learning analytics suppliers briefing-april16

OverviewJisc Learning Analytics

Learning Analytics - Suppliers Briefing 2016 2

Agenda• Overview of the Learning

Analytics Project Paul Bailey, Project Manager Jisc and Niall Sclater, Senior Consultant, learning analytics

• An overview of the architecture Michael Webb, Director of Technology and Analytics

• Break (14:30)• Data structures: an overview of

the xAPI recipes and the Universal Data Definition

Michael Webb, Wilbert Kraan CetisRob Jones, Consultant

• How your company can be involved

Michael Webb

• Finish (16:00)


About Learning Analytics…


Effective Learning Analytics ChallengeRationaleUniversities and colleges don't have enough useful data about students and how they are learning. What they have they don’t analyse and interpret. They are missing opportunities to use technology to provide feedback to students. They need to support staff who could be using analytics and a standard set of tools and technologies to monitor and intervene. Who it affects and howStudents are missing out on the possibility of an improved experience, better retention, and better achievement.Staff are missing the opportunity to develop skills to use analytics to improve support, teaching and curriculum design.TimescalePilot tools and metrics 1-2 yearsImpact on retention, achievement and progression 3-4 years.


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 achievement (current project)» Improve employability (current project)»Personalised learning (future project)


About Learning Analytics…Products and Solutions


Jisc’s Learning Analytics ProjectThree core strands:

Learning Analytics Service

Toolkit Community

Jisc Learning Analytics


Learning Analytics Service

Toolkit Community

Learning Records Warehouse and Data Integration

Code of Practice Legal and Ethical Issues

Email list (over 350 members)

Learning Analytics Processor and Dashboards

Discovery Institutional Readiness

Blog Site

Alert and intervention management tool

Data definitions and xAPI recipes

Network Meetings

Student Learning Analytics App and Consent Service


Discovery …The learning analytics discovery service is a way of investigating your institution’s readiness for learning analytics. The process will investigate strategic, technical, process and data readiness, providing recommendations for action before moving on to deploy a learning analytics solution.



Implementation

Wish to explore readiness and products

Know want to implement Jisc architecture

Institutional Readiness

Pre-implementation

Other pre-implementation

Other Learning Analytics

Implementation

Discovery Pre-implementation

Implementation


Jisc Project in numbersExpressions of interested: 80Engaged in activity: 35Discovery to Sept 16: agreed (26), completed (14), reported (8)Learning Analytics Pre-Implementation: (12)Learning Analytics Implementation: (7)


Timeline


Phase 1&2Sep 15 – Apr 16

Phase 2&3 Jan – Sept

16

Transition to Service

Sept 16 – July 17


Service Sept 2017

14

Example HE Activity

Learning Analytics - Suppliers Briefing 2016


Profile Aim Activity Data Sources

Russell Group Retention of widening participation + support for students to achieve 2.1 or better

Discovery + Tribal Insight + Learning Locker

Moodle + Student Records

Research led University

Retention, improve teaching, empowering students

Discovery + OpenSource Suite + Student App

Moodle + Attendance+ Student Records

Teaching led University with WP mission

Retention - requirement to make identifying students more efficient so they can focus on interventions

Tribal Insight + Learning Locker

Blackboard + Attendance + Student Records

Research led University

Student engagement Discovery + Student app + Learning Locker

Moodle + Student Records

Teaching Lead Understanding of how Learning Analytics can be used

Discovery + Technical Integration

Moodle


Community

Community


Project Blog, mailing list and network eventsBlog: http://analytics.jiscinvolve.org

Mailing: [email protected]


Jisc Learning Analytics Toolkit

Toolkit


http://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/code-of-practice-for-learning-analytics

Code of Practice

Group Name QuestionMain type

Importance Responsibility

2 Consent Adverse impact of opting out on individual

If a student is allowed to opt out of data collection and analysis could this have a negative impact on their academic progress?

Ethical 1 Analytics Committee

7 Action Conflict with study goals

What should a student do if the suggestions are in conflict with their study goals?

Ethical 3 Student

8 Adverse impact

Oversimplification How can institutions avoid overly simplistic metrics and decision making which ignore personal circumstances?

Ethical 1 Educational researcher

86 issues in 9 groups

Available from Effective learning analytics blog: analytics.jiscinvolve.org

Group Name QuestionMain type

Importance Responsibility

2 Consent Adverse impact of opting out on individual

If a student is allowed to opt out of data collection and analysis could this have a negative impact on their academic progress?

Ethical 1 Analytics Committee

7 Action Conflict with study goals

What should a student do if the suggestions are in conflict with their study goals?

Ethical 3 Student

8 Adverse impact

Oversimplification How can institutions avoid overly simplistic metrics and decision making which ignore personal circumstances?

Ethical 1 Educational researcher

86 issues

jisc.ac.uk/guides/code-of-practice-for-learning-analytics

Comparative – social – gameified – private by default – usable standalone - uncluttered