Most analytics assumes large datasets are available and accessible. In practice one or both may not be true. What challenges do small-scale analytics present, and can they yield actionable data? Daniel Johnson presents the evidence collected from a Biobook, a Gates-funded iPad textbook.
Daniel Johnson is a Teaching Associate Professor of Biology at Wake Forest University, and his research focuses on biology education.
The Student Learning and Analytics at Michigan (SLAM) Seminar series features both U-M faculty and visitors from other campuses, focusing on the use of data about students, courses and academic programs -- for the purposes of improving teaching and learning. For more information about learning analytics at U-M and to view videos and slides from past SLAM presentations, click here.