Abstract
Academic analytics focuses on collecting, analysing and visualising educational data to generate institutional insights and improve decision-making for academic purposes. However, challenges that arise from navigating a complex organisational structure when introducing analytics systems have called for the need to engage key stakeholders widely to cultivate a shared vision and ensure that implemented systems create desired value. This paper presents a study that takes co-design steps to identify design needs and strategic approaches for the adoption of academic analytics, which serves the purpose of enhancing the measurement of educational quality utilising institutional data. Through semi-structured interviews with 54 educational stakeholders at a large research university, we identified particular interest in measuring student engagement and the performance of courses and programmes. Based on the observed perceptions and concerns regarding data use to measure or evaluate these areas, implications for adoption strategy of academic analytics, such as leadership involvement, communication, and training, are discussed.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | LAK 2022 Conference Proceedings, Learning Analytics for Transition, Disruption and Social Change |
Subtitle of host publication | The Twelfth International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge |
Editors | Alyssa Friend Wise, Roberto Martinez-Maldonado, Isabel Hilliger |
Place of Publication | New York NY USA |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
Pages | 381-391 |
Number of pages | 11 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450395731 |
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Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Event | International Learning Analytics & Knowledge Conference 2022 - Online, United States of America Duration: 21 Mar 2022 → 25 Mar 2022 Conference number: 12th https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3506860 (Proceedings) https://www.solaresearch.org/events/lak/lak22/ |
Conference
Conference | International Learning Analytics & Knowledge Conference 2022 |
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Abbreviated title | LAK22 |
Country/Territory | United States of America |
Period | 21/03/22 → 25/03/22 |
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Keywords
- academic analytics
- co-design
- educational quality
- higher education
- implementation strategy