Involving Digital Parents in Digital Learning - Event 3 in a 4-part seriesSchoolwires, Inc.
The New Digital Parents have high expectations when it comes to using technology to support their child’s learning experience — both in and out of school. From mobile devices to online learning, digital parents advocate for effective use of a wide range of technologies to personalize learning. Discover how digital tools can drive parental support, how to involve parents and inform them about what’s happening in the classroom, and how other K-12 school districts are using technology to drive parental involvement.
Involving Digital Parents in Digital Learning - Event 3 in a 4-part seriesSchoolwires, Inc.
The New Digital Parents have high expectations when it comes to using technology to support their child’s learning experience — both in and out of school. From mobile devices to online learning, digital parents advocate for effective use of a wide range of technologies to personalize learning. Discover how digital tools can drive parental support, how to involve parents and inform them about what’s happening in the classroom, and how other K-12 school districts are using technology to drive parental involvement.
Mark Hellinger, CEO of Xyleme, and Stacey Harris, the VP of Research from Brandon Hall Group spent some time analyzing a widespread and problematic deficiency among many learning departments: organizations not measuring if their learning content is effective. Many organizations are making assumptions about their content, which is leading to bad business decisions. Big Data is a major player in nearly every other industry and almost always connected to performance outcomes- why not in learning? Find out all you need to know now!
[Extended] Bottom-up growth of learning analytics at two Australian universit...Danny Liu
Presented at the University of New South Wales Learning Analytics and Educational Data Science research group meeting, April 2016.
This presentation will outline two approaches to learning analytics at the University of Sydney and Macquarie University, where staff are closely involved in the coevolution and development of two bespoke learning analytics tools to personalise student-staff interactions at scale. The University of Sydney system, called the Student Relationship Engagement System (SRES), is a highly-customisable web-based tool that supports the efficient capture and collation of student datasets. A companion mobile app helps staff quickly collect and access student data. Through an embedded messaging system, teaching staff can set up fully customisable rules to contact students via personalised emails and text messages. A nascent feature allows staff to leverage machine learning to uncover hidden patterns and relationships within and between datasets. The Macquarie University system is an enhancement of an existing Moodle plug-in, the Moodle Engagement Analytics Plugin (MEAP). MEAP can readily access data on student assessments, completions, login activity, forum activity, and the gradebook, amongst others, which are customisably represented as ‘risk indicators’. MEAP allows flexible and customisable interrogation of these data, and provides staff the ability to send personalised emails to students based on these risk indicators. At both institutions, these learning analytics approaches have grown from the grassroots to address pressing staff needs, highlighting the importance of this bespoke coevolution process of design, development, and implementation. The systems have enjoyed substantial organic adoption and are associated with positive student outcomes. As open source developments, we are very interested in working together to open up accessible learning analytics to teachers and students.
Instructional Design in Higher Education. A report on the role, workflow, and...eraser Juan José Calderón
Instructional Design in Higher Education. APRIL 2016
A report on the role, workflow, and experience of instructional designers.
Introducción
Learning — to some it is the sound of chalk on blackboards,
the search through stacks of scribbled notes, and backpacks
full of heavy textbooks. For others with a less traditional
lens, learning is the summoning of professors with a click
of a mouse, assignments no longer living on paper, but in a
cloud, and the ‘classroom’ being everywhere. Education has
changed considerably in recent years and we don’t expect it
to slow down anytime soon.
Because of the advancement of technology, institutions
are able to reach more students than ever with the help of
quality and accessible online courses. ‘eLearning’, ‘distance
education’, ‘blended learning’, ‘online campuses,’ and other
related programs have grown more prominent in higher
education institutions. According to NCES data, there were
5.5 million students enrolled in distance education courses at
degree-granting postsecondary institutions in fall of 2013.
Shifting Education - Embracing the Transformation #OTRK12Dave Truss
On The Rise K12 - #OTRK12 Spotlight Presentation: David Truss is Vice Principal and Lead Administrator of Coquitlam Open Learning and Inquiry Hub Secondary School, (as well as co-founder of Inquiry Hub). The Inquiry Hub was just recently named the recipient of the Ken Spencer Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning from the Canadian Education Association. David has been in education for 17 years, with two of those years as a Principal in China, and the rest of his experience in Coquitlam, BC. He has worked in schools from Pre-K to Adult education, and he has an interest in blended learning and the use of technology to create open, connected learning environments. His 'Pair-a-Dimes for Your Thoughts' blog has been his open learning journal for the past 9 years: pairadimes.davidtruss.com
Too Much Screen Time: Fake News or Real Parental Concern?Julie Evans
Education leaders are perplexed by parents’ views on technology use: parents worry about too much screen time but say digital learning is important. This session will unpack current research on parents’ views and provide K-12 leaders with insights to address screen time concerns with effective messaging and real data.
Mark Hellinger, CEO of Xyleme, and Stacey Harris, the VP of Research from Brandon Hall Group spent some time analyzing a widespread and problematic deficiency among many learning departments: organizations not measuring if their learning content is effective. Many organizations are making assumptions about their content, which is leading to bad business decisions. Big Data is a major player in nearly every other industry and almost always connected to performance outcomes- why not in learning? Find out all you need to know now!
[Extended] Bottom-up growth of learning analytics at two Australian universit...Danny Liu
Presented at the University of New South Wales Learning Analytics and Educational Data Science research group meeting, April 2016.
This presentation will outline two approaches to learning analytics at the University of Sydney and Macquarie University, where staff are closely involved in the coevolution and development of two bespoke learning analytics tools to personalise student-staff interactions at scale. The University of Sydney system, called the Student Relationship Engagement System (SRES), is a highly-customisable web-based tool that supports the efficient capture and collation of student datasets. A companion mobile app helps staff quickly collect and access student data. Through an embedded messaging system, teaching staff can set up fully customisable rules to contact students via personalised emails and text messages. A nascent feature allows staff to leverage machine learning to uncover hidden patterns and relationships within and between datasets. The Macquarie University system is an enhancement of an existing Moodle plug-in, the Moodle Engagement Analytics Plugin (MEAP). MEAP can readily access data on student assessments, completions, login activity, forum activity, and the gradebook, amongst others, which are customisably represented as ‘risk indicators’. MEAP allows flexible and customisable interrogation of these data, and provides staff the ability to send personalised emails to students based on these risk indicators. At both institutions, these learning analytics approaches have grown from the grassroots to address pressing staff needs, highlighting the importance of this bespoke coevolution process of design, development, and implementation. The systems have enjoyed substantial organic adoption and are associated with positive student outcomes. As open source developments, we are very interested in working together to open up accessible learning analytics to teachers and students.
Instructional Design in Higher Education. A report on the role, workflow, and...eraser Juan José Calderón
Instructional Design in Higher Education. APRIL 2016
A report on the role, workflow, and experience of instructional designers.
Introducción
Learning — to some it is the sound of chalk on blackboards,
the search through stacks of scribbled notes, and backpacks
full of heavy textbooks. For others with a less traditional
lens, learning is the summoning of professors with a click
of a mouse, assignments no longer living on paper, but in a
cloud, and the ‘classroom’ being everywhere. Education has
changed considerably in recent years and we don’t expect it
to slow down anytime soon.
Because of the advancement of technology, institutions
are able to reach more students than ever with the help of
quality and accessible online courses. ‘eLearning’, ‘distance
education’, ‘blended learning’, ‘online campuses,’ and other
related programs have grown more prominent in higher
education institutions. According to NCES data, there were
5.5 million students enrolled in distance education courses at
degree-granting postsecondary institutions in fall of 2013.
Shifting Education - Embracing the Transformation #OTRK12Dave Truss
On The Rise K12 - #OTRK12 Spotlight Presentation: David Truss is Vice Principal and Lead Administrator of Coquitlam Open Learning and Inquiry Hub Secondary School, (as well as co-founder of Inquiry Hub). The Inquiry Hub was just recently named the recipient of the Ken Spencer Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning from the Canadian Education Association. David has been in education for 17 years, with two of those years as a Principal in China, and the rest of his experience in Coquitlam, BC. He has worked in schools from Pre-K to Adult education, and he has an interest in blended learning and the use of technology to create open, connected learning environments. His 'Pair-a-Dimes for Your Thoughts' blog has been his open learning journal for the past 9 years: pairadimes.davidtruss.com
Too Much Screen Time: Fake News or Real Parental Concern?Julie Evans
Education leaders are perplexed by parents’ views on technology use: parents worry about too much screen time but say digital learning is important. This session will unpack current research on parents’ views and provide K-12 leaders with insights to address screen time concerns with effective messaging and real data.
Data Informed Decision Making for Achievement Centered Leadership Project by Dr. Walter Burt and Dr. Patricia Reeves, Western Michigan University, Educational Leadership, Research and Technology Department
KeyNote Speech
10th International Conference of Science, Mathematics & Technology Education
Mauritius Institute of Education, Reduit, Mauritius
6 November 2019
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS: CHALLENGES TO EDUCATIONAL DECISION- MA...IJITE
Despite the benefits of school management information systems (SMIS), the concept of data-driven school culture failed to materialize for many educational institutions. Challenges posed by the quality of data in the big data era have prevented many schools from realizing the real potential of the SMIS. The paper analyses the uses, features, and inhibiting factors of SMIS. The paper proposes a five-phase conceptual model that assist administrators with making timely, quality decisions. The paper enriches the theoretical landscape of SMIS usage in the era of big data and lays a foundation for the future by establishing an educational decision-making model
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS: CHALLENGES TO EDUCATIONAL DECISIONMAKI...IJITE
Despite the benefits of school management information systems (SMIS), the concept of data-driven school
culture failed to materialize for many educational institutions. Challenges posed by the quality of data in
the big data era have prevented many schools from realizing the real potential of the SMIS. The paper
analyses the uses, features, and inhibiting factors of SMIS. The paper proposes a five-phase conceptual
model that assist administrators with making timely, quality decisions. The paper enriches the theoretical
landscape of SMIS usage in the era of big data and lays a foundation for the future by establishing an
educational decision-making model.
2. Dell Education
Improved student outcomes and experience
Personalize learning to student needs
Early warning indicator and intervention alerts
Decrease dropout rates
Improve attendance
Efficient and reliable compliance and reporting
College and workforce readiness
PK-12education
“…even if we increase ourattendance by1
percent – avery conservative goal –that
represents $2 million in additional
[state] funding.”
- Dr. Jamie Wilson, Superintendent
Denton Independent School
District, Texas
1 187 day teacher contract ÷ 5 days per week = 37.4 weeks × 2 hours saved each week = each teacher
saves 74.8 hours per year × 1,960 teachers = 146,608 hours reclaimed annually district-wide
2
“Teachers had to work harder before to make
sense of the information, and sometimes they had
to request additional data,” says Meza. “I’d
estimate that each of our teachers will be saving a
couple of hours a week that they can put back into
their lesson plans and other more valuable
activities.”
Two hours a week may not seem like much, but
the combined effect at Denton ISD in Texas will be
more than 146,000 hours of teacher time
reclaimed per year. 1
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HigherEducation
“ Saving 1 percent in
student retention can save my
university’s bottom line $1M
a year.”
- CIO,
Major university
During a five-year
period, taxpayers
spent over $9 billion to
support college
students who dropped
out before their
sophomore year.1
1. American Institutes for Research (AIR). http://www.air.org/news/index.cfm?fa=viewContent&content_id=988
http://www.air.org/files/AIR_Schneider_Finishing_the_First_Lap_Oct101.pdf
Student Outcomes
Recruitment and retention
Sound fiscal management
Operational efficiency
Efficient and reliable compliance and reporting
Monitoring of PK-20 data (all of education plus the workforce)
Gainful employment measurement / Workforce readiness
3 ISTE 2014
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Increased student success:
An amazinglearningexperiencenurtures the potentialof every
singleindividual.
Engaging
Self-directed
RelevantAuthentic
personal
Collaborative
Inquiry driven
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Empoweringteachers with data
“One piece of quality teaching for improving student outcomes is
effective data use. Teacher data use is also the best way to maximize
state investment in data systems. To date, however, policies have not
gone far enough to promote the skills teachers need to be data literate.
Consequently, many teachers feel overwhelmed by data, rather than
viewing data as a tool for improving instruction and ultimately outcomes
for students.”1
1 http://dataqualitycampaign.org/news-events/events/empowering-teachers-with-data/;
February 4, 2014
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K12 Data Use
• “The use of analytics is a natural progression as
districts continue to personalize student
learning.” 1
“School software programs are getting more sophisticated in using
data analytics to help educators target their instruction more
effectively and personalize learning for students.
Learning and instructional management systems now include
increasingly powerful “data dashboards” that show teachers and
administrators what interventions their students need—and how best
to deliver these.” 2
1Ray Ackerlund, Learning analytics now a key feature of school software, eSchool News, March 14, 2014,
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/03/14/learning-analytics-software-091/print/
2Learning analytics now a key feature of school software, eSchool News, March 14, 2014,
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/03/14/learning-analytics-software-091/print/
8. Dell Education8 ISTE 2014
PK12 Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics – for whatpurpose?
http://thejournal.com/Articles/2014/06/12/Predictive-Analytics-in-K-12-Advantages-Limitations-
Implementation.aspx?Page=1#zUALKcSRVvQfK7OS.99
To build early warning indicators based on students'
attendance, course failure and behavior to predict dropouts
To predict on-time high school graduation and being on
track in Grade 9
To examine indicators that predict college- and career-
readiness and postsecondary success
Recently predictive analytics has also gained momentum in
identifying and retaining great teachers
9. Dell Education
Dr. Thomas Hill, Completing the value chain: data, insight, action, Tech Page One May 16 2014.
Whereto begin?
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A Culture of Data Use
“All elements of a school's
culture, including student
aspirations and a code of
conduct that promotes positive
learning behaviors, benefit
from the use of student
learning data. Improving
instruction is nearly
impossible without it.
The data-driven cycle of
assessment, analysis, and
action, which is indispensable
for increasing student
achievement, must be deeply
embedded in the school's
culture and a top priority for
schoolwide improvement.”
http://www.ascd.org/ascd-
express/vol5/508-fenton.aspx
12. Dell Education
• Communicate
• Collaborate
• Peer coach
• Be honest
• Trust
• Persist
• Insist on data use
• Model data use
• Provide professional
development
• Reward data use
• Highlight success
• See academic
improvement1
How to build a cultureof data /insight use
Audience - are there others?
1http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/06/12/culture-of-data-623/print
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Is studentdata privacy in thespotlight?
• The NCSL counted about 100 bills introduced in 33 states on
student data privacy. More than a dozen were enacted. 1
• …At the same time, it is clear that barriers to (cloud) adoption in
schools are being met in a variety of ways, especially concerns
that the cloud is not sufficiently safe for sensitive data. 2
• Many see great potential to leverage these digital learning
environments to mine data, which can be used to decipher trends
in student behavior and create personalized software. First
mentioned in the NMC Horizon Report > 2012 K-12 Edition,
learning analytic has intrigued many school leaders and educators
that want to use data to improve learning outcomes; yet, parents
along with leaders in the field have voiced their apprehension and
outright suspicion about collecting data from K-12 students.3
1 Common Core sparks flood of legislation - http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/06/16/common-
core-legislation-555
2 NMC Horizon Report: 2013 K-12 Edition, page 11.
3 NMC Horizon Report 2014 K-12 Edition Preview , page 5.
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Summary
Why
• Empower teachers
• Personalize learning
• Student success
• Time
• Money
What
• Business Intelligence
• Analytics
• Big Data / Little Data
• There is a lot of student data- First, learn to use the data that you have
How
• Build a culture of data and insight use
• Scaffold the use of data
• PK12 and colleges and universities should share data/insight strategies
• Data Privacy is important
• Dell can help
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An amazing learning experience is one that nurtures the potential of every individual .. One that is :
Self directed – students have some choice in how they learn and how they show mastery of their knowledge
Authentic – real life learning.. Connecting what students are taught in school to real-world issues, problems and applications
Engaging – goal oriented, interesting, challenging and interactive
Collaborative – reaching out to each other to solve problems and share knowledge to build skills and deepen learning and understanding
Relevant – relevant, meaningful activities engage students emotionally and connect with what they already know.
Inquiry driven – students have ownership in what they learn by exploring and questioning, then investigating an issue, problem or idea.
An environment that is personal.