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This is a page of resources we were\u00a0examining for learning analytics in the Distance Education dept. at College of the Redwoods.We were\u00a0particularly interested in research around open source analytics tools. This is not a detailed review of all of the work that was\u00a0going on in learning analytics then\u00a0but was enough to help us get started.<\/p>\n

Background<\/h3>\n

I wrote a general article on learning analytics for the Eureka Times-Standard called “Tapping the Power of Analytics<\/a>.” George Siemens has been writing and researching on learning analytics and I found his “What are Learning Analytics?<\/a>” posting useful in talking to faculty about it. Campbell and Oblinger wrote a great introduction called “Academic Analytics<\/a>” for Educause. Educause also has a “7 Things You Should Know About Analytics<\/a>” article.<\/p>\n

Research<\/h3>\n

Arnold, Kimberly. (2010) \u201cSignals: Applying Academic Analytics.\u201d EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 33(1). http:\/\/www.educause.edu\/EDUCAUSE+Quarterly\/EDUCAUSEQuarterlyMagazineVolum\/SignalsApplyingAcademicAnalyti\/199385<\/a>.<\/p>\n

van Barneveld, Angela, Arnold, Kimberly E. and Campbell, John P. (2012) “Analytics in Higher Education: Establishing a Common Language.” Educause. ELI Paper 1: January. http:\/\/net.educause.edu\/ir\/library\/pdf\/ELI3026.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Baepler, Paul and Murdoch, Cynthia James. (2010) \u201cAcademic Analytics and Data Mining in Higher Education.\u201d International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 4(2). http:\/\/academics.georgiasouthern.edu\/ijsotl\/v4n2\/essays_about_sotl\/PDFs\/_BaeplerMurdoch.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Brown, Malcolm. (2011), \u201cLearning Analytics: The Coming Third Wave,\u201d EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Brief.\u00a0 http:\/\/www.educause.edu\/Resources\/LearningAnalyticsTheComingThir\/227287<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Campbell, John P. (2007) \u201cThe Grand Challenge: Using Analytics to Predict Student Success.\u201d presentation at the 2007 EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference, http:\/\/net.educause.edu\/ir\/library\/pdf\/MWR07085.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Campbell, John P., DeBlois, Peter B., and Oblinger, Diana G. (2007)”Academic Analytics: a New Tool for a New Era.” EDUCAUSE Review (p. 40). http:\/\/net.educause.edu\/ir\/library\/pdf\/erm0742.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Elias, Tanya. (2011) “Learning Analytics: Definitions, Processes and Potential.” http:\/\/learninganalytics.net\/LearningAnalyticsDefinitionsProcessesPotential.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Ferguson, R. (2012). The State Of Learning Analytics in 2012: A Review and
\nFuture Challenges. Technical Report KMI-12-01, Knowledge Media Institute, The
\nOpen University, UK. http:\/\/kmi.open.ac.uk\/publications\/techreport\/kmi-12-01<\/a><\/p>\n

Franks, Bill. (2011) “The Dire Consequences of Analytics Gone Wrong: Ruining Kids\u2019 Futures.” The Smart Data Collective. http:\/\/smartdatacollective.com\/billfranks\/42699\/dire-consequences-analytics-gone-wrong-ruining-kids-futures<\/a><\/p>\n

Fritz, John. (2009) \u201cUsing Course Activity Data to Raise Awareness of Underperforming College Students,\u201d paper presented at the World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009, Vancouver, BC, http:\/\/www.editlib.org\/p\/32850<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Goldstein, Philip J. and Katz, Richard N. (2005) “Academic Analytics: The Use of Management Information and Technology in Higher Education\u2014Key Findings.” Boulder, CO: EDUCAUSE. Center for Applied Research. http:\/\/net.educause.edu\/ir\/library\/pdf\/ecar_so\/ers\/ers0508\/EKF0508.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Head, Simon. (2010). \u201cThe Grim Threat to British Universities.\u201d New York Review of Books,<\/i> December 16, 2010, <http:\/\/www.nybooks.com\/articles\/archives\/2011\/jan\/13\/grim-threat-british-universities\/?page=1<\/a>>.<\/p>\n

Norris, Donald, Baer, Linda and Offerman, Michael (2009) \u201cA National Agenda for Action Analytics,\u201d National Symposium on Action Analytics, St. Paul, MN, September, 2009, http:\/\/lindabaer.efoliomn.com\/uploads\/settinganationalagendaforactionanalytics101509.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ravishanker, Ganesan (2011) \u201cDoing Academic Analytics Right: Intelligent Answers to Simple Questions,\u201d (Research Bulletin 2, 2011), Boulder, CO: EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research. http:\/\/www.educause.edu\/Resources\/DoingAcademicAnalyticsRightInt\/223130<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Siemens, George and Long, Phil. (2011) “Penetrating the Fog: Analytics in Learning and Education.” EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 46, no. 5 (September\/October 2011) http:\/\/www.educause.edu\/EDUCAUSE+Review\/EDUCAUSEReviewMagazineVolume46\/PenetratingtheFogAnalyticsinLe\/235017<\/a><\/p>\n

Projects<\/h3>\n

College of the Redwoods was previously a partner\u00a0with the Open Academic Analytics Initiative<\/a> (OAAI). The Open Academic Analytics Initiative (OAAI) was to\u00a0develop, deploy and release an open-source ecosystem for academic analytics designed to increase student content mastery, semester-to-semester persistence and degree completion in postsecondary education.\u00a0 As a result, we expected to see increases in adoption of academic analytics, particularly among institutions using the open-source Sakai Collaboration and Learning Environment, in both the short- and long-term.<\/p>\n

Software<\/h3>\n

Open Data Kit<\/a> – Three modular tools which help organizations author, field, and manage mobile data collection solutions.<\/p>\n

Open Web Analytics<\/a> – This is software that can be used in place of Google Analytics or other possibly non-secure, commercial analytics packages. This is a self-hosted solution.<\/p>\n

Open Data Kit<\/a> – Three modular tools which help organizations author, field, and manage mobile data collection solutions.<\/p>\n

Orange<\/a> – Orange stands for “Open source data visualization and analysis for novice and experts.” This tool uses data mining through visual programming or Python scripting. It has components for machine learning and add-ons for bioinformatics and text mining. “Packed with features for data analytics.”<\/p>\n

Pentaho<\/a> – Pentaho Community Suite is the open source version of Pentaho includes a suite of analytics tools. “The Pentaho open source<\/a> community is an extraordinary group of people with many different talents who are dedicated to delivering a complete, well integrated, and high quality suite of business intelligence software” There are a a few learning analytics projects <\/a>that are using Pentaho.<\/p>\n

Piwik<\/a> – According to their site, Piwik is a free alternative to Google Analytics and is used on more than 320,000 websites: “Piwik is a PHP MySQL software program that you download and install on your own webserver. At the end of the five minute installation process you will be given a JavaScript code. Simply copy and paste this tag on websites you wish to track (or use an existing plugin to do it automatically for you) and access your analytics reports in real time.”<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>SNAPP<\/a> –\u00a0 This is a open source learning analytics tool from the University of Wollongong. SNAPP is “a software tool that allows users to visualize the network of interactions resulting from discussion forum posts and replies. The network visualisations of forum interactions provide an opportunity for teachers to rapidly identify patterns of user behaviour \u2013 at any stage of course progression.”<\/p>\n

SwiftRiver<\/a> –\u00a0 “SwiftRiver enables the filtering and verification of real-time data from channels like Twitter, SMS, Email and RSS feeds.” This is from Ushahidi “a non-profit tech company that specializes in developing free and open source software for information collection, visualization and interactive mapping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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