With predictive analytics, colleges and universities are able to “nudge” individuals toward making better decisions and exercising rational behavior to enhance their probabilities of success.
The Inspire plugin implements open source, transparent next-generation learning analytics using machine learning backends that go beyond simple descriptive analytics to provide predictions of learner success, and ultimately diagnosis and prescriptions (advisements) to learners and teachers. From Moodle HQ.
Data and analytics are at the center of today’s student success movement. Increased interest and access to institutional data are helping colleges and universities identify systematic and structural barriers to retention and graduation. Predictive analytics is making proactive advising possible at scale.