Learning analytics strategy and policy Doug Clow Institute of Educational Technology The Open University, UK
Jan 13, 2015
Learning analytics strategy and policy
Doug Clow Institute of Educational Technology The Open University, UK
The Open University
• Largest university in the UK
• 200,000 students
• 7,000 tutors
• 1,000 academic staff
• Supported open learning
Milton Keynes
At scale, each year
• 600 courses• > 200,000 students
• > 1 million assignments• > 1 billion views of OU/BBC coproductions
• > 3 million Moodle transactions per dayPhoto (cc) Marieke IJsendoorn-Kuijpers http://www.flickr.com/photos/mape_s/333862026//
catnip for senior
managers
Photo (CC)-BY Dylan Ashe https://www.flickr.com/photos/ackook/3929957511/
http://www.jumpoffthescreen.com/analytics.php
Intervention and Evaluation
Data Visualisations
Ethics Framework
Predictive Modelling
Learning Experience Data
Professional Development
Small Data Student Tools
(CC)-BY Doug Clow http://dougclow.org
Data Wranglers
human sense-makers
Photo CC (BY-NC) Alan English CPA: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alanenglish/4198114139
users data
users data
users data
Photo CC (BY-NC) Alexey Kljatov on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/chaoticmind75/9516811453/
It is only through the detailed process of engagement and dialogue between analysts, stakeholders and the data that insight and organisational change are developed.
Doug [email protected]@open.ac.uk
slideshare.net/dougclow
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License
Thanks to: IET Student Statistics and Survey Team, Gill Kirkup and the other Data Wranglers, Kevin Mayles, Belinda Tynan, Simon Buckingham Shum, Rebecca Ferguson, Bart Rientes, Martyn Cooper
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by David Goehring: http://flickr.com/photos/carbonnyc/33413040/