Desire2LearnAdvanced Learning Analytics

Ronald Mol Desire2Learn

ronald.mol@desire2learn.com

Learning Analytics

What is it?

Why is it important?

Demonstration

a holistic, analytical view of student academic progress, including risk

Student Success System

a “flight plan” for navigating andselecting courses in a program

Degree Compass

Advanced Learning Analytics

D2L Differentiator

• Big Data• Data Mining Algorithms• Advanced Visualizations“Less Data, More Insights”

Why Learning Analytics?

Sir Kenneth RobinsonAuthor, Educator, and Advisor

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The aim of Learning Analytics is to personalize learning and, therefore, to transform teaching and learning.

Three Types of Analytics

Learning Analytics

focus is the individual student or learner

Academic Analytics

focus is the institution, program, department, and course

Enterprise Analytics

focus is the entire enterprise and includesall systems and data

with IBM

Less Data, More Insights

Product Overview

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Student Success System

Big Data

“Only education analytics solution built on an top of a scalable, enterprise-class data

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“Only education analytics solution built on an top of a scalable, enterprise-class data

warehouse”

D3Enterprise

Data Warehouse

one-stop shop repositoryfor all assessment & learning data

comprehensive data-domainsfor tracking all aspects of

learning

massively scalableto billions of records

data pledge”all your data is yours forever”

Deep Learning Insights

“Recipient of Brandon Hall Group’s Gold Medal

for technology innovation.”

“Recipient of Brandon Hall Group’s Gold Medal

for technology innovation.”

R3Analytics Advanced Reporting

hierarchical viewsfor viewing data dynamically at multiple levels

historical datafor trend and comparative analysis

advanced statistics for going beyond data to insights

access controlsfor sharing data based on role authorization

Next-Generation Learning Analytics

open architecture

S3Student Success

System

customized predictive modelsfor early intervention

advanced visualizationsfor diagnosis and deep insights

case managementfor personalized referrals and 360 student view

for flexible enterprise integration

Predictive ModelingEngine

Predictive ModelingEngine

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Data Services

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Applications

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Extraction, Transformation & Loading (ETL)

Transactional Data Sources

D2L Analytics

Data Warehouse

EnrollmentEnrollmentEnrollmentEnrollment

Course AccessCourse AccessCourse AccessCourse Access

Content AccessContent AccessContent AccessContent Access

Tool AccessTool AccessTool AccessTool Access

AssessmentsAssessmentsAssessmentsAssessments

Learning OutcomesLearning OutcomesLearning OutcomesLearning Outcomes

RubricsRubricsRubricsRubrics

Internet UsageInternet UsageInternet UsageInternet Usage

Curriculum Curriculum MappingMapping

Curriculum Curriculum MappingMapping

CompetenciesCompetenciesCompetenciesCompetencies

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Devices

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predicted futurewhat will happen?

desired futurehow i want things to be

Analytics Maturity Levels

presentwhat is happening

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current state

desired future

optimal path

Analytics is finding an optimal to a desired future

Demonstration

a holistic, analytical view of student academic progress, including risk

Student Success System

a “flight plan” for navigating andselecting courses in a program

Degree Compass

Which courses in my program are optimal?

Which program(s) or major is optimal?

Which career(s) is optimal?

(in development)

Navigation

Global centralityGlobal centrality

Major centralityMajor centrality

Grade Grade predictionprediction

What ingredientsWhat ingredientsgo into the ratings?go into the ratings?

Thank You

ronald.mol@desire2learn.com