Today’s StudentsNeed More Than an LMS:A New Approach to Learning
Mark StrassmanSenior Vice PresidentProduct Management & Marketing
John Whitmer, Ed.DPlatform Analytics and Educational Research Director
Van Davis, PhDAssociate Vice President of Higher Education, Policy and Research
Driving Student Outcomes by Making Data ActionableMaking sense of data across the learner experience
Learners and CompetenciesTransitioning away from seat time, in favor of a structure that creates flexibility
The New Learning ExperienceMore than an LMS
Learner Centricity and BlackboardReimagining education
Driving Student Outcomes by Making Data ActionableMaking sense of data across the learner experience
Learners and CompetenciesTransitioning away from seat time, in favor of a structure that creates flexibility
The New Learning ExperienceMore than an LMS
Learner Centricity and BlackboardReimagining education
Post-traditional learners
Decreasing funding
Accountability for performance/
completionRetention Required
transparency
AffordabilityCollege
preparedness/ readiness
Increasing competition Access
Skills mismatch
Increasing competition Access
Skills mismatch
Education faces major challenges
Changing global postsecondary/ tertiary student demographics
>75%from low or mid-income
countries
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025
28M
177M
>250M
Enrolled tertiary students
Increasingratio of woman to men
in higher education
Source: UNESCO
Changing U.S. postsecondary student demographics
39% of postsecondary
students are not white
Students are just as likely to be enrolled in a two-year college
as a four-year college
Over half of all postsecondary students are over the age of 22
Students are more likely to be female
Almost a quarter of all students are enrolled in at least one online course. Undergraduatesare twice as likely as graduate students to be enrolled in blended degree programs
Over a third of all students are attending part-time
Source: U.S. Department of Education
Learners today are approaching educational experiences with consumer expectations. They are exercising choice
like consumers, they are shopping around for best fit and value
like consumers, and using data like consumers to inform decisions. Pretending today’s consumer paradigm does not apply to education isn’t going to help us address their needs or figure out how to adapt for the future.
Learners have consumer expectations.
“It’s different from other high schools. It’s self paced… they just give you the work and you do as much as you can.The faster you get it done, the faster you get out of there.”
“After I graduate college and all that, I'll try overseas, another country; I'll get a nice steady job, my own house, just chillin’ like a little bachelor.”
“After I graduate college and all that, I'll try overseas, another country; I'll get a nice steady job, my own house, just chillin’ like a little bachelor.”
“Five, six years, no more than that. Just, keep my mind on track, I get distracted really easy, just stay focused and keep my eyes on the prize.”
“You don't have a lot of interaction with people, unless you have a problem.”
“That is frustrating to me because it's hard to get an appointment, to know who to talk to in the big university – you feel kinda lost… like getting your transcripts is nerve-racking…”
“If I could change things, I would have higher education not follow the same positivistic no child left behind movement that started with the kiddos and has permeated to the highest levels – these goals, objectives, outcomes, and competencies.”
INSIGHT
There are no traditional learners.
IMPLICATION
We need to produce products and services that support learners when they change their minds.
INSIGHT
The institution of academia has become driven by quantitative metrics, perhaps at the expense
of educational creativity.
IMPLICATION
We need to integrate analytics into our products so seamlessly that educators celebrate hard data
as a part of their creative teaching process.
INSIGHT
Above all, academia needs to support the learner's journey – a journey that is about a building a sense of self as much as it is about knowledge acquisition.
IMPLICATION
We need to build products that help learners identify their strengths and interests in a collaborative,
supportive context.
The New Learning Experience is a new approach to education that fosters better engagement, interaction and quality learning through the delivery of leading-edge technology, services and data capabilities.
The New Learning Experience
A focus on
the learnerConnected and tightly integrated
workflowsA delightful
new user experience
Integrated
data and analyticsAn accessible and always-on
environment
Learners and CompetenciesTransitioning away from seat time, in favor of a structure that creates flexibility
The New Learning ExperienceMore than an LMS
Learner Centricity and BlackboardReimagining education
Driving Student Outcomes by Making Data ActionableMaking sense of data across the learner experience
Empowering you to make sense of data across the student experience
Campus Experience & Student Services
Transfer
Classroom Engagement
Advising & Other Academic Services Course Performance
Social, Demographic, and Economic Profile
Career Planning
Financial Aid
Alumni Relations
Logged into course within 24 hours
Interacts frequently in discussion boards
Failed first exam
Hasn’t taken college-level math
No declared major
Pop Quiz
What’s a better predictor of course-level success?
ContextHybrid, large enrollment, undergraduate introductory course at California State University, Chico
A High School GPA
B LMS Announcement Access?
LMS activity better predictors (of course-level success) than demographic/educational variables
Variable % Variance
HS GPA 9%
URM and Pell-Eligibility Interaction 7%
Under-Represented Minority 4%
Enrollment Status 3%
URM and Gender Interaction 2%
Pell Eligible 2%
First in Family to Attend College 1%
Mean value all significant variables 4%
Variable % Variance
Total Hits 23%
Assessment activity hits 22%
Content activity hits 17%
Engagement activity hits 16%
Administrative activity hits 12%
Mean value all significant variables 18%
Spring 2014Learning analytics triggers vs. final course points
StatisticsPsychology
p<0.0001; r2=0.4828 p<0.0001; r2=0.6558
4 Sections, 2 Courses, N=882 students
Recent Bb Analytics Releases & Updates
Platform AnalyticsIntegrating analytics in core solutions
Dedicated Solutions
• Learning Analytics in Learn Ultra View
• IMS Caliper™ Conformance
• X-Ray Learning Analytics
• Bb Analytics
• Retention Dashboard & Program Strategy
Recent HighlightsPlatform Analytics for Learn Ultra
• Integrated into core application workflows
• Alerts enabled by default, based on relative activity levels
• Materialize findings about student risk / success factors
Student View in Learn – Integrated Alerts & Visualizations
Instructor View in Learn – Showing Student Activity/Grades & Integrated Messaging
Recent HighlightsIMS CaliperTM conformance in Learn SaaS
• Certified for Caliper compliance
• Participant in IMS Caliper Working group
• Caliper event ‘ingestion’ targeted for Q4 2015
Critical Thinking in Discussion Board Forums
Course Activity –Past and Predicted
Recent HighlightsX-Ray Learning Analytics
• X-ray analytics predictive learning analytics
– Integrates into the core Moodle interface and workflow
– Predicts at-risk students; goes beyond to give insights to increase engagement of all students
– Eases course facilitation for instructors; increases LMS adoption
– Analytics to improve design of course content and assessments
– Available now for Moodlerooms and Enterprise Moodle Customers
– Learn release is in planning
Recent HighlightsBb Analytics: Learn Connector for student management
• In-depth analyses that cut across SIS and LMS data
• Field analyses merging current learner engagement (LMS) with performance history and degree program (SIS) to yield a complete student risk profile
Recent HighlightsRetention Dashboard and Program Strategy (RDPS)
• Retention Dashboard and Program Strategy (RDPS) consulting offering
• In-depth analysis of data and interactions at critical touch points:
– At Enrollment
– In Courses
– In Programs
• Identification of institutional touchpoints that hamper student success
• Pinpoint underlying root causes and recommend solutions
• Capability to monitor over time
We help you…
Grow the use of data-informed decision making
Determine student levels of risk via custom dashboards
Design specific success programs as recommended
Dashboards for identified problems
Realign success programs based on the data
Driving Student Outcomes by Making Data ActionableMaking sense of data across the learner experience
The New Learning ExperienceMore than an LMS
Learner Centricity and BlackboardReimagining education
Learners and CompetenciesTransitioning away from seat time, in favor of a structure that creates flexibility
“Transitioning away from seat time, in favor of a structure that creates flexibility, allows students to progress as they demonstrate mastery of academic content, regardless of time, place, or pace of learning. Competency-based strategies provide flexibility in the way that credit can be earned or awarded, and provide students with personalized learning opportunities.”
U.S. Dept. of Education
Why institutions pursue CBE
Ensuring learners possess competencies, knowledge and skills needed to advance in the workplace
EmployabilityCompetencies
clear to employers
Replacing grades with demonstrated
mastery of a defined set of competencies
AccountabilityValue
clear to learners
Decoupling learning from a time-
bracketed system
AffordabilityLower costs for learners
Using technology to address challenges attending synchronous or face-to-face classes
AccessibilityAccessible
learner options
Providing a better way to serve post-traditional learners
Demonstrated leadership in Higher Education
Research contributions with the American Council on Education (ACE)
Active participation in IMS Global working group on CBE record standard
Participating in C-BEN (Competency-based Education Network) technical interoperability project
Scheduled to demonstrate prototype at EDUCAUSE in October
Elements of success
Plan Enable Execute
Campus-wide StrategyStrategic vision and goals are mapped to a comprehensive operational plan. Institutional governance defined. Competencies are mapped and modules are designed
On-Campus ImplementationIntegrated technologies, data, and metrics are deployed and optimized. Programs are ready for launch
Recruiting & Retaining StudentsMarketing the program, lead generation, enrollment services and faculty development are underway, students are supported in programs
Supporting the CBE Learner
Showcase Recognized
Competencies
Engage with Employers
Peer and Mentor
Collaboration
Track Competency
Mastery
Risk Identification and Intervention
Robust AssessmentFeatures
Content and Tools
Curriculum Model and Alignment
Blackboard tools to support the CBE Learner
Blackboard Achievements
EmployabilityPortfolio
Collaborate,Spaces
NEW: Goal Performance
Dashboards
Retention Center and Analytics
Tests, Rubrics, and Portfolios
xPlor, Publisher Integrations
Goals management infrastructure
New: Goal Performance Dashboards for CBE
In-course and cross-course performance dashboards
Multiple views for access by Students, Faculty, and Advisors
Access via B2 – new feature of Learn 9.1 – no additional license required
Available with the Learn Oct 2015 release and compatible with Oct 2014 and Apr 2015 releases
Texas A&M University Commerce graduated 16 students in May 2015
Commencement represented first time students who physically met their faculty and mentors, and each other
Among the students: a father and daughter, a husband and wife, a student who began her higher education in 1976, and two students graduating with honors
CBE made education possible for these students
Real Results: Texas A&M University Commerce
“Shifting to a competency-based degree program allowed me to learn and retain so much more information because I was able to apply my knowledge from work/life experiences, I was able to work at my own pace, and I wasn’t being pressured to hurry and learn the information just to pass a test.”
2015 Graduate
Driving Student Outcomes by Making Data ActionableMaking sense of data across the learner experience
Learners and CompetenciesTransitioning away from seat time, in favor of a structure that creates flexibility
Learner Centricity and BlackboardReimagining education
The New Learning ExperienceMore than an LMS
The ‘New Learning Experience’ Learner focus across Blackboard’s entire solution portfolio
Teaching & Learning SolutionsLearn/Ultra, Collaborate, Moodlerooms, MyEdu•Learning management systems •Collaboration for synchronous learning, office hours and administrative •Portable student profile and job matching •Embedded Analytics and reporting to inform decision-making and actions
The ‘New Learning Experience’ Learner focus across Blackboard’s entire solution portfolio
Data & AnalyticsBb Analytics, X-Ray Analytics
MobileBb Student, Bb Instructor
Services
• Strategic consulting• Technology adoption
and support services• Student acquisition,
retention and support services
Teaching & Learning SolutionsLearn/Ultra, Collaborate, Moodlerooms, MyEdu
• Learning management systems • Collaboration for synchronous learning, office hours
and administrative • Portable student profile and job matching • Embedded Analytics and reporting to inform decision-making
and actions
Commerce & SecurityTransact
• One-card solution for on- and off-campus purchasing
• Financial services, including funds disbursement and tracking
• Campus access control, video surveillance and mass notification
Community Engagement
& NotificationSchoolwires, Parentlink,
Connect integration• Mass notification enabling
rapid dissemination of critical information at scale
• District-branded responsive web presence, integrated with information across systems
Flexible Delivery Methods SaaS Managed-hosting On-premise
• Mobile apps for students, instructors and parents• Anytime, anywhere access across platforms• Academic planning tool for student and advisors • Portable student profile and job matching
• Analytics solution across learning and administration• Built-in dashboards• Integrations with frequently-used information systems • Evidence collection for accreditation and institutional outcomes
K-12 Schools & Districts Higher Education InstitutionsCorporations
& Government Agencies
The New Learning Experience
A focus on
the learnerConnected and tightly integrated
workflowsA delightful
new user experience
Integrated
data and analyticsAn accessible and always-on
environment