implementing analytics - paul bailey, tessa rogowski and roy currie
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Implementing analytics
Learning analytics, the Jisc platform, organisational readiness
Overview of session
»Overview of the Jisc learning analytics initiative
»Tessa Rogowski, IT Services, University of Essex
»Roy Currie, Director of Information and Learning Technologies, Bedford College
»Questions
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Implementing analytics
Overview of the Jisc learning analytics initiative
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Effective learning analytics challenge
» Rationale
› Organisations wanted help to get started and have access to standard tools and technologies to monitor and intervene
» Priorities identified
› Code of Practice on legal and ethical issues
› Develop basic learning analytics service with 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)
› Sep 2017—launch, measure impact: retention and achievement13/07/2016 Implementing analytics
What do we mean by learning analytics
» The application of big data techniques such as machine 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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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 list: [email protected]
» Network meetings
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Learning analytics architecture
» Cloud based
» Modular approach
» Various best of breed suppliers
» Organisations select options that suit them best
» All data remains securely accessible to owner only
» Scalable and expandable
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Current engagement
» Expressions of interest: 85
» Engaged in activity: 35
» Discovery to Sep 2016:
› Agreed: 28
› Completed: 18
› Reported: 17
» Learning analytics pre-implementation: 12
» Learning analytics implementation: 7
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Future engagement
» From Sep 2016:
› “Readiness toolkit” with a diagnostic set of questions and support materials leading to implementation
› Start-up guidelines to get ready for learning analytics implementation
» Further details will be announced via the email list: [email protected]
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Implementing analytics
Tessa Rogowski, IT Services, University of Essex
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Implementing analytics.
Tessa Rogowski
Learner Analytics - the Journey
Why are we doing it?
Discovery process – what it was - what we have got out of it, how did it help?
Policies. What did I get from it.
Project set up. Senior stakeholder buy in.
Why are we “doing” Learner
Analytics? The data
Technology
Obligation
Students!
The discovery process.
The discovery process 26th March 2014 – a Gartner paper.
JISC Expressions of interest 5th July 2015.
Institutional buy in.
3 day workshop 16th November with Senior stakeholder
representation.
Report received and interpreted.
Subsequent activities.
Ethical policy for Learner Analytics with SU and
legal experts
Investigation of the Market place, simultaneously
with:
Preparing a project mandate to seek funding
Where are we now?• Project proposal with
funding outlined.
• Ethics policy seeking final round of approval. [Education Committee]
• Development team prepared
Implementing Analytics
Roy Currie, Director of Information and Learning Technologies, Bedford College
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Paul Bailey [email protected]
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