About Paul Prinsloo

Paul Prinsloo is a Research Professor in Open and Distance Learning (ODL) in the College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (Unisa). His academic background includes fields as diverse as theology, art history, business management, online learning, and religious studies. Paul is an established researcher and has published numerous articles in the fields of teaching and learning, student success in distance education contexts, learning analytics, and curriculum development. His current research focuses on the collection, analysis and use of student data in learning analytics, graduate supervision and digital identity. Paul was born curious and in trouble. Nothing has changed since then.

I blog in my personal capacity and the views expressed in his blogs are my personal reflections and do not represent the official views or standpoints of University of South Africa (Unisa).

Should you wish to contact me, please feel free to send an e-mail to: pprinsloo59@gmail.com

KEYNOTES

Here is a list of my keynotes and links to the presentations:

• 2013 – International – Keynote: Metaliteracy Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) hosted by the State University of New York (SUNY), http://www.slideshare.net/prinsp/p-prinsloo-7-october2013-final
• 2013 – International – Keynote: Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) Digital Youth UnConference, Nairobi, Kenya, 14-17 May 2013
• 2013 – Invited speaker: South African Higher Education Learning Analytics Conference, 1-5 June, University of Pretoria, Pretoria. http://www.slideshare.net/prinsp/lasi13-za-5-july2013-final-1-paul-prinsloo
• 2014 – International – Invitation: Guest lecture at St Edmunds College, Cambridge, 18 June “Addressing student retention and success in open (distance) learning contexts – towards an ethics of care”
• 2015 – International – Prize winner invitation – Presentation at the Association for Institutional Research (AIR15) Forum, May 26-29, 2015, Denver – http://www.slideshare.net/prinsp/a-brave-new-world-student-surveillance-in-higher-education-revisited
• 2016 – Invited scholar –  “Curricula as contested and contesting spaces:Slides available at: http://www.slideshare.net/prinsp/curricula-as-contested-and-contesting-spaces-geographies-of-identity-resistance-and-desire

  Voice-over of slides available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFwQ6oa8_y0

  Geographies of identity, resistance and desire” – presentation at Transforming the Curriculum: South African Imperatives and 21st Century Possibilities, University of Pretoria, 28 January 2016 – https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292502252_Curricula_as_contested_and_contesting_spaces_Geographies_of_identity_resistance_and_desire

• 2016 – Keynote – Vaal University of Technology Staff Development Conference, South Africa, 28-29 August. https://opendistanceteachingandlearning.wordpress.com/2016/08/25/nested-scholarship-towards-a-scholarship-of-transgression-anger-and-hope/
• 2016 – International – Keynote 9th EDEN Research Workshop – EDEN RW9, 4-7 October 2016, Oldenburg – http://www.eden-online.org/node/1355
• 2016 – International – Invited scholar – University of Galway – Algocracy and Transhumanism Project https://algocracy.wordpress.com/
• 2016 – International – Expert Moderator International panel – Pan Commonwealth of Learning Conference 28-30 November – Kuala Lampur – http://www.col.org/news/items/invitation-participate-pcf8
• 2017 Invited presentation – University of Cape Town Learning Analytics: Opportunities and Dilemmas https://www.slideshare.net/prinsp/learning-analytics-opportunities-dilemmas
• 2017 Invited presentation at the 7th African Unity Renaissance International Conference PhD Colloquium, Sunday 21 May 2017, University of South Africa (Unisa), Pretoria The ‘Doctorateness’ in Doctoral Studies: A view from the South https://www.slideshare.net/prinsp/the-doctorateness-in-doctoral-studies-a-view-from-the-south
• 2017 – Keynote – Learning Carnival – Celebrating Innovation and Excellence in Teaching and Learning. Hosted by North-West University @Mmabatho Palms, Mahikeng, South Africa – (De)constructing [online]* learning: Salvation, stigma and/or snake oil https://www.slideshare.net/prinsp/deconstructing-online-learning-salvation-stigma-andor-snake-oil
• 2017 – Keynote – 7th Teaching & Learning Conference Theme: Going Places: Let’s Invent the Future Hosted by North-West University, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa – The curriculum as contested space – https://www.slideshare.net/prinsp/the-curriculum-as-contested-space
• 2017 – International – Invited speaker – LA-SIG Webinar 21 June at 4pm AEST Hosted by Ascilite – https://ascilite.org/get-involved/sigs/learning-analytics-sig/ ‘Responsible’ learning analytics: A tentative proposal – https://www.slideshare.net/prinsp/responsible-learning-analytics-a-tentative-proposal
• 2017 – Keynote – 3rd Siyaphumelela Conference, 28 June 2017, Johannesburg, South Africa – An invitation to a conversation: Towards a South African ethical use of student data framework/policy – https://www.slideshare.net/prinsp/an-invitation-to-a-conversation-towards-a-south-african-ethical-use-of-student-data-frameworkpolicy
• 2015 – International – Prize winner invitation – Presentation at the Association for Institutional Research (AIR15) Forum, May 26-29, 2015, Denver – http://www.slideshare.net/prinsp/a-brave-new-world-student-surveillance-in-higher-education-revisited
• 2017 – Keynote – National Association of Distance Education and Open Learning in South Africa (NADEOSA) Conference, 21 July 2017 -Bloemfontein, South Africa – Talkin Bout a Revolution: (Re)claiming distance education as revolutionary, humanising praxis – https://www.slideshare.net/prinsp/talkin-bout-a-revolution-reclaiming-distance-education-as-revolutionary-humanising-praxis
• 2017 – Keynote – Academic Development Symposium, University of South Africa (Unisa) Friday 15 September 2017 – Curriculum as border-crossing and imagined/enacted transgression: An exploration – https://www.slideshare.net/prinsp/curriculum-as-bordercrossing-and-imaginedenacted-transgression-an-exploration
• 2017 – International – Keynote –Seminar – University of Catalonia – “Evidence-based research: methodological approaches and practical outcomes”, organized by the UNESCO Chair in Education and Technology for Social Change of the Open University of Catalonia, to be held in Barcelona (Spain), on November 21-24.
• 2018 – International – Invited Presentation – ELESIG Webinar, hosted by the University of Nottingham, UK – 29 January – “Student consent in learning analytics: Finding a way out of the labyrinth.” Slides available at https://www.slideshare.net/prinsp/student-consent-in-learning-analytics-finding-a-way-out-of-the-labyrinth-86833227 Recording available athttps://uni-of-nottingham.adobeconnect.com/_a908729032/p5cirb6i09y2/
• 2018 – International – Keynote (virtual) at McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, Friday 23 February – “Understanding student success in online and distributed learning” Slides available at https://www.slideshare.net/prinsp/understanding-student-success-in-distributed-and-online-learning-88710434
• 2018 – International – Keynote at the American University of Cairo, Sunday 25 February – “How do we know they learn? The changing scope and role of evidence in student learning.” Slides available at https://www.slideshare.net/prinsp/how-do-we-know-they-learn-the-changing-scope-and-role-of-evidence-in-student-learning
• 2018 – International – Workshop at the American University of Cairo, Tuesday 27 February – “The changing nature and role of the scholarship of teaching and learning.” Slides available at https://www.slideshare.net/prinsp/the-changing-nature-of-the-scholarship-of-teaching-and-learning
• 2018 – Guest Speaker – 12 March 2018, HSRC/AISA Young Graduates and Scholars (AYGS) Academy and Conference, 2018, South Africa – “Transdisciplinarity: Exploring the Potential and Challenges of the Interface between Social Science & Natural Science”. Slides available at: https://www.slideshare.net/prinsp/transdisciplinarity-exploring-the-potential-and-challenges-of-the-interface-between-social-science-natural-science
• 2018 – Guest speaker – 15 May 2018 – SASUF Symposium: Digital Technologies, Big Data, and Cybersecurity, Vaal University of Technology, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa, 15 May 2018 – “ A Blind Date With (Big) Data: Student Data in (Higher) Education”. Slides available here: https://www.slideshare.net/prinsp/a-blind-date-with-big-data-student-data-in-higher-education
• 2018 – International – Invited presentation – 7 August 2018 – Here be dragons: mapping the (un)chartered in learning analytics. Virtual Presentation, School of Educational Studies and Leadership (EDSL), (Te) Kura Mātauranga me te Rangatiratanga, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. Slides available here: https://www.slideshare.net/prinsp/here-be-dragons-mapping-the-unchartered-in-learning-analytics
• 2018 – International – Keynote – 28 August 2018 – Zombie categories, broken data and biased algorithms: What else can go wrong? Ethics in the collection, analysis and use of student data – Seminar – Datafication of Higher Education: Considering an ethical approach to enhancing the student experience, University of Stirling, Scotland. Slides available at: https://www.slideshare.net/prinsp/zombie-categories-broken-data-and-biased-algorithms-what-else-can-go-wrong-ethics-in-the-collection-analysis-and-use-of-student-data-111886874
• 2018 – International – Keynote – 3 September, 2018 – (Re)claiming humanity, reclaiming hope: the role of higher education in the 21st century. Universidad Estatal A Distancia, (UNED) San Jose, Costa Rica. Slides available at: https://www.slideshare.net/prinsp/reclaiming-humanity-reclaiming-hope-the-role-of-higher-education-in-the-21st-century
• 2018 – National – Plenary Address – Quality, Innovation and Transformation in Curriculum Development for Distance Learning in the 21st Century, 2018 Academic Conference, STADIO Montana Campus, Pretoria, 17 October. Slides available at: https://www.slideshare.net/prinsp/quality-innovation-and-transformation-in-curriculum-development-for-distance-learning-in-the-21st-century
• 2018 – International – Keynote – Mapping teaching and learning as (dis)location/(re)location: the role of student data, 9th Annual International Conference on Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 25 October 2018, South Africa. Slides available at: https://www.slideshare.net/prinsp/mapping-teaching-and-learning-as-dislocationrelocation-the-role-of-student-data
• 2018 – International – Lead Paper Presentation, Learning at the back door? (Re)considering the role of open and distance learning, International Stakeholders’ Conference, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 28-31 October 2018. Slides available at: https://www.slideshare.net/prinsp/learning-at-the-back-door-reconsidering-the-role-of-open-and-distance-learning
• 2018 – National – Invited Presentation – (Un)framing online/blended learning: getting the mix right, Presentation @ Framing Online Learning, Faculty of Education, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 6 November, 2018. Slides available at : https://www.slideshare.net/prinsp/unframing-onlineblended-learning-getting-the-mix-right
• 2018 – International – Invited Presentation – Open teaching and research in closed* systems: doing the (im)possible. DEd cohort, Athabasca University, 17 November [online]. Slides available at: https://www.slideshare.net/prinsp/open-teaching-and-research-in-closed-systems-doing-the-impossible
• 2019 – National – Plenary Address – (Teaching) Maths + Online + Context = X MasterMaths conference, 9 February, Indaba Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa. Slides available at: https://www.slideshare.net/prinsp/teaching-maths-online-context-x3

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Archer, L, Chetty, Y., & Prinsloo, P. (2014). Benchmarking the habits and behaviours of successful students: a case study of academic-business collaboration. International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning (IRRODL), 15(1), 62—83.

Archer, E.W., & Prinsloo, P. (2019). Speaking the unspoken in learning analytics: troubling the defaults in learning analytics. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education. Accepted

Broughan, C., & Prinsloo, P. (2019). (Re)centring students in learning analytics: In conversation with Paulo Freire. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education. Accepted

Clare, M., Breines, M., Dalu, M., Raghuram, P., Gunter, A., Mittelmeier, J., & Prinsloo, P. (2019). WhatsApp use among African international distance education (IDE) students: transferring, translating and transforming educational experiences. Learning, Media and Technology. Submitted (LMAT-2018-0240). In press.

Gunter, A., Prinsloo, P., Breines. M., & Parvati, R. (2019). Distance education as sociomaterial assemblage: emerging space, times and practice. Provisionally accepted. Special issue of Population, Space and Place on ‘Mobilities and materialities in education: new spatial perspectives’.

Khalil, M., Prinsloo, P., & Slade, S. (2018). User Consent in MOOCs–Micro, Meso, and Macro Perspectives. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 19(5).

Maritz, J., & Prinsloo, P. (2018). The (d)(t)oxic lifeworld of early career postgraduate supervisors.  Teaching in Higher Education. DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2018.1498075

Maritz, J., & Prinsloo, P. (2015): A Bourdieusian perspective on becoming and being a postgraduate supervisor: the role of capital, Higher Education Research & Development, 1-14. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07294360.2015.1011085

Mittelmeier, J., Rogaten, J., Long, D., Sachikonye, M., Gunter, A., Prinsloo, P., & Rienties, B. (2019).  Understanding the adjustment of first-year distance education students in South Africa: Factors that impact students’ experiences. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning (IRRODL). Accepted for publication.

Prinsloo, P. (2019). A social cartography of student data as performative politics. British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET). Accepted for publication. In process.

Prinsloo, P. (2019). Commentary on Neil Selwyn’s LAK18 Keynote Address. Journal of Learning Analytics. Accepted for publication. In process.

Prinsloo, P. (2018). What I heard and what I did not hear: Reflections on the World Conference on Online Learning, Toronto, 2017 (Junhong Xiao trans.). Distance Education in China, 2, 5-11.  10.13541/j.cnki.chinade.20180125.002

Prinsloo, P. (2018). Include us all! Directions for the adoption of learning analytics in the Global South: An African perspective. Digital Learning for Development (DL4D). Available at: http://dl4d.org/portfolio-items/learning-analytics-for-the-global-south/

Prinsloo, P. (2017). Recognising African leaders in distance education. Journal of Learning for Development 4(2), 104-118. Retrieved from http://jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/download/225/209

Prinsloo, P. (2017). Fleeing from Frankenstein’s monster and meeting Kafka on the way: Algorithmic decision-making in higher education. E-Learning and Digital Media, 14(3), 138-163. Available at: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2042753017731355

Prinsloo, P. (2016). (Re)considering distance education: exploring its relevance, sustainability and value contribution. Distance Education, 37(2), 139-145.

Prinsloo, P., Archer, L., Barnes, G., Chetty, Y., & Van Zyl, D. (2015). Big(ger) Data as Better Data in Open Distance Learning: Some Provocations and Theses. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (IRRODL), 16(1), 284-306. Retrieved from http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1948/3259

Prinsloo, P., & Maritz, J. (2015) “Queering” and querying supervisor identities in postgraduate education. Higher Education Research and Development (HERDA), 34(4), 695-708. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07294360.2015.1051007

Prinsloo, P., Slade, S., & Khalil, M. (2019). Student data privacy in MOOCs: A sentiment analysis. Distance Education. Accepted for publication. In process.

Prinsloo, P., & Slade, S. (2017). Student vulnerability and agency in networked, digital learning. European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning. http://www.eurodl.org/?p=special&sp=articles&inum=8

Prinsloo, P., & Slade, S. (2016). Student vulnerability, agency, and learning analytics: an exploration. Journal of Learning Analytics, 3(1), 159-182. Available at: http://learning-analytics.info/journals/index.php/JLA/article/view/4447

Prinsloo, P., & Slade, S. (2014). Educational triage in higher online education: walking a moral tightrope. International Review of Research in Open Distributed Learning (IRRODL), 14(4), 306-331. http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1881

Slade, S., & Prinsloo, P. (2015). Student perspectives on the use of their data: between intrusion, surveillance and care. European Journal of Open, Distance and Elearning, 16-28. http://www.eurodl.org/materials/special/2015/Slade_Prinsloo.pdf

Slade, S., & Prinsloo, P. (2013). Learning analytics: Ethical issues and dilemmas. American Behavioral Scientist 57(1), 1509–1528.

Willis, J. E., Slade, S., & Prinsloo, P. (2016). Ethical oversight of student data in learning analytics: A typology derived from a cross-continental, cross-institutional perspective. Educational Technology Research and Development, 64, 881-901. DOI: 10.1007/s11423-016-9463-4 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11423-016-9463-4