Sherpa: Increasing Student Success with a Recommendation Engine

Thursday

Nov 8th, 2012

8:00 AM - 8:50 AM

Mountain Time

Mile High Ballroom 2A/3A

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Session Type: Concurrent Session
Track: Support Strategies and Services
Theme(s): Student Success/Learning Outcomes, ,

Students flock to online services like Amazon, Pandora, and Netflix that offer personalized recommendations, a stark contrast from the "one size fits all" services in higher education. In this session, we will present Sherpa, a recommendation engine for courses, information, and services that utilizes both human and machine intelligence.

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Live Video and slides from the presentation are being provided through the generous support of Sonic Foundry.

Speakers

Robert Bramucci

Vice Chancellor, Technology and Learning Services

South Orange County Community College District

Jim Gaston

Director of IT - Academic Systems

South Orange County Community College District

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Video of this session

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Uploaded on 05/22/2013

Sherpa Project Site

21 KB, Off-site resource

Uploaded on 05/22/2013

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4 MB, Powerpoint Slides

Uploaded on 05/22/2013

Podcast (mp3)

19 MB, MP3 Audio

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126 MB, Video

Uploaded on 05/22/2013

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twitter Sherpa project site: http://t.co/HnrsFsrc #E12_SESS086 #EDU12 SPEAKER ATTENDEE MEMBER Posted 235 days ago by Murray Inman (MurZimminy via Twitter/Twitterfall)
twitter Sherpa is mobile too using web pages - not app #E12_SESS086 #EDU12 SPEAKER ATTENDEE MEMBER Posted 235 days ago by Murray Inman (MurZimminy via Twitter/Twitterfall)
twitter SOCCCD's Sherpa is seriously MINDBLOWING! Well done! #E12_SESS086 #EDU12 SPEAKER ATTENDEE MEMBER Posted 235 days ago by Murray Inman (MurZimminy via Twitter/Twitterfall)
twitter Sherpa can nudge students, faculty, and even staff #E12_SESS086 #EDU12 SPEAKER ATTENDEE MEMBER Posted 235 days ago by Murray Inman (MurZimminy via Twitter/Twitterfall)
twitter Learning about Sherpa, a recommendation engine from SOCCCD #E12_SESS086 #EDU12 SPEAKER ATTENDEE MEMBER Posted 235 days ago by Murray Inman (MurZimminy via Twitter/Twitterfall)