xAPI, Logs and 3 Simple Steps to Predicting the Future…
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Ben BettsxAPI, logs and three simple steps to predicting the future…
Ben Betts
xAPI, logs and three simple steps to
predicting the future…
Yea, right!
Ben BettsxAPI, logs and three simple steps to predicting the future…
Only 13% of companies track training programs ROI beyond participant feedback
Building Capabilities for Performance, McKinsey & Company Survey (2015)
Ben BettsxAPI, logs and three simple steps to predicting the future…
Installation is pretty easy…
Step 1: Put the kettle on
Step 2: Make a nice cup of tea
Step 3: Visit Lrnloc.kr/install
Ben BettsxAPI, logs and three simple steps to predicting the future…
Meet Open Source Learning Locker…
Aggregate Automate Analyse
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Top Three Features… Multi -tenant, Multi-store (Aggregate)
Ben BettsxAPI, logs and three simple steps to predicting the future…
Top Three Features… WebHooks & Journeys (Automate)
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Top Three Features… Custom Dashboards (Analyse)
Ben BettsxAPI, logs and three simple steps to predicting the future…
Reporting is most often reactive
To really make a difference we need to become more proactive
Ben BettsxAPI, logs and three simple steps to predicting the future…
How can we become more proactive?
Ben BettsxAPI, logs and three simple steps to predicting the future…
First Step is to Start Connecting our Systems
Ben BettsxAPI, logs and three simple steps to predicting the future…
Connecting Data(We use a standard way of working with data, called xAPI)
Ben BettsxAPI, logs and three simple steps to predicting the future…
Most eco-systems have evolved in an ad-hoc manner
Ben BettsxAPI, logs and three simple steps to predicting the future…
We can bring consistency and interoperability to the approach
Ben BettsxAPI, logs and three simple steps to predicting the future…
Connecting Data(Using a standard way of working with data, called xAPI)
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(informed by literature, research and your gut)
Learning Analytics
Ben BettsxAPI, logs and three simple steps to predicting the future…
Just waiting to see patterns rarely yields results; you have to pose questions…
Ben BettsxAPI, logs and three simple steps to predicting the future…
For example…
Should we draft more left-handed hitters?
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Question:
Should we draft more left-handed hitters?
Answer:
On this evidence, no, but do make sure Upton is up in the seventh…
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Students in different countries exhibit different behaviours when learning online
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Most Interesting Findings… (in my opinion)
Time on a single task is not an indicator of success…in fact the opposite is true
But overall activity is correlated with success
More successful students prepare in advance
And the hypothesis is disproven… students are similar throughout Europe
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“Did our MOOC get participants to try new behaviours?”
Ben BettsxAPI, logs and three simple steps to predicting the future…
(be informed by literature, research and your gut)
Learning Analytics
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Final step:
Predict the Future…
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Non-continuation costs UK universities in excess of £300m* in lost tuition fees, each year
*Estimated from HESA non-continuation data (2015)
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You wouldn’t measure compliance training completions
You would predict risk
Ben BettsxAPI, logs and three simple steps to predicting the future…
You wouldn’t measure staff satisfaction
You would predict whether someone will stay or leave
Ben BettsxAPI, logs and three simple steps to predicting the future…
You wouldn’t do a training needs analysis
You would anticipate demand
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Ben Betts
Thank you for your time!