Analysis of Patterns in Time: Research and Demonstrations

New Book

Frick, T. W., Myers, R. D., Dagli, C. & Barrett, A. F. (2022). Innovative Learning Analytics for Evaluating Instruction: A Big Data Roadmap to Effective Online Learning. Routledge.

New Book Chapters

Frick, T. W. (2024). Analysis of Patterns in Time for Evaluating Online Instruction. In T. Martindale, T. B. Amankwatia, L. D. Cifuentes, and A. A. Piña (Eds.), Handbook of research in online learning (pp. 483–510). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004702813_020

Frick, T. W. (2024). 21 Years of Worldwide Learning Online: Indiana University Plagiarism Tutorials and Tests. In T. Martindale,T. B. Amankwatia, L. D. Cifuentes, and A. A. Piña (Eds.), Handbook of research in online learning (pp. 221–237). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004702813_009

New Featured Research Publication

Frick, T. W., Myers, R. D., & Dagli, C. (2022). Analysis of Patterns in Time for Evaluating Effectiveness of First Principles of Instruction (SharedIt). Educational Technology Research and Development, 70(1), 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-021-10077-6

Recent Presentations

Frick, T. (2022, Oct.). Analysis of Patterns in Time (APT): A Fruitful Methodology for Investigating Learning Journeys in Education. At the annual conference of the Association of Educational Communications and Technology, Las Vegas, NV.

Frick, T. (2022, Oct.). MOOC Turns 20 Years Old: How to Recognize Plagiarism. At the annual conference of the Association of Educational Communications and Technology, Las Vegas, NV.

Frick, T. (2022, May). Analysis of Patterns in Time for Evaluating Effectiveness of First Principles of Instruction (video recording). Virtual presentation to the 4th Annual Learning Analytics Summit.

Frick, T., Myers, R., & Dagli, C. (2021, Nov.). Innovative Learning Analytics for Evaluating Effectiveness of First Principles of Instruction. Featured Research Paper, at the annual conference of the Association of Educational Communications and Technology, Chicago, IL.

Frick, T., Dagli, C., & Myers, R. (2021, Nov.). Analysis of Patterns in Time:  Innovative Learning Analytics with Google Analytics 4. At the annual conference of the Association of Educational Communications and Technology, Chicago, IL.

Overview of APT: Analysis of Patterns in Time

Analysis of Patterns in Time (APT): A Method of Recording and Quantifying Temporal Relations in Education (Frick, 1990).

Nonmetric Temporal Path Analysis: foundations for APT (Frick, 1983).

Using Pattern Matching to Assess Gameplay (Myers & Frick, 2015)

Video Demonstrations of APT with Google Analytics for AECT Showcase on Innovative Technologies (Frick, 2021, Nov.)