Presentation at Whatcom Community College on April 27, 2012

1. Using Data to improve
Teaching & Learning
Stephanie Delaney
Seattle Central Community College

2. What is Data Analytics?
Learning analytics is the measurement,
collection, analysis and reporting of data about
learners and their contexts, for purposes of
understanding and optimizing learning and the
environments in which it occurs.

3. What are 2 things you’d like to
improve in your classroom?

4. How can an ordinary teacher use
Learning Analytics?

5. Carnegie Mellon
Open Learning Initiative

6. How else can I use data to
improve my teaching?

7. Grade Book + Grade Reports

8. Anonymous Surveys

9. Map Outcomes

10. Individual Learning with
ANGEL Automation

11. View Item Analysis in Assessments

12. User Statistics in Tegrity

13. 3 Things to Read
• Bienkowski, M., Feng, M. & Means, B., Enhancing Teaching
and Learning Through Educational Data Mining and
Learning Analytics: An Issue Brief,
http://evidenceframework.org/wp-
content/uploads/2012/04/EDM-LA-Brief-
Draft_4_10_12c.pdf
• Ferguson, R., The State of Learning Analytics in 2012: A
Review and Future Challenges,
http://kmi.open.ac.uk/publications/pdf/kmi-12-01.pdf
• Van Barneveld, A., Arnold, K.E., Campbell, J. P., Analytics in
Higher Education: Establishing a Common Language,
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI3026.pdf

14. References
• Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative -
http://oli.web.cmu.edu/openlearning/index.p
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