KSU aims to take full advantage of data gathered through the LMS, D2L, for a faculty audience. Our online learning unit, Digital Learning Innovations, has revised their mission to support faculty in using the LMS to manage learning in all modalities and using the data to identify problems, diagnose root causes, and take targeted actions during the semester to impact student success within the semester
Evaluation Plan and measures:
- Micro-learning completion rates
- Increase number of programs using D2L data for program assessment reporting
- Hiring of consultancy
- Completion of minimum viable product which includes:
- automated data ingestion from D2L CHLOE into a cloud solution
- systematic data processing
- data storage
- data transformation
- and data distribution for insights and action.
- Development of faculty training
- Design and development of faculty training materials
- Attendance or access numbers on faculty engagement with professional development
- Use of analytics for instructional optimization
- Measure frequency of faculty access of learning analytics system.
- Measure number of faculty engaged with learning analytics system.
Current/most recent data (for each KPI):
Summer pilot participants included 13 faculty, and all pilot participants include an additional 53 faculty.
The number of trainings, open labs, and feedback sessions included 6 in summer and 12 in the fall.
The tool, uHoo Analytics, has been built and deployed to a pilot group of faculty. Training materials are being refined. Data analysis from surveys and focus groups from the pilot group are being analyzed. We are currently closing our ongoing maintenance contract with the development group such that further advancements on uHoo Analytics can be developed.
This year will focus on the deployment of uHoo Analytics to all KSU instructors. This will involve offering training across campus throughout the spring semester. In addition, we will finalize the rubric reporting mechanisms. Additionally, we will begin designing new reports that serve college-specific needs and other audiences like advisors.
Campus communication and administrative support of uHoo Analytics will be critical to faculty adoption. Also, continued administrative restraint from using uHoo Analytics as a tool of surveillance will be critical to the longevity of the project. KSU is committed to this restraint.
