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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. To view events from 2011-2012, click here.
We suggest that you download both the video and the slides, viewing both together.
| Date | Presenter(s) | Title | Materials | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/13 | Tim McKay, U-M Physics and Chair of the Learning Analytics Task Force | Learning Analytics at U-M: 2013-15 | Video | |
| 9/27 | Mika LaVaque-Manty & David Cottrell, U-M Political Science | Evaluation of Teaching at U-M | Video | |
| 10/4 | Dan Russell, Google | Teaching 150K+ Students at a Time: The PowerSearchingWithGoogle.com Story | Video | |
| 10/11 | 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 | |
| 10/25 | Virginia Kuhn, University of Southern California | Video Analytics: From Keywords to Keyframes | Video | |
| 11/1 |
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 | |
| 11/15 | Dan Hickey, Indiana University | Digital Badges | Video |
| Date | Presenter(s) | Title | Materials | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/14 | 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 | |
| 9/21 | George Siemens, Associate Director, Technology Enhanced Knowledge Research Institute, Athabasca University, Edmonton, Canada | Multi-Dimensional Learning Analytics | Video | |
| 10/12 | Learning Analytics Task Force members | U-M Resources for Learning Analytics Projects: Grants and Fellows Program | Video | |
| 10/19 | Krishna Madhavan, Assistant Professor, School of Engineering Education, Purdue University | Interactive Large-Scale Data Analyses and Visualization for Learning | N/A | |
| 11/9 | 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 | |
| 11/16 | Bill Gehring, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Psychology | Lessons Learned from Course-Level Analytics in Psychology and the Bridge Program | Video | |
| 1/18 | Dr. Tristan Denley, Provost, Austin Peay State University | Degree Compass: A Course Recommendation System | Video | |
| 1/25 | 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 | ||
| 2/8 | Dr. David Niemi, Vice President of Measurement and Evaluation, Kaplan, Inc. | Learning Analytics, Learning Metrics, and Learning Science | Video | |
| 2/15 |
Nancy Kerner, Lecturer in Chemistry Brenda Gunderson, Lecturer in Statistics Ginger Shultz, Lecturer in Chemistry |
Online Learning Resources in Chemistry and Statistics | Video | |
| 3/15 | Vince Kellen, Senior Vice Provost for Academic Planning, Analytics and Technologies, University of Kentucky | OMG! The Future of Teaching | Video | |
| 4/12 |
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 |
| Date | Presenter(s) | Title | Materials | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/11 | John Fritz, Assistant VP for Instructional Tech and New Media, UMBC | Raising Awareness of Underperforming Students | Video | |
| 9/14 | Tim McKay, UM Physics and the LSA Honors Program | Introducing SLAM and a report on 49,000 Physics Students | Video | |
| 9/28 |
Rebecca Matz, UM - Chemistry Mark Banaszak Holl, UM - Chemistry |
Concurrent Enrollment in Lecture and Laboratory | Video | |
| 10/12 | John Campbell, Associate Vice President for IT, Purdue University | Physics Students: Who Does Better Than Expected? | Video | |
| 10/26 | Anne Gere, UM Education and English | Quantitative Measures of Writing Ability | Video | |
| 11/9 | David Pritchard, MIT Physics and PI of the Relate project | Physics Students: Who Does Better Than Expected? | Video | |
| 11/30 | 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 | |
| 12/7 | Dan Kiskis, Business Systems Analyst Senior, Teaching & Learning, ITS | Developing CTools Academic Analytics: Possibilities and Challenges | Video | |
| 12/14 | Meg Noori, UM Comprehensive Studies Program, and colleagues | Encouraging Success in Summer Bridge Students | Video | |
| 2/8 |
Andrew Krumm Steven Lonn R. Joseph Waddington Stephanie Teasley |
Leveraging Learning Analytics for Undergraduate Engineering Education and Beyond | Video | |
| 2/22 | Tim McKay, UM Physics and the LSA Honors Program | Update on ECoach | Video | |
| 2/22 | Jeff Ringenberg, UM Computer Science and Engineering | Optimizing placement in introductory programming courses | Video | |
| 3/7 | Bill Gehring, UM Professor of Psychology | Correlates of student success in intro cognitive psychology courses | Video | |
| 3/7 | Denise Sekaquaptewa, UM Professor of Psychology | The effect of skewed gender composition on student participation in undergraduate engineering project teams | Video | |
| 4/4 | 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 | |
| 4/18 | Brian Jacob, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy | Education Policy Research in Michigan | Video |