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EDUCAUSE Library Items for Data Mining
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Building Organizational Capacity for Analytics
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February 25, 2013
Optimizing student success is the “killer app” for analytics in higher education . Intelligent investments in optimizing student success garner wide support and have a strong, justifia…
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Big Data's Arrival
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February 6, 2012
This article from Inside Higher Ed by Paul Fain describes a WECT research project tracking students taking online courses. The research shows how tracking certain variables proves the usefulness…
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7 Things You Should Know About First-Generation Learning Analytics
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December 6, 2011
Learning analytics (LA) applies the model of analytics to the specific goal of improving learning outcomes. LA collects and analyzes the “digital breadcrumbs” that students leave as th…
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Defining IT's Role in Mission-Critical Retention Initiatives
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December 15, 2010
Key Takeaways Gaps in critical student success and retention initiatives create the opportunity for IT departments to take a leadership role in obtaining the necessary information and techn…


















