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Student Learning and Analytics at Michigan (SLAM)
Sponsored by the Provost's Task Force on Learning Analytics, Student Learning and Analytics at Michigan (SLAM) is a speaker series. Presenters will focus on the analysis and use of data about students, courses and academic programs-- for the purposes of improving teaching and learning.
Click on individual topics below to register for upcoming events in the SLAM series.
We suggest that you download both the video and the slides, viewing both together.
| Presenter(s) | Title | Materials | |
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| Tim McKay, U-M Physics and Chair of the Learning Analytics Task Force | Learning Analytics at U-M: 2013-15 | Video | |
| Mika LaVaque-Manty & David Cottrell, U-M Political Science | Evaluation of Teaching at U-M | Video | |
| Dan Russell, Google | Teaching 150K+ Students at a Time: The PowerSearchingWithGoogle.com Story | Video | |
| Steve Lonn, Stephanie Teasley & Eric Koo, U-M USE Lab | Massive Michigan: A First Look at the Analytics of UM's 2012-13 MOOC Courses | Video | |
| Virginia Kuhn, University of Southern California | Video Analytics: From Keywords to Keyframes | Video | |
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Christine Modey, Sweetland Center for Writing, U-M Robin Fowler, Technical Communications, U-M |
Online Learning Resources in the Humanities and Engineering: Making and Measuring | Video | |
| Dan Hickey, Indiana University | Digital Badges | Video | |
| Daniel Johnson, Department of Biology, Wake Forest University | Artisan Analytics: eBook Lessons From Small Datasets | Video | |
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Justin Foley, Shanna Daly, Catie Lenaway, and Jamie Phillips; College of Engineering Tatiana Calixto, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures |
Using Analytics to Coach Students and Using Podcasts to Tailor Elementary Spanish Students | Video | |
| Alyssa Wise, Simon Fraser University | Embedded Learning Analytics: Integrating Tools and Pedagogy | Video | |
| Eric Mazur, Harvard | Catalyzing Learning Using Learning Catalytics | Video | |
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Jennifer Maltby, Michigan Research Community, U-M Michael Hortsch, Medical School, U-M |
Using Learning Analytics to Measure Out-of-Class Learning | Video | |
| Learning Analytics Fellows | Projects at U-M, 2013-2014 | Resources/Video |
| Presenter(s) | Title | Materials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tim McKay, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Physics and Chair of the Provost's Learning Analytics Task Force | An Introduction to Student Learning and Analytics (SLAM) at U-M | Video | |
| George Siemens, Associate Director, Technology Enhanced Knowledge Research Institute, Athabasca University, Edmonton, Canada | Multi-Dimensional Learning Analytics | Video | |
| Krishna Madhavan, Assistant Professor, School of Engineering Education, Purdue University | Interactive Large-Scale Data Analyses and Visualization for Learning | N/A | |
| Learning Analytics Task Force members | U-M Resources for Learning Analytics Projects: Grants and Fellows Program | Video | |
| Marsha Lovett, Director of Carnegie Mellon University's Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence and Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Psychology | Next-Generation Analytics with the Learning Dashboard | Video | |
| Bill Gehring, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Psychology | Lessons Learned from Course-Level Analytics in Psychology and the Bridge Program | Video | |
| Dr. Tristan Denley, Provost, Austin Peay State University | Degree Compass: A Course Recommendation System | Video | |
| Dr. Joanna Mirecki Millunchick, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, U-M College of Engineering | High Return on Faculty Investment: Addressing Diverse Student Needs in Large Lectures Through Screencasting | ||
| Dr. David Niemi, Vice President of Measurement and Evaluation, Kaplan, Inc. | Learning Analytics, Learning Metrics, and Learning Science | Video | |
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Nancy Kerner, Lecturer in Chemistry Brenda Gunderson, Lecturer in Statistics Ginger Shultz, Lecturer in Chemistry |
Online Learning Resources in Chemistry and Statistics | Video | |
| Vince Kellen, Senior Vice Provost for Academic Planning, Analytics and Technologies, University of Kentucky | OMG! The Future of Teaching | Video | |
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Dr. Mika LaVaque-Manty, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Political Science and Philosophy; Dr. Barry Fishman, Associate Professor of Education and of Information; Stephen Aguilar, Ph.D. student in the School of Education; Caitlin Holman, Ph.D. student in the School of Information |
GradeCraft: Exploring Online Use Data to Uncover Student Engagement | Video |
| Presenter(s) | Title | Materials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tim McKay, UM Physics and the LSA Honors Program | Introducing SLAM and a report on 49,000 Physics Students | Video | |
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Rebecca Matz, UM - Chemistry Mark Banaszak Holl, UM - Chemistry |
Concurrent Enrollment in Lecture and Laboratory | Video | |
| Stephen DesJardins, UM Professor of Education, Director of the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education, and colleagues | The Application of Quasi-Experimental Methods in Education Research | Video | |
| John Campbell, Associate Vice President for IT, Purdue University | Signals: A Past, Current, and Future Application of Analytics | Video | |
| Anne Gere, UM Education and English | Quantitative Measures of Writing Ability | Video | |
| David Pritchard, MIT Physics and PI of the Relate project | What are students learning, from what activity, and is that OK? | Video | |
| Dan Kiskis, Business Systems Analyst Senior, Teaching & Learning, ITS | Developing CTools Academic Analytics: Possibilities and Challenges | Video | |
| Meg Noori, UM Comprehensive Studies Program, and colleagues | Encouraging Success in Summer Bridge Students | Video | |
| John Fritz, Assistant VP for Instructional Tech and New Media, UMBC | Raising Awareness of Underperforming Students | Video | |
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Andrew Krumm Steven Lonn R. Joseph Waddington Stephanie Teasley |
Leveraging Learning Analytics for Undergraduate Engineering Education and Beyond | Video | |
| Tim McKay, UM Physics and the LSA Honors Program | Update on ECoach | Video | |
| Bill Gehring, UM Professor of Psychology | Correlates of student success in intro cognitive psychology courses | Video | |
| Denise Sekaquaptewa, UM Professor of Psychology | The effect of skewed gender composition on student participation in undergraduate engineering project teams | Video | |
| Perry Samson, UM Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences | Damn these data! The More I Know About Student Effort, the Less I Understand Student Outcomes. | Video | |
| Brian Jacob, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy | Education Policy Research in Michigan | Video | |
| Jeff Ringenberg, UM Computer Science and Engineering | Optimizing placement in introductory programming courses | Video |