This guest post from Jitse van Ameijde of the Open University describes a micro-project which Jisc recently funded to develop a student workload tool. Student workload is an ever present concern in all higher education institutions for those designing, developing or delivering curriculum. Student workload contributes to students’ decisions around withdrawing from study and is among […]
In this guest post Karl Molden and Veronika Hulikova of the University of Greenwich report on one of Jisc’s micro-projects in learning analytics. Karl will present the project’s findings at the next UK Learning Analytics Network meeting at the University of East London on 3rd Feb. Synopsis The aims of this project are to show that […]
Around 90 people signed up for our latest event which took place last week at Bradford University. Trevor Meek and his colleagues provided the venue, and we spent most of the day examining aspects of Jisc’s architecture for learning analytics and looking at ethical, legal and adoption issues for institutions. Michael Webb started off the […]
The discovery phase of the learning analytics project provides an opportunity for institutions to access their readiness to implement. The process examines many factors including institutional goals, availability of data, leadership and support, legal and ethical considerations and some technical considerations. The discovery will usually happen before technical implementation is started to assess any remedial […]
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Student App Design – What do you think?
Today we signed off the specification of design of the first release of the learning analytics student app. We expect an IoS and Android version of the app to be available from March 2016. The first release will be based primarily on the existing overview discussed in the previous blog post, Student app for learning analytics: […]
Our app to display learning analytics to students themselves is taking shape. After brainstorming requirements for the app with staff and students at a workshop in London and seeking further input from students at Lincoln University we obtained useful feedback on our draft designs from students at our Summer of Student Innovation (SOSI) session in Birmingham […]
Our third network event took place last week in Nottingham. This is the site of one of the biggest institutional roll-outs of learning analytics in the UK – at Nottingham Trent University – and we were keen to hear from Student Engagement Manager, Ed Foster, about it. But first we spent the morning listening to a […]
Here’s the final agenda for the network event at Nottingham Trent University. In the morning we’re looking at the learning analytics micro-project ideas and will decide on which ones to fund. In the afternoon we hear from the expert behind Nottingham Trent’s pioneering roll-out of learning analytics across the institution – Student Engagement Manager, Ed Foster. […]
The procurement exercise for Jisc’s architecture for learning analytics (see animated explanation) resulted in the selection of a number of preferred suppliers and a blend of commercial and open source solutions. The intention is to develop a sustainable and flexible learning analytics service for UK universities and colleges from 2017, with most of the components […]
The UK learning analytics network is about to select some micro-projects to push forward learning analytics in new and innovative directions. At the next meeting of the network in Nottingham on 24th June, the community will decide which of the proposals will receive funding from Jisc of up to £5,000 each. Some interesting suggestions have […]