Project Environment
                                                                                                       University
                                                                   LTC                                                       CLIPP            Academic 
                                                                                                                                               Services
                                                                  LTMG                              Students’ Union        Academic           Corporate 
                                                                                                                           Director        Student Systems
                                                               LA Steering                            Programme        TEL & LA Project     Senior Systems 
                                                               Committee                               Directors           Manager           Programmer
                                 Technical WG         Policy WG         Interventions      Evaluation WG       Project Officer      TEL Officer
                                                                             WG
                                       Governance and Direction                                                        Project Delivery
                                                                                                      Pilot Students
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     Background 
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     December 2015 – retention and progression project to support students repeating, trailing and restarting 
     modules led to identification of need for learning analytics 
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     January 2016 – identification of Jisc Effective Learning Analytics Project 
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     March 2016 – meeting between Aston technical staff, Jisc and Blackboard to assess institutional readiness 
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     March 2016 – presentation of Jisc project to Learning Technologies Management Group including 
     representatives from the Students’ Union 
     •
     April 2016 – data access agreement discussions start 
     •
     May 2016 – preparatory work for development of server required by Tribal
     •
     September 2016 – data access agreement signed
     •
     October 2016 – Tribal begin data extraction and cleansing
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     October / November 2016 – HEFCE Catalyst bid submitted / successful 
     •
     December 2016 – Blackboard building block installed and data harvesting commenced
    First Steps
    • Steering Committee
    • Jisc Code of Practice
    • Working Groups
      • Policy - Jisc Learning Analytics Policy and Student Guide
      • Technical
      • Interventions
      • Evaluation
    • Staff and Student Consultations
    • Students’ Union - Survey
    • Project Website and Email
       Two Projects in One
       Effective Learning Analytics           Catalyst Call A
       Pathfinder Institution                 Small-scale ‘experimental’ 
                                              innovation in learning and teaching 
                                              project
    Analytics Plus
    • Enhancing retention and progression of undergraduate students 
     through effective and co-ordinated advancement of institutional 
     learning analytics 
    • Identify full-time undergraduate students who may be at risk of non-
     progression or withdrawal at the earliest possible opportunity and 
     before exams or assignments have been failed to empower students 
     to take responsibility for their achievements and to enable individual 
     staff to take on the role of change agents through effective, targeted, 
     assertive interventions with students.