Learning Analytics Initiative and working in an International community (Apereo Foundation)A.M.Berg, Innovation WG, Community Officer LAI

Agenda

Overview Learning Analytics Overview LAI Current Status In progress Questions

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Academic vs Learning Analytics...

* - Analytics in Higher Education: Establishing a Common Language

Academic Analytics

Learning Analytics

A process for providing higher education institutions with the data necessary to support operational and

financial decision making*

Learning analytics is the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of data about learners and their contexts, for purposes of understanding and optimising learning and the environments in

which it occurs

Focused on the business of the institution

Focused on the student and their learning behaviors

Management/executives are the

primary audienceLearners and instructors are the

primary audience

What’s All the Hype About?● Learning Analytics holds the potential

to “break the higher education iron triangle”

o Academic Early Alert Systemso Adaptive Learning Systemso Dashboard/Data Visualization

● There are challenges…o Privacy/Ethical use of datao Learning Analytics (LA) tool and software siloso Limited coordination across LA landscape

Cost

AccessQuality

Cost

AccessQuality

What is Apereo LAI?https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/LAI/Open. Learning Analytics. Community.Accelerate the operationalization of Learning Analytics software and frameworks, support the validation of analytics pilots across institutions, and work together to avoid duplication of efforts.

● SoLAR is an academic research community working to grow and expand the field of LA

o Marist College is a founding member of SoLARo Looking at operationalizing SoLAR research

efforts● Current collaboration activities with

SoLARo Open Learning Analytics (OLA) Summito SNAPP – Sakai integration project o Grant funding (NSF, Gates)

Apereo – SoLAR Collaboration

What ELSE is Apereo LAI?A safety net by providing:● Open collaboration and minimize

duplication of effort.● Build open, scalable, sustainable

ecosystem for Learning Analytics.● Nucleation point where research meets

sustainability (See OLA from SoLAR).● Develop evidence hubs to easily deploy

and cross validate analytic solutions across institutions/platforms.

What specifically is Apereo LAI now● Starts by building the minimum stack

o i.e. Learning Analytics Diamond● Attracts research muscle (of the SoLAR

community) into real world, high scale, cross validated environments.

● Seeks to enrich the Apereo project portfolio

● Knowledge Dissemination● Community outreach● Open

Five main aspectsCollection, Storage, Analysis, Action, Communication

Where are things right now?what works today

Open Source Learning Analytics today

ICT Services interactions with the effort My time to help build a community Intersections with other communities

SOLAR SURF (Co-chair SIG LA)

UvA LRS LRS support for uPortal, Sakai CLE and

Apereo LAI UvA

UvA Inform BlackBoard Pilot COACH / UvAAnalytics Datawarehouse

Sakai xAPI integration● Streams Sakai event activity to an LRS

using experience statements● Easy to extend and add additional

events● Available in Sakai 10

OAE xAPI integration● Ability to push activity stream data to

an LRS in real-time● Feature and target LRS is configurable

on tenant-per-tenant basis in multi tenant OAE platform.

OAAI Early Alert System

PLUG for the Journal for Learning Analytics

• http://learning-analytics.info/• http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.

php/JLA/article/view/3249/4011

PLUG for cross validation• OAAI needs you!https

://confluence.sakaiproject.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=75671025

SNAPP - Bird’s eye view of Forum

SNAPP Demonstration

Student Success Plan (SSP)

•Case Management Software•Academic Advising Tools (MAP)•Early Alert / Faculty Access (EAL)•Student Interface (Tasks, MAP, Self Help)•Student Information System (SIS) Integration•Reporting Tools / Data Collection

What projects are in progress?coming soon

uPortal xAPI integration● Will stream portal and portlet events to

an LRS based on user activity● https://issues.jasig.org/browse/UP-3718● Based on the Sakai xAPI work● Currently in progress

o Expected to be completed this summer

UvA LRS● Building a public thin LRS

o Will only support the spec (minimal UI)o Local (on site) data storageo Security and performance are primary

Low attack profile Less code helps optimize performance

● Release “soon” (when it is ready)● UvA focus on core requirements (no

frills)o xAPI support for Sakai, OAE, now uPortalo Strategic support from Unicon

OAAI automation + Sakai connector● Package the knowledge flows and

PMML early alert models into an API.● Accept required OAAI data specs in

JSON, CSV, XML standards● Perform data mining and scoring

operations using a library of PMML models.

● Deliver early alert predictions and insights in JSON/ CSV/ XML standards

● LTI integration of OAAI with Sakai CLE to render and store early alert insights

Meeting Place for a community of shared interest• What are our mutual requirements

• Who has done what

• Can we share our mistakes and successes

• Accelerates learning in a knowledge organization

• Meetings twice monthly

• Conferences

• Google group

• Shared WIKI space

• Coming soon: Hackathons and shared grant proposals

LASI June 30th , 1st JulyUTRECHThttps://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/LAI/Learning+Analytics+Initiative

Join the mailing list: analytics@apereo.org(subscribe by sending a message to analytics+subscribe@apereo.org)

Join the calls (currently working on scheduling a repeating time - will announce on the mailing list)

Contribute on github: https://github.com/Apereo-Learning-Analytics-Initiative

Help get the word out!

http://lak15.solaresearch.org/

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