This document provides an overview of analytics for learning and discusses implementation at GRCC. It begins with definitions of analytics, business intelligence, academic analytics, and learning analytics. It then discusses GRCC's strategic needs in areas like access to data, early alert systems, and measuring outcomes. The document outlines GRCC's analytics implementation, including hiring a data warehouse architect and campus training. It shows sample student and instructor reports in Blackboard Analytics and discusses next steps like dedicating time, building capacity, and engaging culture. It provides additional analytics resources.
Jisc technology to tutoring new and emerging developmentsPaul Bailey
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Jisc technology to tutoring new and emerging developmentsPaul Bailey
Presentation on 27 January at the Centre for Recording Achievement seminar on Technology to support 21 Century Tutoring: new and emerging developments. Paul Bailey, Lisa Grey and Ruth Drysdale
Uel information strategy development implementation v2-acGurdish Sandhu
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Online Educa Berlin conference: Big Data in Education - theory and practiceMike Moore
Online Educa Berlin Conference Presentation
Big Data in Education - Theory and Practice
Presented December 6, 2013 by
Mike Moore, Sr. Advisory Consultant - Analytics
Desire2Learn, Inc.
Opening/Framing Comments: John Behrens, Vice President, Center for Digital Data, Analytics, & Adaptive Learning Pearson
Discussion of how the field of educational measurement is changing; how long held assumptions may no longer be taken for granted and that new terminology and language are coming into the.
Panel 1: Beyond the Construct: New Forms of Measurement
This panel presents new views of what assessment can be and new species of big data that push our understanding for what can be used in evidentiary arguments.
Marcia Linn, Lydia Liu from UC Berkeley and ETS discuss continuous assessment of science and new kinds of constructs that relate to collaboration and student reasoning.
John Byrnes from SRI International discusses text and other semi-structured data sources and different methods of analysis.
Kristin Dicerbo from Pearson discusses hidden assessments and the different student interactions and events that can be used in inferential processes.
Panel 2: The Test is Just the Beginning: Assessments Meet Systems Context
This panel looks at how assessments are not the end game, but often the first step in larger big-data practices at districts/state/national levels.
Gerald Tindal from the University of Oregon discusses State data systems and special education, including curriculum-based measurement across geographic settings.
Jack Buckley Commissioner of the National Center for Educational Statistics discussing national datasets where tests and other data connect.
Lindsay Page, Will Marinell from the Strategic Data Project at Harvard discussing state and district datasets used for evaluating teachers, colleges of education, and student progress.
Panel 3: Connecting the Dots: Research Agendas to Integrate Different Worlds
This panel will look at how research organizations are viewing the connections between the perspectives presented in Panels 1 and 2; what is known, what is still yet to be discovered in order to achieve the promised of big connected data in education.
Andrea Conklin Bueschel Program Director at the Spencer Foundation
Ed Dieterle Senior Program Officer at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Edith Gummer Program Manager at National Science Foundation
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
Sandra Reeb-Gruber - IBIS InHolland - EduTech & The City - 1 May 2017 - Amste...GlobalTech.City
GlobalTech.City
"Think Global, Act Local & Think Local, Act Global"
"matching trending tech solutions with societal challenges around the world"
GlobalTech.City is founded in 2017 and is the global platform connecting AmsterdamTech.City and the other tech cities around the world.
AmsterdamTech.City started in 2016 with successful monthly "Tech & The City" events in Amsterdam.
The vision of GlobalTech.City is to combine city events, tech topics, societal challenges, tech solutions, and speakers for the city, communities, and citizens around the world.
The mission of GlobalTech.City is to facilitate the city, communities, and citizens in the engagement and transformation.
The target groups are public and private; governmental and non-governmental; educational institutions; corporates, scale ups and start ups; investors and programs, inventors and experts; visitors and citizens...
The technology trends are Big Data, Blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Ambient Intelligence (AmI), Robotics, Virtual/Augmented/Mixed Realty...
www.globaltech.city
www.amsterdamtech.city
Online Educa Berlin conference: Big Data in Education - theory and practiceMike Moore
Online Educa Berlin Conference Presentation
Big Data in Education - Theory and Practice
Presented December 6, 2013 by
Mike Moore, Sr. Advisory Consultant - Analytics
Desire2Learn, Inc.
Opening/Framing Comments: John Behrens, Vice President, Center for Digital Data, Analytics, & Adaptive Learning Pearson
Discussion of how the field of educational measurement is changing; how long held assumptions may no longer be taken for granted and that new terminology and language are coming into the.
Panel 1: Beyond the Construct: New Forms of Measurement
This panel presents new views of what assessment can be and new species of big data that push our understanding for what can be used in evidentiary arguments.
Marcia Linn, Lydia Liu from UC Berkeley and ETS discuss continuous assessment of science and new kinds of constructs that relate to collaboration and student reasoning.
John Byrnes from SRI International discusses text and other semi-structured data sources and different methods of analysis.
Kristin Dicerbo from Pearson discusses hidden assessments and the different student interactions and events that can be used in inferential processes.
Panel 2: The Test is Just the Beginning: Assessments Meet Systems Context
This panel looks at how assessments are not the end game, but often the first step in larger big-data practices at districts/state/national levels.
Gerald Tindal from the University of Oregon discusses State data systems and special education, including curriculum-based measurement across geographic settings.
Jack Buckley Commissioner of the National Center for Educational Statistics discussing national datasets where tests and other data connect.
Lindsay Page, Will Marinell from the Strategic Data Project at Harvard discussing state and district datasets used for evaluating teachers, colleges of education, and student progress.
Panel 3: Connecting the Dots: Research Agendas to Integrate Different Worlds
This panel will look at how research organizations are viewing the connections between the perspectives presented in Panels 1 and 2; what is known, what is still yet to be discovered in order to achieve the promised of big connected data in education.
Andrea Conklin Bueschel Program Director at the Spencer Foundation
Ed Dieterle Senior Program Officer at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Edith Gummer Program Manager at National Science Foundation
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
Sandra Reeb-Gruber - IBIS InHolland - EduTech & The City - 1 May 2017 - Amste...GlobalTech.City
GlobalTech.City
"Think Global, Act Local & Think Local, Act Global"
"matching trending tech solutions with societal challenges around the world"
GlobalTech.City is founded in 2017 and is the global platform connecting AmsterdamTech.City and the other tech cities around the world.
AmsterdamTech.City started in 2016 with successful monthly "Tech & The City" events in Amsterdam.
The vision of GlobalTech.City is to combine city events, tech topics, societal challenges, tech solutions, and speakers for the city, communities, and citizens around the world.
The mission of GlobalTech.City is to facilitate the city, communities, and citizens in the engagement and transformation.
The target groups are public and private; governmental and non-governmental; educational institutions; corporates, scale ups and start ups; investors and programs, inventors and experts; visitors and citizens...
The technology trends are Big Data, Blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Ambient Intelligence (AmI), Robotics, Virtual/Augmented/Mixed Realty...
www.globaltech.city
www.amsterdamtech.city
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Speakers:
David Lewis, senior analytics consultant, Jisc
Martin Lynch, learning systems manager, University of South Wales
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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.
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We will be able to EXPERIMENT with several technologies using a tablet or laptop for hands-on exploration.
For this seminar, we are attempting to narrow the focus to a series of tools that can provide a screen mirroring solution.
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2. Big Picture & Big Data
• “Analytics is the use of data, statistical and quantitative methods, and explanatory and
predicative models to allow organizations and individuals to gain insights into and act on
complex issues.”
Retrieved from: http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/lets-talk-analytics
Analytics & Big DataAnalytics & Big Data
Business Intelligence /
Academic Analytics
Business Intelligence /
Academic Analytics
Learning AnalyticsLearning Analytics
3. 2013 Horizon Report – Big Data and
Learning Analytics
• Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Two to Three Years
• “…learning analytics leverages student-related data to build better
pedagogies, target at-risk student populations, and to assess whether
programs designed to improve retention have been effective…”
Retrieved from: http://www.nmc.org/publications/2013-horizon-report-higher-ed
7. Analytics Needs at GRCC
Key Areas of Strategic Importance:
•Access to Data!!!
•Data Warehouse Initiative
•Title III – College Success Program
•Student Success and Completion Agenda
•Early Alert, Student Risk Identification & Intervention, and Predictive Analysis
•Professional Development & Course Quality
•Measure Trends with SIS Demographics
•Link Outcomes to Grades
•Overall ROI
8. Analytics Implementation at GRCC
Key Highlights:
•Strategic Planning
•Infrastructure Planning
•Data Warehouse Architect Hired
•Project Coordination
•Installation
•On Campus Implementation Team Training, Business Process, Validation, etc.
21. Next Steps…
• Dedicating Time
(Learning the meaning of data, validating the data, generating
dashboards, and asking the right questions.)
• Building Capacity
(Who can lead? Who needs what? What training is needed.)
• Engaging the Culture
(Asking good questions, building an understanding of the value of
data, and how data could be misleading. Communicating around
the “big brother” notion.)
• Emerging Directions
(Linking and using data in campus initiatives such as program
review, accreditation, early alert, advising, etc.)
Focus on 3 areas: About Analytics, Analytics @ GRCC, Next Steps
So what is this session about? Analytics is the gathering and use of data to gain insight… “Big Data” is around massive use of data. Administrative functions and operational focus is where BI and AA come in. And finally the focus of this presentation will be on the information collected about students and faculty around their use of the course management system and the SIS around teaching and learning. Learning analytics as “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.
Why is Learning Analytics important? New Media Consortium and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (3D printing, game-based learning, tablet computing, MOOCs…)
Big data = the use of massive amounts of information – some call this “Retail Analytics”
Our retail customers are students - Typically this is SIS systems, Purdue – Signals / Sherpa – South Orange CC / MOOCs – Stanford and Coursera, Starfish
Focusing more on students and learning - SIS is typically the “data warehouse” for an institution with a missing piece of a large amount of data – within the lms. A4L brings this data and the SIS together.
“ Uncollected data can’t be analyzed” -- 2007 Project ASTRO - Tool use, content use, course activity (instructors and students), find innovative instructors, report on requirements , make realtime decisions for what is happen ing rather than what happen ed …
October Bb Analytics and March 2013 A4L
Some sample reports…
Retention Center (replace the early warning system - course centric with a student view coming) – last login is like going to class, activity is like being engaged, grades, due dates.
Bb Analytics for Learn (campus wide with deep dive drill down, longitudinal trends (historical), slice and dice, SIS)