{"id":4313,"date":"2024-02-22T17:43:41","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T17:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/melissa\/?p=4313"},"modified":"2024-10-14T16:18:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T16:18:26","slug":"laura-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/melissa\/2024\/02\/22\/laura-project\/","title":{"rendered":"LAURA Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAURA (Learning Analytics in ULTRA)<\/strong><\/p>\n

This project will support improving the student experience by ensuring that students, teachers and student support staff are making best use of the data, information and dashboards that are currently available in Learn, and other centrally supported learning technology applications, to gain useful insights.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>It will tackle perceived gaps in reporting, activity data and tools and ensure that more people know where to look and how to use the information.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>This project will identify data, information and dashboards that are currently available in Learn, and other centrally supported learning technology applications, that may be useful for both staff and students to enhance the student learning experience.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0The project will work as part of the VLE Excellence programme to improve staff and student digital experience and enhance engagement by enabling staff and students to access relevant data to support and advance their teaching and learning.\u202f\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Where skills and knowledge gaps are identified, the project will develop digital skills training resources to help students and staff make best use of existing information in an informed and ethical manner.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The project will include a key theme of digital and data Skills training and development to encourage data fluency and ethical data driven decision-making amongst colleagues who teach and support learning.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Together with our Educational Technology Policy Officer and <\/span>Learning Analytics governance group,<\/span>\u00a0the project team will review the institution\u2019s Learning Analytics Policy, Principles and Practice and may propose updates, changes and amendments via Senate Education Committee.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Learning Analytics project will set out to achieve the below objectives:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n