Enhancing Student Learning with Blackboard Analytics Partnership
The implementation of Blackboard Analytics at Derby University aims to improve the student experience through data analysis and predictive insights. By utilizing various datasets and tools like Learner Analytics and Business Intelligence, the project seeks to enhance academic advice, guidance, and overall learning outcomes for students. The initiative aligns with the institution's strategies for personalized learning, high-quality student experience, and digital learning enhancement. Close collaboration between the IT team and Blackboard is crucial during the implementation and pilot phase to manage expectations and ensure successful data validation.
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EMLT Dec 2017 The implementation of Blackboard Analytics: A partnership with academics to improve the Student Experience Chris Bell c.bell@derby.ac.uk Link - www.derby.ac.uk
Why Analytics? University Business Intelligence Working Group Established 2015 Data Rich, Intelligence Poor No learning analytics in the University Data Warehouse If there is a learning analytics shaped hole , what can the Institutional VLE tell us about the student experience ? Can we warehouse usage data from the Institutional VLE, alongside other datasets, to enhance our understanding of what works and furthermore, make predictions about the impact of using certain technologies? Learning Enhancement www.derby.ac.uk/learningenhancement Link - www.derby.ac.uk
What are those Other Datasets? Applications (gender, age, ethnicity, location, disability) Enrolment (entry qualification, socio-economic, campus) NSS DLHE (question, subject, mode of study, year) (employment type, previous work) Learner Analytics Blackboard Analytics for Learn Data Warehouse KIS = CRM (key information for student applications) (interaction with current and prospective students) Business Intelligence Learning Enhancement www.derby.ac.uk/learningenhancement Link - www.derby.ac.uk
Blackboard in the Data Warehouse Blackboard Analytics for Learn Retention Centre Blackboard Learn 9.1 Module Level Data Warehouse Learning Enhancement www.derby.ac.uk/learningenhancement Link - www.derby.ac.uk
The Promise The (learning analytics) project will underpin the ambitions of Learning Enhancement (us), to enable Derby to become a sector lead in understanding student learning activities to inform appropriate academic advice and guidance, such that students are enabled to reach their goals and maximise their academic potential . Also the imperative of our LTA Strategy, TEL Strategy and Digital Learning Vision, which all reference: Personalised learning High quality student experience Flexibility Meet Baseline requirements of Digital Learning Enhancement www.derby.ac.uk/learningenhancement Link - www.derby.ac.uk
Stage One: Implementation & Pilot Group Identification Manage expectations (real world vs perfect world) Our IT Team working in close partnership with Blackboard Lots of onsite scoping and remote support to navigate the uniqueness of our installation! Data validation Report building Dashboard building more report building Implementation and pilot user feedback happening concurrently! Learning Enhancement www.derby.ac.uk/learningenhancement Link - www.derby.ac.uk
Pilot Group A group of 30-40 academic staff expressed interest across all Colleges Workshop to identify questions staff wanted answers to, most (if not all) included: How do I know if what I m doing on Blackboard works ? How is a student doing in comparison to the course average? Is there a correlation between achievement/retention and student access? (fingers crossed!) Early warning notification of a problem (wobble weeks?), intervention before it s too late Requirement for a 360 view of student activity across a programme area, a dashboard . Currently we can only see data, course-by-course Learning Enhancement www.derby.ac.uk/learningenhancement Link - www.derby.ac.uk
The Academic Perspective (the real 360 view of learner analytics) Classroom (other) technology Attendance monitoring Teaching style Cohort building Formative assessment The VLE Personal tutoring Active learning Library access Learning Enhancement www.derby.ac.uk/learningenhancement Link - www.derby.ac.uk
The TEL (Learning Technologist) Dashboard Course History Return on investment Hotspots Digital Suites Quick Tutor History comparisons High/low enrolment Tool vs performance File sizes Learning Enhancement www.derby.ac.uk/learningenhancement Link - www.derby.ac.uk
The Tutor Dashboard Students at- risk Grade data from PS Tools Accessed Content Accessed Time spent Learning Enhancement www.derby.ac.uk/learningenhancement Link - www.derby.ac.uk
TEL Dashboard (High tool usage) Learning Enhancement www.derby.ac.uk/learningenhancement Link - www.derby.ac.uk
TEL Dashboard (which assignment tool?) Learning Enhancement www.derby.ac.uk/learningenhancement Link - www.derby.ac.uk
TEL Dashboard (course overview) Learning Enhancement www.derby.ac.uk/learningenhancement Link - www.derby.ac.uk
Tutor Dashboard (activity across a programme) Learning Enhancement www.derby.ac.uk/learningenhancement Link - www.derby.ac.uk
Tutor Dashboard (performance across a programme) Learning Enhancement www.derby.ac.uk/learningenhancement Link - www.derby.ac.uk
Tutor Dashboard (departmental early warning) Learning Enhancement www.derby.ac.uk/learningenhancement Link - www.derby.ac.uk
Early Impact Investigation for case studies Recruit academic participants for champion status Better understanding of College digital culture, which helps for staff development? Learning Enhancement www.derby.ac.uk/learningenhancement Link - www.derby.ac.uk
HEFCE Project Ongoing work with Elastacloud and Solutionpath Elastacloud Machine Learning through various Institutional data sets: DLHE Student Records (Entry Tariff, Demographic Makeup, Commuter Status) VLE data Library data Attendance Monitoring Student Questionnaire (attitudinal) responses (re. Digital Confidence) Panopto (lecture capture) Soultionpath: Dashboard data back to students, give them access to their academic fitness . Learning Enhancement www.derby.ac.uk/learningenhancement Link - www.derby.ac.uk
Stage Two: Next Steps/Considerations Ongoing work with IT Governance, BI Project Board and Student Union on ethical considerations and data protection Further integration with other BI data sources to better aid predictive intelligence Student-facing dashboard, so students can take ownership of their data Dashboard consolidation, so linking in with PeopleSoft and other sources (HR/Enrolment/Finance/Personal Tutoring) Impact on our (Learning Technology Team) relationship with the academic community at Derby. Dataliteracy staff development, JISC Learner Analytics Toolkit Learning Enhancement www.derby.ac.uk/learningenhancement Link - www.derby.ac.uk
