Learning occurs as the result of interaction between learners and their environment. When the learning has a planned outcome, it becomes a purposeful activity that requires the artistry and skill of a learning designer.
Wales’ eight regulated higher education institutions have agreed to collaborate with Jisc to use learning analytics to improve student support and learner outcomes.
Back in November 2020, we chatted to Hannah Mathias, e-learning manager at Cardiff and Vale College, where they’ve created a personalised learning bot for GCSE Maths and English.
Artificial intelligence (AI) often features in visions of the future, but the education sector need not wait; this is an opportunity we are seizing right now.
by Andy McGregor on 27 April 2021
Jisc is delighted to have been selected by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) as one of the first ten projects to participate in the beta phase of its Sandbox.
Implementing a learning analytics system across all higher education institutions in Wales provides a model for the opportunities for such services at a national scale.
This event is the first of two events held every year to share the work of the student experience team at Jisc and offers opportunities for feedback and consultation on current activities.
Video from the Jisc Learning Analytics CPD Modules Module 3 - Institutional Readiness Topic 1: A shared vision for learning analytics Title: The role of leadership
Presenter: Patrick Lynch / Lindsay Pineda / Amanda Mason
Universities and colleges are having to adapt their policies and processes to meet the requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
In the highly-competitive environment we’re all working in now, how do you make important, potentially transformative decisions? You can’t go with your gut feeling or just do what you’ve always done, and even making a calculated guess is risky. This is why more and more organisations are putting their data to work to help them make better, carefully thought-out choices. We can help you do the same.
Having dropped out of university because of loneliness and depression, Hayley Mulenda – a former speaker at Jisc’s annual Digifest event - says effective use of data analytics and greater diversity of academic staff are crucial in supporting students.
This event provides a range of presentations and discussion sessions as well as an opportunity to network with colleagues involved in learning analytics developments and other data products and services.
Our learning analytics service offers a series of rapid, flexible visualisations about students’ learning activities and about how the curriculum is functioning.
From building those in-demand digital skills to tackling digital poverty and agreeing common data standards - data analytics may sounds clinical but it's much more about people than technology, argues Karen Foster.
As part of our mini-series Podcast in AI in Education: Pedagogy first, senior AI specialist Tom Moule speaks with Scott Hayden from Basingstoke College of Technology about they are using AI to support personalised learning.
Bett is the world’s largest education technology event. This year, as to be expected, it did not disappoint, with some very exciting talks and lots of great new products and technologies. In our podcast we chat to Martin Hamilton, our futurist, who shares the best of Bett. You can also read the accompanying blog post.
It’s no secret that sales of activity tracking apps and wearables have boomed, with The Telegraph reporting that over three million fitness trackers are flying off the shelves in the UK each year. From monitoring our fitness and sleep and even our mental reflexes, self-improvement is officially the name of the game.
Phil Richards, Jisc's CIO, speaks at Future Edtech 2017 on the evidence base for learning analytics, including for non-traditional students, and gives delegates some early learnings from Jisc’s new national learning analytics service.