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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.
| Presenter(s) | Title | Materials | |
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| James Hilton, Vice Provost for Digital Education & Innovation | Learning Analytics, Digital Education, and Innovation at U-M | Video | |
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Brenda Gunderson, U-M Statistics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Omar Chavez, University of Texas - Austin |
The Stats 250 E2Coach Project: What did we do? What did we learn? | Video | |
| Perry Samson, U-M Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, College of Engineering | Evidence that Class Participation Affects Student Outcomes | Video | |
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Kevyn Collins-Thompson, U-M School of Information Adam Levick, U-M School of Information |
Tell Us How You Really Feel: Insights from Large-Scale Text Analysis of Student Survey Responses | ||
| Mitchell Stevens, Stanford University | Education without States | Video | |
| Tawanna Dillahunt, School of Information, U-M | Unlocking the Hidden Potential of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) | ||
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Cassandra Volpe Horii, California Institute of Technology Julius Su, California Institute of Technology |
Quantitative Insights on In-Class Creation and Sharing of Knowledge | ||
| Benjamin Koester, Physics | Multi-Institutional Explorations of Grade Penalties | ||
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Christopher Brooks, School of Information Stephanie Teasley, School of Information |
Christopher Brooks and Stephanie Teasley, School of Information | ||
| Rebecca Matz, Michigan State University | Characterizing Instruction in Introductory STEM Courses at Michigan State University | ||
| Tim McKay, Physics | Learning Analytics Task Force: 2012-2015 | ||
| Steven Mintz, University of Texas | Steven Mintz, University of Texas |
| Presenter(s) | Title | Materials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
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| 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 | Physics Students: Who Does Better Than Expected? | Video | |
| Anne Gere, UM Education and English | Quantitative Measures of Writing Ability | Video | |
| David Pritchard, MIT Physics and PI of the Relate project | Physics Students: Who Does Better Than Expected? | 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 |