international trends in learning analytics (sahela conference)
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International trends in learning analytics
Dr Doug Clow Institute of Educational Technology The Open University, UK
The Open University
• Largest university in the UK
• 200,000 students
• > 5,000 tutors
• > 1,000 academic staff
• Supported open learning
• OpenLearn, YouTube, iTunesU, FutureLearn
Milton Keynes
At scale, each year
• ~400 courses• 200,000 students
• > 1 million assignments• > 1 billion views of OU/BBC coproductions
• > 3 million Moodle transactions per day
Photo (cc) Marieke IJsendoorn-Kuijpers http://www.flickr.com/photos/mape_s/333862026//
1. learning analytics2. international activities3. trends from LASI 14
1. learning analytics
What is learning analytics?
• the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of data about learners and their contexts, for purposes of understanding and optimising learning and the environments in which it occurs – First International Conference on Learning Analytics And Knowledge (LAK11), Banff, Alberta,
Feb 27-Mar 1, 2011
Photo (CC)-BY Cris: http://flickr.com/photos/chrismatos/6917786197/
Photo public domain: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DESYNebelkammer.jpg
- Erik Duval http://erikduval.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/learning-analytics-and-educational-data-mining/
“collecting traces that learners leave behind and using those traces to improve learning”
“feeding back the data exhaust”
Big Data in Education
Photo (CC)-BY Iain Watson http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagoaty/3329699788/
Clow, LAK12, 2012
• Predictive modeling, datamining (Blackboard)• Place students in one of three risk groups
=> traffic light / signal / robot• Trigger for intervention emails• Dramatic retention improvements• Consistent grade performance improvement
2. international activities
• LAK conferences• LASI workshops• Flare local meetings• Storm PhD training• Journal of LA• … and more!
www.solaresearch.org
InternationalEducational Data MiningSociety
Annual conference IEDMS
Journal of EDM
www.educationaldatamining.org/
Photo (CC)-BY J. Aaron Farr on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/jaaronfarr/2372892211
Learning Analytics Masters Program (LAMP)
Open Learning Analytics (OLA)
www.laceproject.eu
• Evidence Hub• Events: SoLAR Flare, 24 Oct 14• Publications, briefings, webinars
Learning Analytics Community Exchange (FP7)
3. trends from LASI 14
Public domain photo by Mancala http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HarvardYard.jpg
Photo (CC)-BY-NC-SA Trevor Patt on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/9978972256
Glasswinged butterfly, ? Greta oro Photo (CC)-BY-NC-ND by Greg Foster on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregfoster/3365801458/
Principles
• Privacy• Data protection• Ethics• Transparency
Readiness
• Policy, leadership, governance• Learning analytics professionals & teams
– Multi-skilled
Photo (CC)-BY Blair Gannon on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/blairgannon/14223294295
Photo (CC)-BY-NC-SA Moon Lee on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/imagezen/65199660
Technology
• Systems for implementation
• Analysis tools and techniques
• Machine learning
Photo (CC)-BY Karen Roe on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/karen_roe/4916422687/
Research issues
• Theory vs data• Learning sciences• Educational research
cc licensed ( BY) flickr photo by Randy Robertson: http://www.flickr.com/photos/randysonofrobert/337922766/
New contexts
• Blended learning• Informal learning• MOOCs
Massive Open Online Courses
final words
catnip for senior
managers
Photo (CC)-BY Dylan Ashe https://www.flickr.com/photos/ackook/3929957511/
Photo (CC)-BY kaybee07 on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/kurtbudiarto/7026555821
Thanks to:People:
•OU Learning Analytics: IET Student Statistics and Survey Team, Gill Kirkup and the other Data Wranglers, Kevin Mayles, Belinda Tynan, Simon Buckingham Shum, Rebecca Ferguson, Bart Rientes, Sharon Slade, many others
•LACE: Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Cross, Michelle Bailey, Rebecca Wilson, Evaghn De Souza, project partners.
•The learning analytics community, including SoLAR, IEDMS, those I’ve met at LAK and LASI
Funders:
•LACE: European Commission 619424-FP7-ICT-2013-11
Doug Clow@dougclowdougclow.orgdoug.clow@open.ac.uk
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by David Goehring: http://flickr.com/photos/carbonnyc/33413040/
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