LACE – Project overview
Hendrik Drachsler| Open UniversiteitPolicy Briefing Event | 15 April 2015
#laceproject, @hdrachsler, drachsler.de
Vision
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Building bridges between research, policy and practice to realise the potential of learning analytics in EU.
LACE – Policy Briefing Event – 15 April 2015
National differences
Sectorial differences
Cultural differences
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1.Data standards
2.Interoperability
3.Privacy & Ethics
4.Analytic skills
5.Evidence base
6.More to come …
Working on shared issues between sectors
CC-BY: Brad Downey, Hamburg - unurth | street arthttp://www.unurth.com/Brad-Downey-Hamburg
LACE – Policy Briefing Event – 15 April 2015
Sector Activities: K12, HE & Workplace
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• Knowledge transfer workshop (19 - 700 direct contacts)
• LinkedIn members (213)• LACE Review Articles (2)• Blog posts total (56)• Key Events
• LAK14 (Indianapolis, USA)• WMF, (Milan Italy 2014)• Eminent (Zurich, Nov. 2014)• BETT (London, January 2014)
LACE – Annual Review – Luxembourg – 4 February 2015
Cross Sector Services
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QI Framework for LA
Evaluation support
Semantic Studies
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K12 Workplace
HE
STOTA: K12, HE & Workplace
• Awareness raising
• Less solutions & little use
• Vendor interests
• High demand on privacy
• No systematic use of data
• Widespread interest (Management, Researchers, Teachers) • Some substantive take-up• More reporting data than taking action on data• Probably most advanced sector
• Bridging ind. communities
• KPIs• Continuous
improvement & need for LA
• Process standardisation
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Evidence Hub – Propositions
A. Learning analytics improve learning outcomes
B. Learning analytics improve learning support and teaching, including retention, completion and progression
C. Learning analytics are taken up and used widely, including deployment at scale.
D. Learning analytics are used in an ethical way
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Evidence Hub – Overview
• More than 100 potential sources identified and scrutinised• Only 27 were evidence in the strong sense• LACE has identified a surprisingly weak evidence base for the
field.
LACE – Annual Review – Luxembourg – 4 February 2015Photo (CC)-BY Jonathan Combe https://www.flickr.com/photos/jono566/8489053557/
Modernization of EU Universities report
Recommendation 14Member States should ensure that legal frameworks allow higher
education institutions to collect and analyse learning data. The full and informed consent of students must be a requirement and the data should only be used for educational purposes.
http://ec.europa.eu/education/library/reports/modernisation-
universities_en.pdf
Recommendation 15Online platforms should inform users about their privacy and data protection policy in a clear and understandable way. Individuals should always have the choice to anonymise their data.
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Big Data = Repurposing data
Jawbone data repurposed to measure earthquake strength
Policy for repurposing and linking of educational data sources?
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Many more points we can touch…
Data OwnershipEthics & PrivacyData Security
Anonymisation & Data degradation
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“LACE Project overview” by Hendrik Drachsler, OUNL was presented at the LACE Policy Briefing Event in Brussels on 15 April 2015.
This work was undertaken as part of the LACE Project, supported by the European Commission Seventh Framework Programme, grant 619424.
www.laceproject.eu@laceproject
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