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Xerte Conference, June 2018
1. Learning
Analytics
Xerte Conference - June 2018
Ian Dolphin
Apereo Foundation
ian.dolphin@apereo.org
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Apereo Foundation
More about why this sign was created at http://www.intrastructures.net/Intrastructures/Actions_-_The_next_big_thing_2.html
5. “… software for which the original
source code is made freely available and
may be redistributed and modified …”
https://opensource.org/osd-annotated
Under an approved Open Source
Initiative license
https://opensource.org/licenses
10. – The Apereo Foundation is a non-profit [501(c)(3)]
registered in New Jersey
Mission
“…collaborate to foster, develop, and sustain
open technologies and innovation to
support learning, teaching, and research."
11. Membership Organization
Legal: New Jersey 501.c.3
Elected Board of Directors
Global
WhatisApereo?
Partnership LAMP North America
Partnership ESUP-Portail in France
15. The Next Two Years: Six Key ThemesStrategy
Strategic review: https://bit.ly/2HLIpK8
1 Membership and fundraising
2 Partnerships
3 Communications, outreach & engagement
4 Development opportunities & recognition
5 Software community health measures
6 Foundation services - review
20. 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
26. Learning Analytics Data Sources
Student Information Systems
Virtual Learning Environments
Attendance Monitoring Systems
Library Management Systems
Media Players
Learning Materials
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28. Predictive Analytics
Applying techniques associated with big data to
data produced in course of learning.
Analysing historical aggregate data to identify
potential failure/success.
big data
noun COMPUTING
1. extremely large data sets that may be analysed computationally to reveal patterns,
trends, and associations, especially relating to human behaviour and interactions.
29. Big Data: What Could Go Wrong?
People write algorithms …
… or people write the algorithms that
write algorithms …
It’s not difficult to find horror stories …
37. Spark
Hadoop
Collect & Store
Intervention:
Action/Advising
Communication:
Dashboards/Early Alert
Big Data
Techniques
Analysis
Communication:
Dashboards/Early Alert
Open Dashboard
Intervention:
Action/Advising
Student Success Plan
Big Data
Techniques
Collect & Store
Open LRW
Predictive Analytics
https://www.apereo.org/projects/shuhari
Uses historical aggregate data
41. Eight-fold Path to Analytics Success
Open Purpose
Open Ethical Framework
Open and Inclusive Governance
Open Source Software
Open Platform
Open Standards
Open Algorithms
Open Consent - and Consent Management
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42. Learning Analytics Data Sources
Student Information Systems
Virtual Learning Environments
Attendance Monitoring Systems
Library Management Systems
Media Players
Learning Materials
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Accidental or Designed Data?