LAK2012

4 min video on how data science is today where computer science was 30 years ago...

Social tools in a highly regulated financial org are highly controlled, so we use Sharepoint for most of the sharing and collaboration. We analyze SP activity streams and add in some links for our LMS content where appropriate. We are now looking to integrate with our assessment platform (Questionmark) and feeds from out BI Tools (proprietary) to create KPI dashboards to track performance issues, prescribe learning assets where appropriate (still working on model/mechanics)

We use QM Perception extensively for evaluating learning/capability and deploying surveys. Most valuable to our analysis is the Item Analysis report which has extensive data and built in data for psychometric analysis.

BI in PaaS model

Today, we're announcing plans for a School of Data. The School will be a joint venture between the Open Knowledge Foundation and Peer 2 Peer University (P2PU). We also welcome other organizations who would like to participate - see below for more on this.

U-Sem in ImREAL [ Augmented User and Context Modeling Infrastructure

Note: I am involved with this project and can answer questions. As might be expected, the article makes things sound further along than they actually are.

"Here's the thing. Data, big, medium or small, has no value in and of itself. The value of data is unlocked through context and presentation." And others will argue for 'actionable' data. Data beauty is in the eye of the beholder. A VC's take on analytics.

One word? Analytics.

Comparing learning analytics with EDM

big student data