Led by Lee Baylis, senior analytics innovator, Jisc. With contributions from: Amanda Parker, head of innovation, City of Liverpool College Dale Davis, senior web and e-learning systems developer, City of Liverpool College Nick Clark, planning officer, Brunel University London Connect more in Liverpool, 21 June 2016.

1. Getting Started With Learning
Analytics
Amanda Parker
Dale Davies

2. SharEd explained……
» The only FE owned, national provider of sector specific outsourced services
› A strong blend of education specific and commercial expertise
› A team of over 200 professionals
› Successfully delivering services in support of 22,000 learners
» Comprehensive portfolio of services
› Core outsourced services – IT, MIS, HR, Finance, Business operations
› Transformation accelerators – Pre-packaged best practice
› Consulting & Professional services
» SharEd Create - continued investment in R&D
» Partners include: Jisc, Microsoft,Tribal,Tablet Academy, SpaceOasis

3. Next generation eLearning
» Curriculum and teaching resources
› High quality and centralised
› Integrated into other data e.g. timetables, LRC
› Tailored to specific College and student needs
› Blended learning and better use of classroom
space, reduce costs – essential in the current
climate
» Best practice in eLearning
› Design
› Quality standards and processes
› Metrics – new data to gather, holistic and
integrated view
» We want to integrate eLearning with other sources
of data to tell us how students learn
Our VLE is considered sector leading!
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Research project

4. SmartRoom
» SmartRoom
› Incubator for further technology and pedagogy
improvements- eg Office 365
› Linked to a Jisc Learning Analytics project
› Timetabled for curriculum delivery since Sept
› Interim report on progress now complete
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“really enjoyed today’s lesson, room was much better and
activities were useful. Felt as though I had learned a lot. I
like being able to watch videos and write my own notes at
group/own speed. I felt this made things stick” Access
science

5. The ‘Internet OfThings’
“The Internet ofThings (IoT) is the network of
physical objects—devices, vehicles, buildings and other
items—embedded with electronics, software, sensors,
and network connectivity that enables these objects to
collect and exchange data “
("Internet of Things Global Standards Initiative". ITU. 26 June 2015.http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/gsi/iot/Pages/default.aspx)
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6. The ‘Internet OfThings’
» Has been a catalyst for joint R&D between SharEd, Microsoft Research (Dr KenjiTakeda) and Jisc (Dr Phil
Richards)
» Funding secured from JISC and Microsoft
» The only project of its kind in the UK being run by an FE College
» Bringing together sensor technology, big data and learning analytics
» Incorporating IoT via sensors, emotion detection and machine learning into Pedagogy
– Personalise learning
– Workplace ready
– Improve achievement
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7. Learning Analytics
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Staff dashboard Student dashboard

8. Emotion detection in the classroom
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9. Power BI
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VLE MIS
DEMOGRAPHIC
& MARKET
FINANCE IOT

10. What are the benefits?
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»Positive impact on attendance & punctuality
»Improved engagement withVLE
»Increased student satisfaction
»Improved quality of teaching
»Earlier intervention
»Helped improve employability / digital skills

11. Don’t just take our word for it!
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»“Much better lesson!The combination of lecture style plus
mini-tasks to get ourselves thinking was really engaging. I
found being able to have a tablet in front of me to follow
the slideshow at my own pace really encouraged my
learning. More of this please!” – Student
»“Improves concentration, productivity and attitude to
learning.We used theVLE and tech in different ways and
student are able to be much more creative and independent
in their learning.” – Teacher

12. Getting our students involved
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» SharEd work placement students
› Helping identify how to incorporate next
gen technology into the classroom and
learning experience
› Giving the students a chance to work in a
real-world professional environment
› Practical experience of applying new and
emerging technologies to teaching
scenarios
› Helping to identify future stars
› A source of R&D we aim to grow – eg)
tech lab, testing environments for new
products

13. Microsoft Associate College- first in the country!
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14. Showcase Classroom
» Technology
› Next gen Surface 3 devices connected to a central display hub
› Office 365 OneNote Class Notebook – online collaborative workbook
› Can support any other device (laptop/tablet/phone)
› Working with Prof Steve Molyneux
» Environment
› Designed to be highly flexible and conducive to learning
› Working with Prof Stephen Heppell on design
» Pedagogy
› Drives greater use of group and individual study
› Less teacher centric – no chalk and talk
› More realistic “real world” problem solving
» Outcomes
› Expect improvements to achievement and retention
› Readiness for the workplace
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15. ‘Your Digital Future’ Event
»Monday 27th June
»Staff, students, businesses from Liverpool’s ‘digital hub’
»Guest speakers from Microsoft, JISC, 3 local digital
entrepreneurs
»Demos of more IoT initiatives
»Book online – its free:
»http://my.liv-stu.co.uk/your-digital-future/
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