Learning Analytics Initiative and working in an International community ( Apereo Foundation)

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

2. Agenda • Overview Learning Analytics • OverviewLAI • Current Status • In progress • Questions Titel van de presentatie | 00 maand 0000 2

3. Academic vs Learning Analytics... * - Analytics in Higher Education: Establishing a Common Language

4. What’s All the Hype About? Learning Analytics holds the potential to “break the higher education iron triangle” Academic Early Alert Systems Adaptive Learning Systems Dashboard/Data Visualization There are challenges… Privacy/Ethical use of data Learning Analytics (LA) tool and software silos Limited coordination across LA landscape Cost Quality Access Cost Quality Access

5. 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.

6. SoLAR is an academic research community working to grow and expand the field of LA Marist College is a founding member of SoLAR Looking at operationalizing SoLAR research efforts Current collaboration activities with SoLAR Open Learning Analytics (OLA) Summit SNAPP – Sakai integration project Grant funding (NSF, Gates) Apereo – SoLAR Collaboration

7. 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.

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

9. Five main aspectsCollection, Storage, Analysis, Action, Communication

10. what works today Where are things right now?

11. Open Source Learning Analytics today

12. 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

13. Sakai xAPI integration Streams Sakai event activity to an LRS using experience statements Easy to extend and add additional events Available in Sakai 10

14. 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.

15. OAAI Early Alert System

16. 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

17. SNAPP - Bird’s eye view of Forum SNAPP Demonstration

18. 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

19. coming soon What projects are in progress?

20. 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 Expected to be completed this summer

21. UvA LRS Building a public thin LRS Will only support the spec (minimal UI) Local (on site) data storage 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) xAPI support for Sakai, OAE, now uPortal Strategic support from Unicon

22. 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

23. 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

24. LASI June 30th , 1st JulyUTRECHT • https://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!

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26. QUESTIONS