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Apereo Learning Analytics Overview
1. How Innovation,
Community Building and
100% Open Works
on the Global Stage
The Apereo Learning
Analytics Initiative
Ian Dolphin
Apereo Foundation
ian.dolphin@apereo.org
Alan Berg
Apereo Foundation
alan.berg@apereo.org
Patrick Lynch
Apereo Foundation
patrick.lynch@apereo.org
3. Apereo Foundation Mission
… to assist and facilitate educational
organizations which “collaborate to
foster, develop, and sustain open
technologies and innovation to support
learning, teaching, and research."
4. Open Source Software
“… software for which the
original source code is made
freely available and may be
redistributed and modified …”
https://opensource.org/osd-annotated
7. Purpose
Reduce the overhead of collaboration
Manage collective intellectual property
Provide shared services reducing friction
Offer help to new oss starters - incubation
8. Organisation: Apereo Communities
16 17 Software Projects/Communities
Communities of Interest
Teaching and Learning
Learning Analytics
Face to face events
Webinars
Mailing lists
Formal and informal connections
Commercial support ecosystem
12. ‘Do More With less’
“Non-traditional” is the new tradition
Rising student expectations
Costs of retention vs costs of recruitment
Compliance and regulatory frameworks
For IT in Europe* -
General Data Processing Directive (2018)
*Or wishing to do business with EU citizens …
In General
13. NGDLE
Educause Learning Initiative Workshops
Practitioners desire for flexibility beyond the LMS/VLE
Principle Dimensions:
•Interoperability and integration
•Personalization
•Collaboration
•Accessibility and Universal Design
•Analytics, Advising and Learning Assessment
Next Generation Digital Learning Environment
14.
15. Learning Analytics Definition
“Measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of
data about learners and their contexts, for purposes of
understanding and optimizing learning and the
environments in which it occurs” (1)
(1) Learning and Academic Analytics, Siemens, G., 5 August 2011, http://www.learninganalytics.net/?p=131
19. Learning Analytics approaches
Bundle with LMS/VLE and/or SIS
Focus on retention & early identification
Limited datasets - expandable?
Pass Data to External Agent
Focus on retention & early identification
Privacy concerns FERPA (US), GDPR (EU)
20. Learning Analytics approaches
Bundle with LMS/VLE and/or SIS
Focus on retention & early identification
Limited datasets - expandable?
Pass Data to External Agent
Focus on retention & early identification
Privacy concerns FERPA (US), GDPR (EU)
Competency Based Learning
Early efforts @ personalised sequencing
Tends to operate around “internal” data.
21. Learning Analytics approaches
Competency Based Learning
Early efforts @ personalised sequencing
Tends to operate around “internal” data.
Bundle with LMS/VLE and/or SIS
Focus on retention & early identification
Limited datasets - expandable?
Pass Data to External Agent
Focus on retention & early identification
Privacy concerns FERPA (US), GDPR (EU)
Analytics Platform
Focus on retention & early identification
Flexibility. Connect additional data sets.
23.
A Strategic Technology Choice
Increased flexibility and choice: Mix and Match
Standards based: xAPI, adding Caliper
Bundling analytics capability with SIS + LMS/VLE?
Present and future limitations?
Is this where you want to query data?
Component-based Analytics Platform
28. North Carolina State
Research Intensive - part of UNC System
34,000+ students = 30m events in Moodle logs PS
SIS Data
Predictive Analytics - modified Marist model
Student risk scores within 2 weeks of start
29. University of Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame
Catholic Research University - Indiana
12,000+ Students = 20m events in Sakai logs PS
SIS Data
Predictive Analytics - early alert objectives
Work in progress …
30. MENESR partnership
Pilot at Université de Lorraine
Multi-disciplinary team - teachers, researchers,
data scientists
Experimenting across range of scenarios
Will inform future national direction
DUNE EOLE Project
31. Jisc National Service (UK)
National service in UK, focus on retention
Component-based platform - Apereo components
with Learning Locker LRS
Commercial LMS/VLE + SIS Vendor engagement
Student app, modelled on fitness app paradigm
32. Jisc - Institutional Readiness (UK)
1. Shared and clear understanding of the goals of a LA solution
2. Organisational readiness
A. Strong committed senior leader and governance structure
B. Stakeholder involvement
C. Shared definition/understanding of terminology e.g. retention
D. Ethics and privacy policies developed
E. Business process/policies and practice aligned
F. Training, support and communication strategies in place
3. Technical readiness
G. Data security implemented
H. Access and quality assurance of data
I. Use role definition and access rights identified
4. Resources to deliver the above
http://tinyurl.com/y8zwgq38
33. “Big 7” Lessons from Early Adopters
1 Have clearly defined purpose/s
2 Explore moral and ethical dimensions
3 Examine legality and consent
4 Inclusive planning. Esp. governance & ethics
5 Audit capacity and expertise
6 Determine strategic technical approach
7 Secure institutional leadership buy-in
34. How Innovation,
Community Building and
100% Open Works
on the Global Stage
The Apereo Learning
Analytics Initiative
Ian Dolphin
Apereo Foundation
ian.dolphin@apereo.org
Alan Berg
Apereo Foundation
alan.berg@apereo.org
Patrick Lynch
Apereo Foundation
patrick.lynch@apereo.org