The Unpredictability of Predictive Analytics 2.0
How are the tools and practices of predictive analytics being used, how can they be better used, and how can institutions understand their own progress with analytics?
EDUCAUSE Review: Print Edition Volume 51, Number 5 September/October 2016
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Institutional Analytics Is Hard Work: A Five-Year Journey
Even though the work required to yield significant results in institutional analytics is hard and the journey long, the cost of doing nothing is no longer an option for most higher education institutions.
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E-Learning, the Digital Divide, and Student Success at Community Colleges
The e-learning enrollment growth and the OER movement represent a significant opportunity for community colleges to bridge the digital divide and further student success.
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An Open Perspective on Interactive Textbooks
Open-source interactive textbooks, which are aligned with the values of academia, allow both instructors and students to take ownership of their educational resources.
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Reflecting on Learning Analytics
Technological leaders must draw on the strengths of both the proponents and the skeptics in our communities to ensure that institutional mechanisms are in place to examine the overall efficacy of learning analytics systems.
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IT Educator: Not My Job?
CIOs are responsible for translating technology into everyday language and communicating the benefits and limitations of technology to the president and other members of the institution management team.
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Predictive Analytics: Nudging, Shoving, and Smacking Behaviors in Higher Education
With predictive analytics, colleges and universities are able to “nudge” individuals toward making better decisions and exercising rational behavior to enhance their probabilities of success.
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Big Data Analysis in Higher Education: Promises and Pitfalls
The grand challenge in data-intensive research and analysis in higher education is to find the means to extract knowledge from the extremely rich data sets being generated today and to distill this into usable information for students, instructors, and the public.
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Moving the Red Queen Forward: Maturing Analytics Capabilities in Higher Education
Analytics progress in higher education is moving slowly, at best. How can colleges and universities mature their analytics capabilities without working twice as hard?
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EDUCAUSE Research Snapshot
EDUCAUSE Technology Research in the Academic Community studies track student and faculty experiences with technology to help IT leaders improve IT services and their delivery on campus.
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