Past Events

Please note: this workshop is not funded by the National Forum and is primarily for Brightspace users at TU Dublin. Interested in learning how to access, manage, analyse and export assessment data from within your Brightspace module? Facilitated by Niall Dixon (IT Training Manager, TU Dublin), this workshop provides an introduction to the Grade Book in Brightspace. By the end of the workshop you should be able to: create an assessment map for your module set up a corresponding Grade…

Facilitated by Sophie MacGown (D2L), this workshop will explore how to customise and automate learning pathways for students using assessment data and specifically the Brightspace Quiz tool. Topics to be covered include: setting up quizzes, importing question banks and customising release conditions. Register online at: https://www.dit.ie/aadlt/lttc/academicdevelopment/workshopsevents/bookyourplace/    

What issues need to be considered when rolling out learning analytics across your institution? How are students and staff using the analytics tools provided to them? What policies, processes and staff development need to be in place to make best use of data about students and their learning? Three universities with institutional learning analytics projects will come together with Jisc to host a conference for UK higher and further education staff. The universities of Gloucestershire, Greenwich and South Wales will…

Registration now open at https://tinyurl.com/yhlvo952. Many of us in the higher education sector in Ireland are commencing a process of developing learning analytics capabilities and best practices. A critical success factor in the development of our learning analytics capabilities involves achieving clarity on the appropriate use of data. This is increasingly important given our responsibilities under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). To this end, Daltaí* project leaders are organising a half day seminar on January 22nd to capture and…

While many stakeholders that generate educational data are enthusiastic about its potential value, tapping into that potential remains elusive for most. This first of two workshops explores initiatives and supports that can empower all stakeholders make better use of their data, promoting in-context, evidence-based practice.
The workshop will include short presentations on current work in this area intermixed with group-based activities to promote discussion, debate, and sharing of ideas.
Our goal is that workshop discussions will initiate building a community for continued collaboration, working towards a repository of resources that give guidance on using data in educational contexts.