Respect for Small Data

Big Data“...is the mathematics of effectiveness. It aggregates data at scale — it doesn’t work at small scale.”

-Jose Ferreira, CEO

Small Datameasures effectiveness on a personal level.

-Me

Same two questions:

Are you... Am I...1.satisfied/happy?2.going to succeed?

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Four ways

1.Written Woes2.Grading3.NPS/Ratings4.Objectivity/Consistency

Pick something to measure.

Examples of what we started tracking

ratings“NPS” scoresnumber of tickets from studentsnumber of emailsnumber of flagged/problematic submissionsnumber/% of completersaverage gradesaverage scoresscores by different graders on the same assignment# of submissions by weekaverage turnaround time for feedback% of students who bought the booktime to completioncomparative course ratings

...and much much more.

1. Writing

2. Normalization

3. NPS/Ratings

Dissatisfaction doesn’t have to be permanent

4. Objectivity & Consistency

http://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Quiz_statistics_report

Sources of information

logsgradebook exportactivity reportsrubricssql queriessurveysend of course evaluationsexit interviewshelp desk ticketsrequestschats (live chat transcripts)phone calls

...and pretty much anywhere else

Sources Jose Ferreira quote:

http://www.knewton.com/blog/ceo-jose-ferreira/big-data-mathematics/

Mdocs: http://docs.moodle.org/27/en/Quiz_statistics_report

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