Open Learning Analytics and xAPIDr. Ben Betts

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MissionTo enable people in higher education, further education and skills in the UK to perform at the forefront of international practice by exploiting fully the possibilities of modern digital empowerment, content and connectivity

VisionTo make the UK the most digitally advanced education and research nation in the world

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What do we mean by Learning Analytics?The application of big data techniques such as machine based learning and data mining to

help learners and institutions meet their goals:

 Improve retention

Improve achievement Improve employability

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https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/code-of-practice-for-learning-analytics

Code of Practice Moodle xAPI Plugin

Establish Learning Record WarehouseUser Matching algorithm

& Business Rules layer in LLMapped data models for predictive analytics

First institutions signed up

Achievements so far…

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Europe’s biggest store of education data will be xAPI

Billions of data points.

App store anyone?

This is one of three European-funded LA initiatives that uses xAPI.

Opportunities

One More Thing…

xAPI Camp, LondonFriday 22nd April, 2016

Week before Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK16)

Hosted by Jisc in central London

There will be tea.