Slides from a talk at a panel on Learning Analyics Strategy and Policy given at LASI 2014 at Harvard University on 2 July 2014.

1. Learning analytics strategy and policy
Doug Clow
Institute of Educational Technology
The Open University, UK

2. The Open University
• Largest university in the UK
• 200,000 students
• 7,000 tutors
• 1,000 academic staff
• Supported open learning
Milton Keynes

3. At scale, each year
• 600 courses
• > 200,000 students
• > 1 million assignments
• > 1 billion views of OU/BBC coproductions
• > 3 million Moodle transactions per day
Photo (cc) Marieke IJsendoorn-Kuijpers http://www.flickr.com/photos/mape_s/333862026//

4. catnip for
senior
managers
Photo (CC)-BY Dylan Ashe https://www.flickr.com/photos/ackook/3929957511/

5. http://www.jumpoffthescreen.com/analytics.php

6. Intervention and Evaluation
Data Visualisations
Ethics Framework
Predictive Modelling

7. Learning Experience Data
Professional Development
Small Data Student Tools

8. (CC)-BY Doug Clow http://dougclow.org

9. Data Wranglers
human sense-makers
Photo CC (BY-NC) Alan English CPA: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alanenglish/4198114139

10. users data

11. users data

12. users data

13. Photo CC (BY-NC) Alexey Kljatov on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/chaoticmind75/9516811453/
It is only through the detailed process of
engagement and dialogue between analysts,
stakeholders and the data that insight and
organisational change are developed.

14. Doug Clow
@dougclow
dougclow.org
doug.clow@open.ac.uk
slideshare.net/dougclow
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported
License
Thanks to: IET Student Statistics and Survey Team, Gill Kirkup and
the other Data Wranglers, Kevin Mayles, Belinda Tynan, Simon
Buckingham Shum, Rebecca Ferguson, Bart Rientes, Martyn Cooper

15. cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by David Goehring: http://flickr.com/photos/carbonnyc/33413040/