Led by Myles Danson, senior co-design manager and Shri Footring, senior co-design manager - enterprise, both Jisc.
With contributions from:
David Matthews, VLE development manager, Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance
James Foster, planning analyst, University of Kent
Connect more in London, 28 June 2016
This panel session discussed current practice, trends and challenges in the strategic use of technology-enhanced learning in higher education and includes key barriers and enablers to driving change in the student and staff experience.
This session will be streaming live.
Building capability for new digital leadership, pedagogy and efficiency, delivered by Sarah Davies at the Jisc Learning and teaching practice experts group
A digital literacies framework – its strengths, weaknesses and opportunitiesJisc
Speaker: Fiona Handley, senior lecturer in learning and teaching, University of Brighton.
This session will explore the University of Brighton’s digital literacies framework which was launched in 2014.
The framework, which is aimed at academic staff, is divided into four categories: learning and teaching, research, communication and collaboration, and administration.
The session explores the strengths of a framework approach, the challenges it presents, but also the ongoing opportunities it offers compared to other digital literacy and capability initiatives.
Leveraging change through digital capability - Scott Hibberson, Saf Arfan and...Jisc
Led by Scott Hibberson, subject specialist - online learning and the digital student experience, Jisc.
With contributions from
Saf Arfan, vice-principal for development and innovation at Salford City College
Dr Liz Bennett, director of learning and teaching at the University of Huddersfield
Connect more in Liverpool, 21 June 2016
Making a difference with technology-enhanced learning - Esther Barrett, Debbi...Jisc
Led by Esther Barrett, subject specialist - teaching, learning and assessment, Jisc.
With contributions from:
Debbie Baff, senior academic developer, Swansea University
Richard Speight, Digiskills Cymru Project Manager, Unison Cymru
There will be a focus how technology can support learning and teaching for a better student experience. Local providers will be sharing how their technology-based approaches have made a difference for learners and teachers.
Connect more in Wales, Thursday 7 July 2016
Connect more with the future part 1 - Andy McGregorJisc
Andy McGregor, deputy chief innovation officer, Jisc.
Andy will focus on Jisc’s visions for its work across the education and research sectors.
Connect more in Scotland, Thursday 16 June 2016.
This panel session discussed current practice, trends and challenges in the strategic use of technology-enhanced learning in higher education and includes key barriers and enablers to driving change in the student and staff experience.
This session will be streaming live.
Building capability for new digital leadership, pedagogy and efficiency, delivered by Sarah Davies at the Jisc Learning and teaching practice experts group
A digital literacies framework – its strengths, weaknesses and opportunitiesJisc
Speaker: Fiona Handley, senior lecturer in learning and teaching, University of Brighton.
This session will explore the University of Brighton’s digital literacies framework which was launched in 2014.
The framework, which is aimed at academic staff, is divided into four categories: learning and teaching, research, communication and collaboration, and administration.
The session explores the strengths of a framework approach, the challenges it presents, but also the ongoing opportunities it offers compared to other digital literacy and capability initiatives.
Leveraging change through digital capability - Scott Hibberson, Saf Arfan and...Jisc
Led by Scott Hibberson, subject specialist - online learning and the digital student experience, Jisc.
With contributions from
Saf Arfan, vice-principal for development and innovation at Salford City College
Dr Liz Bennett, director of learning and teaching at the University of Huddersfield
Connect more in Liverpool, 21 June 2016
Making a difference with technology-enhanced learning - Esther Barrett, Debbi...Jisc
Led by Esther Barrett, subject specialist - teaching, learning and assessment, Jisc.
With contributions from:
Debbie Baff, senior academic developer, Swansea University
Richard Speight, Digiskills Cymru Project Manager, Unison Cymru
There will be a focus how technology can support learning and teaching for a better student experience. Local providers will be sharing how their technology-based approaches have made a difference for learners and teachers.
Connect more in Wales, Thursday 7 July 2016
Connect more with the future part 1 - Andy McGregorJisc
Andy McGregor, deputy chief innovation officer, Jisc.
Andy will focus on Jisc’s visions for its work across the education and research sectors.
Connect more in Scotland, Thursday 16 June 2016.
Working in partnership to develop student employability - Jisc Digifest 2016Jisc
Many colleges and universities recognise they need to adopt a whole-institution approach to equip students with the skills, confidence and experience they need for the modern workplace.
This workshop will showcase current practice from colleges and universities that are realising the benefits of working with students as active partners in strategy development and change initiatives. It will also explore how technology is supporting students in gaining the digital skills they need to effectively communicate, influence and engage with employers.
Lowering the bar to using data – interactive dashboards for educationJisc
Speakers:
James Berry, business intelligence analyst, Sheffield Hallam University
Myles Danson, senior co-design manager, Jisc
As a society we are drowning in data. We’re walking bar codes – the data we leave behind us as we interact with digital systems and services is being used for all manner of purposes. Data is everywhere, yet how can we use it to inform the decisions we make in our daily working lives?
This interactive session will introduce delegates to the rational, creation, delivery and use of innovative interactive data dashboards and visualisations for the education sector. We will demonstrate dashboards, you will be guided to use some yourself and we’ll explain how you or your colleagues can benefit once back at the office.
Aligning IT and University Strategy - Paul Curran - Jisc Digital Festival 2014Jisc
City University London has the ambition to be a leading global university and is investing heavily in academic staff, IT and its estate. This presentation will start with a discussion of some of the major sectoral trends in IT supply and demand with a focus on education.
The IT service at City in 2010/11 and today will be described, along with discussion of the journey and some of the challenges faced. Particular attention will be paid to a move from a devolved 'cottage industry' approach to a more centralised and commoditised but flexible approach to IT service; changing student expectations and aligning with the University’s Strategic Plan.
The presentation will conclude with some observations on this transition for both academic staff and IT professional staff.
How you can enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of teaching and learning...Jisc
Led by Paul McKean, head of further education and skills, Jisc.
With contributions from:
Collette Murphy, digital learning development manager, Ulster University
Gerard Devlin, director of curriculum, Southern Regional College
Jisc Connect more in Northern Ireland, 23 June 2016.
Closing plenary - Connect more with the future - Andy McGregor and Rebecca Fe...Jisc
The final session of the day will incorporate two keynote speakers.
The first is Andy McGregor, Jisc’s deputy chief innovation officer.
Andy will focus on Jisc’s visions for the future of its work across the education and research sectors.
The second will be from Rebecca Ferriday, learning technology manager, Cardiff University.
Connect more in Wales, Thursday 7 July 2016
Closing plenary: Connect more with the future - part one - Andy McGregorJisc
The final session of the day will incorporate three keynote speakers.
The first is Andy McGregor, Jisc’s deputy chief innovation officer.
Andy will focus on Jisc’s visions for the future of its work across the education and research sectors.
Connect more in London, 28 June 2016
Implementing analytics part 1 - George Munroe and Paul BaileyJisc
Led by George Munroe, subject specialist in systems, tools and information management and Paul Bailey, senior co-design manager, both Jisc.
Jisc Connect more in Northern Ireland, 23 June 2016
Leveraging change through digital capability - Esther Barrett, Geoff Elliott,...Jisc
Led by Esther Barrett, subject specialist in teaching, learning and assessment, Jisc.
With contributions from:
Geoff Elliott, learning and technology development manager, Pembrokeshire College
Berni Tyler, managing director, ISA Training
Connect more in Wales, Thursday 7 July 2016
Designing strategically aligned credentialing systems with open badges to eng...Jisc
Open badges are digital credentials that earners can display anywhere on the web. They are underpinned by an open accreditation infrastructure developed by Mozilla, which enables the issuing of open badges to recognise granular achievements gained through formal and informal learning opportunities and to capture attributes not picked up in formal qualifications, such as the individual qualities that could help a student stand out in the job market. This workshop will focus on effective open badge system development, introducing Mozilla and Jisc toolkits to support badge system design and a strategic approach to implementing open badges in a formal education context. The session will be led by Mozilla and Jisc, and will include tips, case studies and guidance on best practice in badge system design. Participants will gain hands-on experience with tools they can use for developing open badge systems for motivating learning, supporting engagement and progression and enhancing employability.
Connect More with peers in practice - Connect More 2017 BirminghamJisc
These PechaKucha style presentations (20 slides at 20 seconds each) from attendees at the event will focus on how they have implemented digital capabilities to enhance learning and teaching at their institutions.
With contributions from
Alicia Wallace, digital learning manager, Gloucestershire College
Joseph Hibbert, special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) transition lead, Gloucestershire College
Mark McManus, cloud services business manager, Microsoft
Christine Fenton, international student employability and enterprise support, University of Warwick
Collaboration through technology: moving from possibility to practice - Marti...Jisc
Led by Martin Hamilton, futurist, Jisc.
With contribution from James Bruton, digital inclusion worker at Bristol City Council.
This session will explore the potential that technology can bring to all forms of collaboration, and consider the difference that it has made to some local organisations and their practices.
Connect more in Cheltenham, 30 June 2016
Business intelligence: making more informed decisions - Jisc Digifest 2016Jisc
We’re developing a lab environment for you to experiment with data sources to create dashboards and analyses to help a wide range of staff in your organisation make better informed, strategic decisions.
Learn about our agile approach and some of the legal and practical issues we’ve come across around data re-use. Hear how university data experts have benefitted from taking part and see some of the new dashboards and analyses the teams have created.
From Jisc's student experience experts group meeting in Birmingham on 21 April 2016.
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/events/student-experience-experts-group-meeting-20-apr-2016
How technology can help top prepare learners for the world of work - Jisc Dig...Jisc
The role of the UK higher education, further education and skills sectors in developing student employability is clear. Technology can be an enabler to the development of these skills, but are organisations making best use of it to develop student employability?
This workshop presented findings from a current study, showcase examples, and provided opportunities for participants to engage with the challenges.
Digital Diagnostic: identifying staff digital capabilities at Staffordshire U...Jisc
Speakers:
Julie Adams, academic skills tutor, Staffordshire University
Helen Walmsley-Smith, e-learning development officer, Staffordshire University
This session will provide an overview of the digital transformation work undertaken at Staffordshire University over the last 12 months, with a particular emphasis on the digital learning project and the Digital Diagnostic tool which has been developed.
This online tool allows all staff to self-assess their current level of digital capability, provides an overall 'score' and directs them to relevant development and training material available at the university.
Closing plenary - Connect more with the future - Andy McGregor and Dr Michael...Jisc
The final session of the day will incorporate two keynote speakers.
The first is Andy McGregor, Jisc’s deputy chief innovation officer. Andy will focus on Jisc’s visions for the future of its work across the education and research sectors.
The second is from Dr Michael Malone, director of curriculum and information services, South Eastern Regional College (SERC).
Jisc Connect more in Northern Ireland, 23 June 2016.
Closing plenary: Connect more with the future - part two - Eric Stoller and P...Jisc
The final session of the day will incorporate three keynote speakers.
The second speaker will be Eric Stoller, higher education consultant and blogger for Inside Higher Ed.
The third will be Patrice Miller, specialist English teacher, formerly of Barking and Dagenham College.
Connect more in London, 28 June 2018
Welcome plenary - Helen Lazarus, Michael Heanue and Catherine KnivettJisc
Led by your host Helen Lazarus, head of Jisc London, the opening session will set the scene for the day and will include a strategic update, and the latest news from Jisc.
With contributions from Michael Heanue and Catherine Knivett, principal policy officers, Greater London Authority.
Jisc Connect more in London, 28 June 2016
Working in partnership to develop student employability - Jisc Digifest 2016Jisc
Many colleges and universities recognise they need to adopt a whole-institution approach to equip students with the skills, confidence and experience they need for the modern workplace.
This workshop will showcase current practice from colleges and universities that are realising the benefits of working with students as active partners in strategy development and change initiatives. It will also explore how technology is supporting students in gaining the digital skills they need to effectively communicate, influence and engage with employers.
Lowering the bar to using data – interactive dashboards for educationJisc
Speakers:
James Berry, business intelligence analyst, Sheffield Hallam University
Myles Danson, senior co-design manager, Jisc
As a society we are drowning in data. We’re walking bar codes – the data we leave behind us as we interact with digital systems and services is being used for all manner of purposes. Data is everywhere, yet how can we use it to inform the decisions we make in our daily working lives?
This interactive session will introduce delegates to the rational, creation, delivery and use of innovative interactive data dashboards and visualisations for the education sector. We will demonstrate dashboards, you will be guided to use some yourself and we’ll explain how you or your colleagues can benefit once back at the office.
Aligning IT and University Strategy - Paul Curran - Jisc Digital Festival 2014Jisc
City University London has the ambition to be a leading global university and is investing heavily in academic staff, IT and its estate. This presentation will start with a discussion of some of the major sectoral trends in IT supply and demand with a focus on education.
The IT service at City in 2010/11 and today will be described, along with discussion of the journey and some of the challenges faced. Particular attention will be paid to a move from a devolved 'cottage industry' approach to a more centralised and commoditised but flexible approach to IT service; changing student expectations and aligning with the University’s Strategic Plan.
The presentation will conclude with some observations on this transition for both academic staff and IT professional staff.
How you can enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of teaching and learning...Jisc
Led by Paul McKean, head of further education and skills, Jisc.
With contributions from:
Collette Murphy, digital learning development manager, Ulster University
Gerard Devlin, director of curriculum, Southern Regional College
Jisc Connect more in Northern Ireland, 23 June 2016.
Closing plenary - Connect more with the future - Andy McGregor and Rebecca Fe...Jisc
The final session of the day will incorporate two keynote speakers.
The first is Andy McGregor, Jisc’s deputy chief innovation officer.
Andy will focus on Jisc’s visions for the future of its work across the education and research sectors.
The second will be from Rebecca Ferriday, learning technology manager, Cardiff University.
Connect more in Wales, Thursday 7 July 2016
Closing plenary: Connect more with the future - part one - Andy McGregorJisc
The final session of the day will incorporate three keynote speakers.
The first is Andy McGregor, Jisc’s deputy chief innovation officer.
Andy will focus on Jisc’s visions for the future of its work across the education and research sectors.
Connect more in London, 28 June 2016
Implementing analytics part 1 - George Munroe and Paul BaileyJisc
Led by George Munroe, subject specialist in systems, tools and information management and Paul Bailey, senior co-design manager, both Jisc.
Jisc Connect more in Northern Ireland, 23 June 2016
Leveraging change through digital capability - Esther Barrett, Geoff Elliott,...Jisc
Led by Esther Barrett, subject specialist in teaching, learning and assessment, Jisc.
With contributions from:
Geoff Elliott, learning and technology development manager, Pembrokeshire College
Berni Tyler, managing director, ISA Training
Connect more in Wales, Thursday 7 July 2016
Designing strategically aligned credentialing systems with open badges to eng...Jisc
Open badges are digital credentials that earners can display anywhere on the web. They are underpinned by an open accreditation infrastructure developed by Mozilla, which enables the issuing of open badges to recognise granular achievements gained through formal and informal learning opportunities and to capture attributes not picked up in formal qualifications, such as the individual qualities that could help a student stand out in the job market. This workshop will focus on effective open badge system development, introducing Mozilla and Jisc toolkits to support badge system design and a strategic approach to implementing open badges in a formal education context. The session will be led by Mozilla and Jisc, and will include tips, case studies and guidance on best practice in badge system design. Participants will gain hands-on experience with tools they can use for developing open badge systems for motivating learning, supporting engagement and progression and enhancing employability.
Connect More with peers in practice - Connect More 2017 BirminghamJisc
These PechaKucha style presentations (20 slides at 20 seconds each) from attendees at the event will focus on how they have implemented digital capabilities to enhance learning and teaching at their institutions.
With contributions from
Alicia Wallace, digital learning manager, Gloucestershire College
Joseph Hibbert, special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) transition lead, Gloucestershire College
Mark McManus, cloud services business manager, Microsoft
Christine Fenton, international student employability and enterprise support, University of Warwick
Collaboration through technology: moving from possibility to practice - Marti...Jisc
Led by Martin Hamilton, futurist, Jisc.
With contribution from James Bruton, digital inclusion worker at Bristol City Council.
This session will explore the potential that technology can bring to all forms of collaboration, and consider the difference that it has made to some local organisations and their practices.
Connect more in Cheltenham, 30 June 2016
Business intelligence: making more informed decisions - Jisc Digifest 2016Jisc
We’re developing a lab environment for you to experiment with data sources to create dashboards and analyses to help a wide range of staff in your organisation make better informed, strategic decisions.
Learn about our agile approach and some of the legal and practical issues we’ve come across around data re-use. Hear how university data experts have benefitted from taking part and see some of the new dashboards and analyses the teams have created.
From Jisc's student experience experts group meeting in Birmingham on 21 April 2016.
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/events/student-experience-experts-group-meeting-20-apr-2016
How technology can help top prepare learners for the world of work - Jisc Dig...Jisc
The role of the UK higher education, further education and skills sectors in developing student employability is clear. Technology can be an enabler to the development of these skills, but are organisations making best use of it to develop student employability?
This workshop presented findings from a current study, showcase examples, and provided opportunities for participants to engage with the challenges.
Digital Diagnostic: identifying staff digital capabilities at Staffordshire U...Jisc
Speakers:
Julie Adams, academic skills tutor, Staffordshire University
Helen Walmsley-Smith, e-learning development officer, Staffordshire University
This session will provide an overview of the digital transformation work undertaken at Staffordshire University over the last 12 months, with a particular emphasis on the digital learning project and the Digital Diagnostic tool which has been developed.
This online tool allows all staff to self-assess their current level of digital capability, provides an overall 'score' and directs them to relevant development and training material available at the university.
Closing plenary - Connect more with the future - Andy McGregor and Dr Michael...Jisc
The final session of the day will incorporate two keynote speakers.
The first is Andy McGregor, Jisc’s deputy chief innovation officer. Andy will focus on Jisc’s visions for the future of its work across the education and research sectors.
The second is from Dr Michael Malone, director of curriculum and information services, South Eastern Regional College (SERC).
Jisc Connect more in Northern Ireland, 23 June 2016.
Closing plenary: Connect more with the future - part two - Eric Stoller and P...Jisc
The final session of the day will incorporate three keynote speakers.
The second speaker will be Eric Stoller, higher education consultant and blogger for Inside Higher Ed.
The third will be Patrice Miller, specialist English teacher, formerly of Barking and Dagenham College.
Connect more in London, 28 June 2018
Welcome plenary - Helen Lazarus, Michael Heanue and Catherine KnivettJisc
Led by your host Helen Lazarus, head of Jisc London, the opening session will set the scene for the day and will include a strategic update, and the latest news from Jisc.
With contributions from Michael Heanue and Catherine Knivett, principal policy officers, Greater London Authority.
Jisc Connect more in London, 28 June 2016
Leveraging change through digital capability - James Clay, Chris Roberts, Tim...Jisc
Led by James Clay, project manager, Jisc.
With contributions from:
Chris Roberts, deputy learning resources manager/librarian, Lambeth College
Tim Linsey, director of Centre for Higher Education Research and Practice, Kingston University
Connect more in London, 29 June 2016
Making a difference with technology-enhanced learning - Chris Thomson, Esam B...Jisc
Led by Chris Thomson, subject specialist for online learning and the digital student experience, Jisc.
With contributions from Esam Baboukhan, advanced practitioner, City of Westminster College.
There will be a focus how technology can support learning and teaching for a better student experience.
Local providers will be sharing how their technology-based approaches have made a difference for learners and teachers.
Connect more in London, 28 June 2016
How you can enhance your efficiency and effectiveness through teaching and le...Jisc
Led by Sue Attewell, head of change - further education and skills, Jisc.
With contributions from:
Jo Burbidge, projects and innovations manager, Lewisham Southwark College
Dave White, head of technology-enabled learning, University of the Arts London (UAL).
Connect more in London, 29 June 2016
Collaboration through technology: moving from possibility to practice - Marti...Jisc
Led by Martin Hamilton, futurist, Jisc.
With contribution from Daniel Fairbairn, e-learning manager, Uxbridge College.
This session will explore the potential that technology can bring to all forms of collaboration, and consider the difference that it has made to some local organisations and their practices.
Connect more in London, 28 June 2016
The benefits and challenges of open access: lessons from practice - Helen Bla...Jisc
Led by Helen Blanchett, subject specialist, scholarly communications, Jisc.
With contribution from Andrew Simpson, associate university librarian (procurement and metadata and systems), Portsmouth University.
In this session you’ll hear in this session you’ll hear about the benefits and challenges of open access.
Connect more in London, 28 June 2016
Collaboration through technology: moving from possibility to practice - Noel ...Jisc
Led by Noel McDaid, account manager, Jisc.
With contribution from Celine McCartan, collaboration programme manager, Collaborate FE Northern Ireland.
Connect more in Northern Ireland, 23 June 2016
Welcome plenary - Lyn Bender and Steve WheelerJisc
Led by your host Lyn Bender, head of Jisc south west and midlands, the opening session will set the scene for the day and will include a strategic update, and the latest news from Jisc.
With contribution from Steve Wheeler, associate professor (senior lecturer) in information and computer technology, University of Plymouth.
Connect more in Cheltenham, 30 June 2016
How you can enhance your efficiency and effectiveness for teaching and learni...Jisc
Led by Sue Attewell, head of change - further education and skills, Jisc.
With contributions from:
David Mason, tutor and assessor at North Liverpool Community College
Nick Almond, director of learning and teaching development, Liverpool Hope University
Connect more in Liverpool, 21 June 2016.
Implementing analytics - Lee Baylis, Amanda Parker, Dale Davis and Nick ClarkJisc
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.
Rodger Priestly, digital transformation manager, South Eastern Regional College - speaking about digital student recruitment.
Jisc Connect more in Northern Ireland, 23 June 2016.
Eimear Evans, institutional repository officer, Queens University Belfast - speaking about open access
Jisc Connect more in Northern Ireland, 23 June 2016.
Connect more with the future - Andy McGregor and Dr Praminda Caleb-SollyJisc
The final session of the day will incorporate two keynote speakers.
The first is Andy McGregor, our deputy chief innovation officer. Andy will focus on Jisc’s visions for its work across the education and research sectors.
The second speaker is Dr Praminda Caleb-Solly, associate professor in independent living systems at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol).
Connect more in Cheltenham, 30 June 2016
Collaboration through technology: moving from possibility to practice - Mar...Jisc
This session will explore the potential that technology can bring to all forms of collaboration, and consider the difference that it has made to some local organisations and their practices.
Martin Hamilton, Jisc and Kerry Harrison, Burnley College
Connect more in Liverpool, 21 June 2016.
Making the most of digital resources - Anthony Beal and Neil LongleyJisc
Led by Anthony Beal, account manager, Jisc.
With contribution from Neil Longley, learning centre coordinator at Sunderland College.
In this session you’ll hear from local colleagues, explaining how they are making the most of some of the digital resources available through Jisc.
Connect more in Liverpool, 21 June 2016.
Implementing analytics - Rob Wyn Jones, Shri Footring and Rebecca DaviesJisc
Led by Rob Wyn Jones, consultant and Shri Footring, senior co-design manager - enterprise, both Jisc.
With contribution from Rebecca Davies, pro vice-chancellor and chief operating officer, Aberystwyth University.
Connect more in Wales, 7 July 2016
Overview of Effective Learning Analytics Using data and analytics to support ...Bart Rienties
Begona Nunez-Herran and Kevin Mayles (Data and Student Analytics), Rebecca Ward (Data Strategy and Governance)
-Move towards centralised LA data infrastructure
-Data governance and lessons learned
Prof Bart Rienties & PhD students (Institute of Educational Technology)
-What is the latest “blue sky” learning analytics research from the OU?
-Rogers Kalissa: Social Learning Analytics to support teaching (University of Oslo)
-Saman Rizvi: Cultural impact of MOOC learning (IET)
-Shi Min Chua: Why does no one reply to my posts (IET/WELS)
-Maina Korir: Ethics and LA (IET)
-Anna Gillespie: Predictive Learning Analytics and role of tutors (EdD)
Prof John Domingue (Knowledge Media Institute) & Dr Thea Herodotou (IET)
-What have we learned from 5 years of large scale implementation of OU Analyse?
-Where is LA/AI going?
Blooming analytics! The germination of a new Jisc/HESA service for data-drive...Jisc
Facilitators:
Myles Danson, product owner – business intelligence, Jisc
Adam Green, senior data and visualisation officer, Jisc
Victoria Atherstone, head of sales and marketing, HESA
Who remembers planting the very first seed in the nurturing eco-system of Jisc Analytics Labs? Four years ago, Jisc, HESA and universities nationwide joined forces to develop interactive, data-derived visualisation dashboards to offer insights to the most prevalent and topical issues facing HEIs through shared intelligence and data expertise.
The seedlings have been cross-pollinated by other additional activity and are now maturing into an array of powerful analytical dashboard suites to help you troubleshoot your most pressing institutional demands.
Led by Esther Barrett, subject specialist in teaching, learning and assessment, Jisc.
With contributions from:
Dr Liz Bennett, director of learning and teaching, University of Huddersfield
Ciara Duffy, virtual services manager, South West College
Louise Woods and Claire McCloskey, e-learning developers, South West College
Jisc Connect more in Northern Ireland, 23 June 2016
Overview of UMUC's collaboration with Learning Objects on the extended, competency-based transcript. This work flows from the IMS Global working group on competencies, credentials, and next-generation transcripts. Provides an update on work funded and coordinated with the Lumina Foundation, AACRAO, and CBExhcange.
Research in to Practice: Building and implementing learning analytics at TribalLACE Project
Keynote by Chris Ballard, Data Scientist, Tribal, given at the LACE SoLAR Flare event held at The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK on 9 October 2015. #LACEflare
Speakers:
David Lewis, senior analytics consultant, Jisc
Mike Hughes, IT director, City University, London
An opportunity to find out about how an institution has been implementing learning analytics to support the student journey with and opportunity to discuss issues and possibilities that the use of learning analytics may create.
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June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
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3. Session outline
» Overview of the Learning Analytics service
» The user voice
» Overview of the Business Intelligence project
» The user voice
» Group exercise
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5. Effective Learning Analytics Challenge
Rationale
» Universities and colleges wanted help to get started and have access to a
standard set of tools and technologies to monitor and intervene
Priorities identified
» Code of Practice on legal and ethical issues
» Develop a basic learning analytics service including an app for students
» Provide a network to share knowledge and experience
Timescale
» 2015-16 -Test and develop the tools and metrics
» 2016-17 -Transition to service (Freemium)
» Sept 2017 – Launch. Measure impact on retention and achievement
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6. What do we mean by Learning Analytics?
» The application of big data techniques such as machine based learning
and data mining to help learners and institutions meet their goals:
» For our project:
› Improve retention (current project)
› Improve attainment (current project)
› Improve employability (future project)
› Personalised learning (future project)
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7. Toolkit and community
» Blog: http://analytics.jiscinvolve.org
» Reports
› Code of Practice for Learning Analytics
› The current state of play in UK Higher and
Further Education
› Learning Analytics in Higher Education: A review
of UK and international practice
» Mailing: analytics@jiscmail.ac.uk
» Network meetings
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9. Current engagement
» Expressions of interest: 85
» Engaged in activity: 35
» Discovery to Sept 16: agreed (28), completed (18), reported (17)
» Learning Analytics Pre-Implementation: (12)
» Learning Analytics Implementation: (7)
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10. Future Engagement
From Sept 2016
» “ReadinessToolkit” with a diagnostic set of questions and support
materials leading to implementation
» Start-up guidelines to get ready for learning implementation
Further details will be announced via analytics @jiscmail.ac.uk
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11. Connect More With Jisc 2016
Embedding Learner Analytics
David Matthews
VLE Development Manager
david.Matthews@Bruford.ac.uk
12. RBC is a small specialist HEI, focusing on all aspects of
theatre/performance training.
Large online/distance learning cohorts,
blended courses such as PGCTLHE, plus off-
campus MA and significant study abroad
elements (e.g. Erasmus and ATA).
Want to use LA especially to help those
students who are not on campus for extended
periods of time during the working week.
TDAP.
Heard about the project through MASHEIN –
off-shoot of the Leadership Foundation – but
also have a long-standing relationship with
Jisc/RSC/Evan and Martin
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13. Existing use of Learner Data
Reporting out of Moodle – (not very good or satisfactory) – and other VLE services
Data held in Registry, e.g. HESA returns, DLHE, NSS and first impressions etc.
Data held by IT and LRC, e.g. logins from College usernames etc.
Google Analytics on College corporate websites and VLE
Data collected by programmes, e.g. end of module questionnaires, surveys
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14. Learner Analytics Project
Joining the project…
• Introduced to Rob Wyn Jones and Paul
Bailey who have made site visits (joined by
Evan Dickerson)
• Involved Registry, Student Records and IT.
Approval from SMC – who are very keen on
the project.
• Site visits and Skype/Google Hangouts
meetings
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15. Learner Analytics Project
Current status
Transformation of student data into Jisc’s LA data model is now taking
place(being done in close collaboration with Jisc)
Student data - LA data model is similar to HESA student return structure/
field specifications – documented online at
https://github.com/jiscdev/analytics-udd/
Moodle data
o Historical data has been extracted from Moodle logs on our ULCC-
hosted Moodle (via internal Jisc software)
o This is being push into the Jisc Learning Records Warehouse
o A LIVE data plug-in for Moodle (extracting engagement data moving
forwards) has been evaluated and installed on our ULCC-hosted
Moodle
(Learning Locker screengrab)
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16. Anticipated Outcomes
Improved use of data across the College
Retention is already very good, but one student leaving a small cohort makes a big dent in statistics
and in funding!
Enable Registry to function effectively/grow post-TDAP
Better support for online/blended students and those on placements/Erasmus visits. Better or more
timely interventions
A genuine development project that, as a small institution, we would not have been able to resource
or support ourselves
Excited to be part of an important project in an emerging field
Very happy to continue our working relationship with Jisc…
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21. Heidi Plus
The new business intelligence service for UK Higher Education
Replaces Heidi (which will be decommissioned in November 2016)
Launched in November 2015 offering:
Improved data content and functionality
Delivery of data sets through commercial data explorer tool
New visualisations and dashboards
New training programme and support materials
Available to HE institutions with a full HESA subscription
Over 80% of current Heidi subscribers have started the Heidi Plus
application process (40% completed)
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23. Secure data processing environment
Technical infrastructure bound by legal agreements to ensure data and dashboards are secure
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24. Information improvement manager UEL with;
Kent, Middlesex, Brunel, Royal Holloway
Strategic planning and BI manager Sunderland with;
Glasgow, Glasgow Caledonian, St Andrews, Sunderland
Director of planning, Kent with;
Birkbeck,Cardiff, Oxford, Southampton, Southampton
Strategic Planning Manager, MMU with;
Leicester, Leicester,Cambridge, Bishop Grosseteste
Winter teams
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25. Upskilling of staff resource across sector
Opening up of collaborative relationships
across other organisations
Value, saving and efficiency gains from the
creation and delivery but also the actions
subsequently taken due to the insights gained
across research, student, staff and estates and
possibly internationally
Opening up access to disparate data sets and
making sense of them in an HE context
Possible national licensing deals for paid
access to data
Team member experiences
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27. Dashboard: Course Market Analysis for Institutions
What is it? An Overview Movie
Purpose:
This dashboard is designed to support a university’s strategic planner in
designing course by allowing comparison across the sector.
Use case:
As a Strategic planner when working out which courses to teach I want to
examine competition to my course offerings to ensure I target recruitment
activity most effectively.
Data sources:
National Pupil Database: http://bit.ly/224CU8I
Key Information Sets: http://bit.ly/1ZYnG5z
National Pupil Database: http://bit.ly/224CU8I
HESA Data
What needs to be done and issues Time and Effort to Market
Where there is scope for improvement:
• Generally very polished
• Some work on the interface required perhaps to sign-post the features
• Licencing issues for league table data need to be negotiated.
• Data sources would need updating each year – particularly the
school data.
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28. Dashboard: University Finder for Students
What is it? An Overview Movie
Purpose:
This dashboard is targeted at students who are looking for a university course to fit
their needs. By needs we don't only mean course but also: cost, employability,
location and entry tariff.
Use case:
As a student when working out which university course offers best fit my needs, I
want to understand factors of relevance to me (course, cost, employability, location,
cost of living, rural/urban and entry tariff) to compare and match offers to my
circumstances.
Data Sources:
Key Information Sets: http://bit.ly/1ZYnG5z
HESA Data
What needs to be done and issues Time and Effort to Market
This dashboard supplies a unique perspective on data and services that are already
available to students. In some ways this is a crowded marked. So the unique selling
point of this product would need to be promoted – that is that the data already
available to students is amalgamated and drawn together to create a” wizard like
app” for students to find courses.
What would need to be done:
• Identify appropriate vehicle for delivery
• Market uniqueness of the the product
• Negotiate data licences for league table data
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29. Dashboard: Finding Comparable Institutions
What is it? An Overview Movie
Purpose:
This dashboard can be used to identify a university’s relative performance against
a benchmark of similar institutions.
Use case:
As a Planning Manager I want to select similar institutions based on metrics I
choose so that I can determine the best institutions to compare with my own
university to understand if our performance is relatively good or bad
Data Sources:
HESA data from Heidi
Key Information Sets: http://bit.ly/1ZYnG5z
League Table Data – will require licensing
What needs to be done and issues Time and Effort to Market
Where there is scope for improvement:
• Data – a relatively narrow data set was used for prototyping; a production
version could accommodate a far more comprehensive data set.
• Filters – searching and filtering could be enhanced
• Licencing – Makes use of some league table data to benchmark against entry
tariff. Licence for this need to be negotiated.
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31. As a: Strategic Planning Manager
When: Reviewing current course provision
I want to: Enable course/curriculum management planning to match national
and local demand
So I can: Grow or at least maintain student recruitment
Data Sources:
HESA student, DLHE, Award data, KIS,CUG
School/College performance data (A level results and numbers, School Age
Populations Forecasts, etc.)
Labour market data from NOMIS (Employment rates, earnings, SOC, SIC…
Group exercise
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34. Library analytics labs
» Teams working on Library BI Stories at 0.2 FTE, total estimated effort 15
days from July - Oct 2016
» Both Product Owners and Sector Data Experts invited:
› Product Owner from the sector to steer which stories are of interest
› Sector Experts to understand what data sources are available and what
is in the data
› Jisc Contracted Data transformation specialist (CETIS)
› JiscAgile Scrum Master andTableau User
» Teams receive experience and guidance of Agile working
» Option forTableau Desktop training to help with creating visualisations
» Apply at http://bit.ly/jisc_library_data_labs_applications
» Queries to siobhan.burke@jisc.ac.uk or myles.danson@jisc.ac.uk
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35. FE analytics labs
» Shri- can you add an overview and description of the three clusters
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36. Analytics academy – a Jisc beta service - October 2016
» Business intelligence offers value, savings and efficiencies to Universities
through data informed enhanced planning / decision making
» Many problem spaces are commonly felt, while the data landscape to
support insights is vast
» Some universities have little access to good BI at all, while those with
capability are often duplicating effort
» There is no higher education focused CPD offer to train up BI expertise
» Analytics academy addresses these problems by providing expertise and
tools for analysts (planning officers and others) to identify suitable
problem areas (student, staff, research, estates etc), exploring the data
landscape for insights and producing interactive dashboards for the sector
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37. Keep in touch
» business-intelligence.ac.uk
» Subscribe via jiscmail.ac.uk/JISC-HESA-BUSINESS-INTEL
» Twitter @HESA @jisc #hesajiscbi
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38. Dashboard: University Research Benchmarking
What is it? An Overview Movie
Purpose:
This dashboard is designed to answer a range of questions around the
university’s research profile and potential vulnerability/strength.
Use case:
As a Research Planning Officer, when influencing research policies, I want to
assess individual cost centres' relative research strengths against
national/mission group norms; so that I can help support the financial
sustainability of the institution.
Data Sources
HESA data from Heidi
Key Information Sets: http://bit.ly/1ZYnG5z
What needs to be done and issues Time and Effort to Market
The research dashboard was a proof of concept using the limited research
data that was available to the team. Identifying further data sources would
make this into a powerful tool.
• Low level HESA data on research
• Research Grant Data from
• Funding Councils
• EU
• Other
• Ref Data
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Overview of LA service – Shri (5 mins)
User voice – David Matthews (10 mins)
Overview of BI - Myles (5 mins)
The user voice - James (10 mins)
Group exercise - Shri (20 mins)
What’s coming next - Shri and Myles (5 mins)
The effective learning analytics challenge was initiated from consultation with stakeholders, senior manager and practitioners who felt the sector need support to get up to speed with learning analytics. They prioritised three main areas, a Code of Practice to address legal and ethical issues of using learning analytics; a set of basic learning analytics tools to allow institutions to get started and make informed decisions; and a network to allow institutions to share practice and learn from each other.
The current project has procured suppliers to provide a learning analytics service which are currently being tested by several institutions. This will be developed into a full service next year and provided as a new Jisc service from Sept 2017.
What do we mean by learning analytics. The service we are developing will collect data and undertake statistical analysis of historical and current data derived from the learning process to create models that allow for predictions that can be used to improve learning outcomes.
Models are developed by “mining” large amounts of data to find hidden patterns that correlate to specific outcomes
E.g. Mine VLE event data to find usage patterns that correlate to course grades
The service will provide predictive models initially for retention (identify students at risk of failing) and attainment (identifying students at risk of not achieving a specified level of attainment).
In the future we will look to offer predictive models to support employability and personal/adaptive learning.
The project consists of the learning analytics architecture (next slide), a toolkit and community.
These consist of a blog with reports and information to assist institutions with readiness to implement learning analytics and technical implementation of the Jisc service.
There are three reports all linked from the blog a Code of Practice for Learning Analytics, A report from 18 months ago that reviewed current state of learning analytics in the UK and a more recent report on the evidence base for the effectiveness of learning analytics with 12 international case studies.
If you want to be involved and keep informed about the development of the service then join the analytics jiscmail list
We also hold quarterly network meetings which are promoted via the blog and jiscmail list
Overview of learning analytics architecture.
Red items are components that will include the tools in the project (Tribal student insight, Unicon/Apereo LAP and Student Success Plan, Student App) but also alternative third party or institutional tools.
We have ~400 people on the Jiscmail list and a pipeline of interested institution's (50+ HE, 20+FE). We are actively engaging with 35 institutions, 28 in discovery institutional readiness and 12 in beta implementations.
From Sept 16 we’ll be introducing a new institutional readiness process to help institutions get ready for implementing learning analytics. This will consist of an overview workshop to introduce the service and an diagnostic assessment tool, institutions will complete the assessment tool and then undertake appropriate actions to address recommendations.
For institutions who are ready to start implementation there will be set of guidelines to get set-up with data collection and visualisations, ready to implement a predictive analytics solution and the student app.
Details will be announced via the jiscmail list – so join it to participate.
Myles
Jisc and HESA are collaborating to develop new national shared services for business intelligence, making better use of the national data landscape, reducing repetitive activities across universities, brining the benefits of BI to all Univerisits regardless of capability / expertise
Myles
HESA is a not for profit subscription organisation, so similar to Jisc in that sense. As well as a mandatory subscription, members are mandated to provide data collections covering the broad themes of Student, Staff, Destinations (of graduates) and Estates data. This is annual but in year collection is under consideration. HESA cleanse the data and provide back full data sets, published statistics and undertake bespoke analysis. Jisc and HESA membership is similar.
Myles
Heidi Plus is depicted on the left – highlight the trucks driving in to the HESA data warehouse. HESA mandates that all publicly funded HEPs provide performance data on students, destinations of leavers, staff, finance and estates. Currently an annual collection they are moving to more frequent in year collections. The data is cleansed and a new team undertake dashboard development. Quality is assured as the dashboards are offered throught the radio mast in the middle – a new national BI dashboard delivery service offered to all HESA customers (currently 180 HEPs and associated organisations and departments). Built with Jisc and launched as a HESA service in November. Includes legal framework and national training programme. Replaces a system with 6.5K users. Lowers the bar to usage through the interactive dashboards so could take BI to a woder range of staff than is currently possible.
Heidi Lab is depicted to the right. A Jisc led alpha July 15 – July 16. Highlight the trucks again and note it’s a two way street – a data sharing agreement allows HESA data into the Heidi Lab secure data processing environment. Agile analysis teams are created from multiple universities and given access. They identify commonly felt problems spaces, explore the wider national data landscape, acquire non-HESA data and cleanse, link and transform it creating new proof of concept dashboards. Highlight the trucksa driving from the Lab to the Radio Mast. Successful dashboards will be branbded produced by Jisc and delivered via Heidi Plus.
Piece in the middle is the beta service – what comes next – Heidi Plus is sustained by HESA as a service. We have proved there is real merit in Heidi Labs and will launch a beta service July 16 – July 17.
James
James
HESA’s current data delivery service is known as HEIDI (Higher Education Information Database for Institutions) developed in house in 2007. Jisc and HESA collaborated to replace this with a more up to date service. We procured Tableau, market leading data exploration software and now offer Heidi Plus
Feedback has been extremely good across the sector
Myles
Heidi Lab as a Jisc Alpha project (proof of concept) engaged with 290 individuals from 130 universities to develop a successful model of agile analysis. 50 analysts (planners, directors of planning from 44 universities volunteered to join cross institutional agile analysis teams for three Heidi Lab cycles of 3 months each at just 0.2 FTE. Teams were supported as they identified and refined widely felt problem areas (see example on the slide – covered student, staff, research, estates etc) linked to national policy. They explored the data landscape for supportive insights, recording the issues encountered in our data catalogue. Finally they produced interactive dashboards using Tableau software as proofs of concept to offer through Heidi Plus
Myles
Led by a senior staff member with knowledge of the information needs of a wide range of staff and institutions as well as national policy and what is ‘up stream’
James – adjust to suit your own experiences
James to lead
James to continue with these (as many as time permits)
James to continue with these (as many as time permits)
James to continue with these (as many as time permits)
Shri or James to lead?
Nominate a person from each table to feed back on a user story, explain we will photograph them all and feed into further cycles for consideration
Myles – just to note we are running a set of teams from the library area to prove the concept transfers
Shri – very brief note to say we are running a College Labs experiment
Myles – a new Jisc offer to explode whether there is a sustainable service in this
In case anyone wants to see anther dashboard after the session