An analytics block to identify students at risk of disengaging

Dr Phillip DawsonMonash University

Free,modular,configurableextendable,open-sourcelearning analytics block for teachersto identify students at risk

“the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of data about learners and their contexts, for purposes of understanding and optimizing learning and the environments in which it occurs” (SoLAR)

“Who is struggling or not engaging with my

course?”

http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/35ghei/

Modular ‘indicator’ architecture(so you can make additional indicator plugins)

Attendance Downloads

CompletionFacebook

learning is “what the student does”

What’s next?

• Available on plugins directory August-September 2012

• Moodle 2.2+ (will be ported to 2.0, 2.1)• Interested in partnerships to develop new

indicators• “So what?” research (rather than stats)• philldawson.com/analytics.html or Google me

Free, modular, configurable extendable, open-sourcelearning analytics block for teachers to identify students at risk

Additional content

There is not currently a supported open-source Learning Analytics tool

“Analytics and Recommendations”

• Cristina Fernández Sampayo (deVigo, Spain)

• (Awesome) student project• Unclear if still supported• Comments indicate

compatibility issues

“Academic Analytics Tool”• Sabine Graf (Athabasca,

Canada) et al• Not open-source (yet)

The Team

Project• Phillip Dawson, Monash• Jacques van der Meer, Otago• Angela Carbone, Monash• Emily Spencer, Monash• Robert Nelson, Monash• Hariz Halilovich, Monash• Keryn Pratt, Otago• Tom Apperley, Monash• Nathan Bailey, Monash

Development• Ashley Holman, NetSpot• Adam Olley, NetSpot