This is a short workshop activity, given by Laura Hollinshead (University of Derby) and myself, at an ALT East Midlands regional meeting at the University of Northampton, December 2017.

1. Discovery Select a scenario
Build
Review and complete the
complete the ‘learning
analytics plan’
Present Outline your findings to
the group
Learning Analytics
for Educators
Laura Hollinshead
John Couperthwaite

2. Sample scenarios
• Support students to avoid drop out or failure
• Gain insights into (mis)conceptions and knowledge
• Explore students’ disciplinary knowledge
• Give students a sense of how they are performing
• Identify and address concepts students struggle with
• Monitor online discussion to focus teaching on pertinent issues
• Reflect on one’s own teaching and student engagement
Based on Gunn et al, 2016. ’ The missing link for learning from analytics’,
http://2016conference.ascilite.org/wp-content/uploads/ascilite2016_gunn_concise.pdf

3. YOUR SCENARIO:
Evaluation Feedback
DATA: what information do you want to collect?
Portfolio reflections Assessment feedback
Discussion posts
VLE Clicks % Polling Correct % Polling Completed
Faculty visits
# Discussion posts
Incoming GPA Assessment Grades
Capabilities completed
Comments
Attendance
Student (group)
PARTICIPANTS: who should be involved?
Student (individual)
Instructor Teaching assistant Personal tutor
Module lead
Senior management
Year lead Programme lead
Comments
TIMESCALES: when should this be reviewed?
Before module Before flipped activity Before class
During class
After programme
After class Mid-module
After module
Comments
ETHICS: how do you intend to use this information?
Review Process Sharing
Publishing
Comments
DATA
INTERVENTION: how will you respond?
Direct question Group question Group activity
Class discussion
Comments
Invitation to meet Monitor student
Refer student
APPROACH: how do you intend to collate, analyse and act on this information?
VLE SIS Lecture Capture
ePortfolio Responseware Other
Comments
Tools
Email
Programme Team
IT Ed DevsStudent Support
Teams
EdTech’s
As tutoring As managementAs teaching
Purpose
As research
Other

4. YOUR SCENARIO:
Evaluation Feedback
DATA: what information do you want to collect?
Portfolio reflections Assessment feedback
Discussion posts
VLE Clicks % Polling Correct % Polling Completed
Faculty visits
# Discussion posts
Incoming GPA Assessment Grades
Capabilities completed
Comments
Attendance
Student (group)
PARTICIPANTS: who should be involved?
Student (individual)
Instructor Teaching assistant Personal tutor
Module lead
Senior management
Year lead Programme lead
Comments
TIMESCALES: when should this be reviewed?
Before module Before flipped activity Before class
During class
After programme
After class Mid-module
After module
Comments
ETHICS: how do you intend to use this information?
Review Process Sharing
Publishing
Comments
DATA
INTERVENTION: how will you respond?
Direct question Group question Group activity
Class discussion
Comments
Invitation to meet Monitor student
Refer student
APPROACH: how do you intend to collate, analyse and act on this information?
VLE SIS Lecture Capture
ePortfolio Responseware Other
Comments
Tools
Email
Programme Team
IT Ed DevsStudent Support
Teams
EdTech’s
As tutoring As managementAs teaching
Purpose
As research
Other