1. Learning Emergence Platform
Surveys for Open Learning Analytics
an integrated platform for systemic improvement
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2. What is the SOLA platform?
A specialist survey platform which
collects data from research
validated questionnaires and
feeds it back for four different self-
improvement purposes:
•For individual users to support
personal change
•For team leaders to respond more
accurately to the learning needs of
their groups
•For organisational leadership
decision-making
•For system wide analysis, research
and learning
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TeamsTeams
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3. ‘Learning through rapid feedback at every level’
SOLA is…… a platform hosting APPs for supporting
self-directed change and innovation
SOLA is…… a platform hosting APPs for supporting
self-directed change and innovation
 Assessments for learning,
for individuals, teams and
organisations
 Research validated tools
and responsible use of
data for improvement
 Self-directed change
aligned to shared
purpose
 Measurement models
which reflect shared
purpose

4. Powered by World Class
Technology from
• Market Leader in Learning Experience
Management
• Custom Feedback Forms
• Powerful Reporting and Analysis
• Seamless Integration with Existing Systems
• Compliance with global data security &
accessibility standards
• Accessible via any Device
• Strategic Partnerships with Market Leaders
in Learning and Information Systems

5. What is Learning Emergence LLP?
……a Partnership set up by researchers and practitioners who share a vision for
using research validated surveys in improvement projects…….
SOLA is a project of the
Learning Emergence
Limited Liability Partnership
(LLP). This is an alternative
corporate business model
that gives the benefits of
limited liability but allows
its members the flexibility
of organising themselves as
a professional partnership
(See http://goo.gl/ltVZEL).
The LLP has formal
Members, referred to as
Partners. There are no
shareholders.
The funds for SOLA have been raised
through ‘crowd-sourcing’ within the wider
Learning Emergence Network. The ‘crowd’
includes key individuals and founding user
partners.
The LLP is an appropriate vehicle for this
initiative because it provides a collaborative
structure which incentivizes members to
succeed. An LLP can house any number of
‘Projects’ each with its own governance.
All Members of SOLA are active members
of the Learning Emergence Network.
….enabling collaboration, evolution and innovation in business and social enterprise….
www.learningemergence.net

6. A Project is a single instance of one survey across organisations or
groups
Costs of access to surveys
•Set up and support costs
•Log in costs
We aim to make the costs of using the
platform achievable for schools as well
as Higher Education Institutions and
Corporate Organisations.
The pricing model starts with £900 set
up and support costs and £3 per log in
for small school projects.
Larger projects need up to 5 days for
set up and support costs.
Logins costs for HEIs are £5 and £30 for
corporate organisations.
We don’t want any school
to be prevented from using this
platform because of costs so we
have made it possible for schools
to cluster together to form one
bigger Project.
A survey is accessed as a ‘Project’
What survey tools (Apps) are available?
Crick Learning for Resilient Agency Profile
Assessment of Learner Centred Practices Surveys (McCombs)
Authentic Pedagogy Survey (Huang)
Can we devise our own surveys?
Yes. We can create and analyse bespoke surveys with you.
Can we feed survey data back into our Management
Information System?
Yes – eXplorance are experts at integration through APIs. Costs for this have
to be negotiated separately.

7. What sort of feedback is possible?
PeoplePeople
TeamsTeams
LeadersLeaders
Social
scientists
Social
scientists
Immediate visual feedback as
spider diagram for coaching and
personal change
Histograms with basic statistics
anonymised for a selected
group for diagnosis and
strategy
More detailed anonymised
descriptive statistics for
organisational learning and
leadership decisioning
Raw anonymised data
exported for sophisticated
analysis and research
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8. What is a networked improvement community?
Making systems work is the great task of my generation of physicians and scientists.
But I would go further and say that making systems work — whether in healthcare,
education, climate change, making a pathway out of poverty — is the great task of our
generation as a whole.
Atul Gwande
April 2012
How do we Heal
Medicine?
What’s at the heart of our problem?
What are our shared design
principles?
What’s our shared methodology for
improvement?
What is our measurement model?
Test Fast
Fail Fast And Early
Learn And Improve
See our system
as a whole
Rapid Prototypes within a
disciplined overall evaluation
framework which measure
our shared purpose
Harnessing collective intelligence for
ongoing improvement towards our
shared purpose

9. Learning Emergence SOLA Partners
Simon Buckingham-Shum: Director of the Connected Intelligence Centre University of Technology Sydney. Co-
founder of Learning Emergence network. Advisor to Board of Learning Emergence LLP.
Tim Coburn: Corporate Learning and Development Specialist working with global companies on leadership and
transformation projects.
Tim Crick: MD of Decisioning Blueprints, formerly senior manager at RBSG, with a background in design and delivery
of customer communication & decision management systems. Designated Member of Learning Emergence LLP.
Roger Davies: Value Management and Systems Dynamic Modelling specialist. Researcher at the University of Bristol
Ruth Deakin Crick: Reader in Systems Learning and Leadership at the University of Bristol and CI on International
Centre for Infrastructure Futures. Visiting Professor at University of Technology Sydney. Designated Member of
Learning Emergence LLP.
Chris Goldspink: Director of Research at Incept Labs in Sydney.
Shaofu Huang: LE-RAP business manager, data analyst and research associate on the International Centre for
Infrastructure Futures at the University of Bristol.
Kai Ren: Research Partner based in Xian in China. Manager of Chinese network and provider of access to research
projects and partnerships
Adam Usher: Teacher Educator and Work Integrated Learning Coordinator at Victoria University. Partner of Global
Gymnasier Schools Network in Denmark and Asia Education Foundation in Australia.

10. Learning Emergence SOLA Partners
Simon Buckingham-Shum: Director of the Connected Intelligence Centre University of Technology Sydney. Co-
founder of Learning Emergence network. Advisor to Board of Learning Emergence LLP.
Tim Coburn: Corporate Learning and Development Specialist working with global companies on leadership and
transformation projects.
Tim Crick: MD of Decisioning Blueprints, formerly senior manager at RBSG, with a background in design and delivery
of customer communication & decision management systems. Designated Member of Learning Emergence LLP.
Roger Davies: Value Management and Systems Dynamic Modelling specialist. Researcher at the University of Bristol
Ruth Deakin Crick: Reader in Systems Learning and Leadership at the University of Bristol and CI on International
Centre for Infrastructure Futures. Visiting Professor at University of Technology Sydney. Designated Member of
Learning Emergence LLP.
Chris Goldspink: Director of Research at Incept Labs in Sydney.
Shaofu Huang: LE-RAP business manager, data analyst and research associate on the International Centre for
Infrastructure Futures at the University of Bristol.
Kai Ren: Research Partner based in Xian in China. Manager of Chinese network and provider of access to research
projects and partnerships
Adam Usher: Teacher Educator and Work Integrated Learning Coordinator at Victoria University. Partner of Global
Gymnasier Schools Network in Denmark and Asia Education Foundation in Australia.