

Over the last decade the deployment and use of learning analytics has become routine in many universities around the world. The ability to analyse the way students interact with technology has demonstrated significant value for providing insights into student learning and there are now a wide range of uses for learning analytics in education. From use as a diagnostic tool, to a method for prediction, learning analytics in higher education has an emphasis on a wide range of outcome measures, including student retention, progression, attainment, performance, mastery, employability and engagement. In exploring how learning analytics can improve learning practice by transforming the ways we support learning processes, this editorial highlights some of the learning analytics research that has been published in AJET to date

Editorial: AJET bibliometrics

The bibliometric data in this editorial provide readers with information about the journal’s publication, review and article access statistics, the articles attracting the most interest over the past year and the citation performance of the journal. The data has been summarised in a series of tables along with explanatory notes and brief commentary