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Alfred EssaDirector, Analytics Research and Strategy
Desire2Learn Inc.
[email protected]://alfredessa.com
B(ig) D(ata) in E(ducation)∳
Why? problems we expect to solve
What? approach in education
Demo student success system
Less Data, More Insights
Preliminaries∳
• Education needs an enduring technology partner
• Supporting learners lifelong• 24/7 service and support• 14 available languages
• Now over 800 employees worldwide• Global SaaS capabilities• Over 8 Million Clients WW
Desire2Learn Inc.
Full Suite of Learning Technology
Desire2Learn Learning Pla.orm
Learning Environment
LifelongePor.olio
Repository & Discovery
Advanced Analy<cs
Binder & Mobile Apps
Capture & Mul<media
Other Analy<cs and Data Sources
3rd PartyApplica<ons
Publisher Content
Authen<ca<onSystems
SIS and HRSystems
Desire2Learn Valence -‐ Open Web Services, APIs, Integra<on Packs and Standards
Why?∳
“As a disruptive innovation—an innovation that transforms a sector from one that was previously complicated and expensive into one that is far simpler and more affordable—the rise of online learning carries with it an unprecedented opportunity to transform the schooling system into a student-centric one that can affordably customize for different student needs by allowing all students to learn at their appropriate pace and path, thereby allowing each student to realize her fullest potential.”
Clayton Christensen
Seth Godin
“As we get ready for the ninety-third year of universal public education, here’s the question every parent and taxpayer needs to wrestle with: Are we going to applaud, push, or even permit our schools (including most of the private ones) to continue the safe but
ultimately doomed strategy of churning out predictable, testable, and
mediocre factory workers?”
“The next stops, I believe, are education, financial services, health care, and then ultimately government—the huge swaths of the economy that historically have not been addressable by technology, that haven’t been amenable to the entrance of Silicon Valley-style software companies. But increasingly I think they’re going to be.”
Marc Andreessen
Problem: Iron Triangle in Education
Quality
Cost
Access
solution: analytics at scale
problem: changing business model
volume value
solution: analytics as accountability
problem: diversity of learners
homogeneous heterogeneous
solution: analytics as personalization
problem: education sucks
solution: analytics powers interactive, immersive learning
conclusion: analytics is focal point of innovation in education
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What?∳
Every breath you takeEvery move you makeEvery bond you breakEvery step you takeI will be watching you
Data
Internet Philosopher Sting
info
rmat
ion
valu
e
insight
Risk Forecasting
PredictiveModeling
what will happen?
STAGE TWO
ReportingData Access
what happened?what is happening?
STAGE ONE
Optimization
Strategy
what do i want to happen?STAGE THREE
Analytics Maturity
optimization means finding the best pathamong multiple options
who is under-prepared for college?
who is under-prepared for class?
who won’t remain in class?
who won’t re-register?
who won’t pass a class?
who won’t have a high GPA?
who won’t pass a class?
who won’t remain in a program?
who won’t graduate?
who won’t geta job
who won’t get a high-paying job?
Student Success LifecycleIdentify the StudentsUnderstand the CauseApply InterventionTrack Success
Demonstration∳
a 360-view of student academic progress, including risk
Student Success System
interrogate the data
understand the problem
consult with others
prescribe a course of treatment
track the success
https://fusion2012demo.desire2learn.com/
Let’s Make Education Dance!
Thank You∳[email protected]://alfredessa.comlinkedin: alfred essatwitter: @malpaso
