Maximising data to motivate learners’ behaviour

1. Learning analytics:
Maximising data to motivate
learners’ behaviour
Rick Van Sant
Blackboard International

2. “Where is the knowledge we
have lost in information.”
T.S. Elliot

3. Four Dimensions
of Educational Analytics

4. Student Learning
• How can I easily find students who are at-risk?
• Who are the most innovative instructors?
• How are students performing on learning
outcomes over time?
• Which instructional strategies & tools are being
used in courses the most? The least? Which
are most effective to enhance student
engagement & success?

5. Student Learning
Accountability
• What strategies to improve the quality of course
design and instruction result in better student
performance and course evaluations?
• How many logins, time on task, and other metrics
have occurred over time?
• What student activities are correlated to desired
outcomes, grades and course completion?

6. “Given accurate and timely
normed feedback, most
populations will self correct or
improve with little or no direct
intervention”

10. Forecasting,
Risk
Analytics
Reporting
Analytics
Optimization
Analytics
Advanced
Data
Visualization

17. “Data is not information, information is
not knowledge, knowledge is not
understanding, understanding is not
wisdom”
Clifford Stoll

19. THANK YOU
Rick Van Sant, Ph.D.
rick.vansant@blackboard.com