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Because student success is contingent on retention, student persistence is a critical institutional focus. The use of technology (specifically, the LMS/CMS, coupled with learning analytics) has made student tracking and retention more efficient. Below are articles, presentations, and seminars that further discuss the growing use of technology to promote student retention.
Articles
- Building a Purpose Network to Increase Student Engagement and Retention, EDUCAUSE Review Online, August 2012. Fort Hays State University partnered with ConnectEDU to with the purpose of improving student and parent engagement, increasing student retention rates, and tracking and collecting success metrics.
- Signals: Using Academic Analytics to Promote Student Success, EDUCAUSE Review Online, July 2012. Using existing student data and current grade information, Purdue University created Signals, a system that gives students early and frequent performance notifications and helps faculty members steer students toward additional campus resources as needed.
- Two Case Studies of Learner Analytics in the University System of Maryland, EDUCAUSE Review Online, August 2012. In this article, The University of Maryland Eastern Shore describes actions it took to increase retention and graduation rates for an at-risk student population by using a dashboard that provides actual data as well as targets for key performance indicators specific to admission, retention, and progress toward graduation.
- The EDUCAUSE Quarterly Magazine, Volume 33, Number 4, 2010 largely focuses on the topic of student retention. A few articles of particular interest in this issue include;
- Enhancing Student Learning and Retention with Blended Learning Class Guides, EDUCAUSE Quarterly Magazine, Volume 33, Number 4, 2010
- How the ICCOC Uses Analytics to Increase Student Success, EDUCAUSEQuarterly Magazine, Volume 33, Number 4, 2010
- Defining IT’s Role in Mission-Critical Retention Initiatives, EDUCAUSEQuarterly Magazine, Volume 33, Number 4, 2010
- Sustaining Students: Retention Strategies in an Online Program, EDUCAUSEQuarterly Magazine, Volume 33, Number 4, 2010
Presentations and Seminars
- Student Success at Scale: What Have We Learned from Applying Technology to Persistent Challenges?, EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, November 2012. The speaker presents the latest findings from multiple efforts to improve student engagement, learning, retention, and degree completion.
- Technology’s Role in the College Completion Agenda: An Introduction to Next Generation Learning Challenges, EDUCAUSE Live! December 3, 2010
- Success, Withdrawal, and Student Satisfaction When the Numbers are Very Large, ELI Annual Meeting, January 20, 2010
- Using Analytics to Intervene with Underperforming College Students, ELI Annual Meeting, January 20, 2010
March 2013
Library Items on this Topic
EDUCAUSE Library Items for Student Retention
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Learning Analytics Impact Upon Course Design and Student Support Services
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April 11, 2012
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A session at the ELI 2012 Online Spring Focus Session
Combining data from lecture capture with measures of student success, survey data and faculty feedback analytics promotes development of predictive tools to support students as well as evidence-b…
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LMS Data and Student Achievement: Which Variables Are Meaningful?
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April 11, 2012
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A session at the ELI 2012 Online Spring Focus Session
It has been suggested that analysis of LMS tracking data may allow early identification of students at risk of academic failure. But which online tracking variables indicate meaningful activity i…
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Student Success Plan: Improving Retention and Success with Open-Source Software
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April 11, 2012
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A session at the ELI 2012 Online Spring Focus Session
The Student Success Plan (SSP) supports and enables processes and interventions designed to increase the persistence, success, and graduation rates of targeted students. Through holistic counseli…
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The Online Student Profile Learning System: a Learner-Centered Approach to Learning Analytics
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April 12, 2012
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A session at the ELI 2012 Online Spring Focus Session
In April of 2011, Central Piedmont Community College received a Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) grant for CPCC and six partner colleges. The idea is to take our proven technology-based…
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Lightning Round: Learning Analytics
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February 14, 2012
4:35 PM - 4:50 PM Leveraging Technology and Professional Development to Enhance Student Success: A Proven Solution Ken Ingle, Executive Director of Emerging Technology, Central Piedmont…
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Open Academic Analytics Initiative: Leveraging Openness to Improve Learner Success
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February 13, 2012
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative 2012 Annual Meeting
This session will provide an overview of the Open Academic Analytics Initiative (OAAI), funded under Wave I of the Next Generation Learning Challenges program, and highlight the development of a ne…
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Prototypes, Connections and Contracts: Examining Increasingly Complex Learning Environments
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February 14, 2012
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative 2012 Annual Meeting
As students gain a sense of agency in the educational system they tend to develop personal geographies for how they navigate higher education, deal with information and cope with increasing complex…
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Opening the Door to New Possibilities Through the Use of Analytics
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February 16, 2011
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A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2011
Since the time of "intelligent tutoring systems," educational technologists have explored methods to improve learning. Today with the emergence of analytics, an exciting set of tools is b…
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Success, Withdrawal, and Student Satisfaction When the Numbers are Very Large (Research-Based)
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January 20, 2010
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A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2010
The presenters in this session will describe the results of ongoing research examining the predictors of student success and withdrawal for more than 250,000 fully online and blended students over …
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Using Analytics to Intervene with Underperforming College Students (Innovative Practice)
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January 20, 2010
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A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2010
Data mining is typically associated with business and marketing. For example, Amazon uses people's past purchases to suggest books they might be interested in buying. Similarly, academic ana…
