EDUCAUSE | Academic Analytics

MICA Launches More Killer Administrative Applications

tsimpson — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:49:49 -0600

The past month has been a hectic one across the MICA enterprise. Check out the following realeases we made over the past two weeks alone.

Academic Analytics
On February 5, 2008, we successfuly launched the first phase of our Academic Analytics project at MICA. All senior staff were given access to our analytics environment. This first release is an implementation of Higher Ed Analytics by iStrategy Solutions. We have already started 2 projects within this project that will challenge us to extend the delivered functionality.

Housing Lottery Application
On February 18, 2008, current MICA students will apply for our housing lottery online (for the first time). This is the first piece of functionality delivered by Welcome Mat -- the residence management system currently being implemented at MICA.

Online Paychecks
Starting wih the first pay period in February, MICA employees can see their pay check data online (for the first time ever). This is delivered functionality from our Oracle PeopleSoft Campus Solutions 9.0 (with integrated HRMS) system served up securely to employees through our Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal 9.0.

Competitive Scholarship
As a visual arts college, we regularly face technical challenges when it comes to acquiring, storing, cataloging, and viewing images and other media. MICA Superdevelopers Ben and Carolyn faced those challenges and built an environment in which students can upload their work (images and video), that work can then be cataloged with metadata from our student information system (Oracle PeopleSoft Campus Solutions 9.0), and served back in a secure, branded environment.

Academic Analytics: New Resource Document, EDUCAUSE Presentation

jpcampbe — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 08:05:01 -0500

New Document: Academic Analytics:

The importance of student success (commonly measured as degree completion) continues to rise, as does the demand for institutional accountability. Academic analytics can help institutions address student success and accountability while better fulfilling their academic missions. Academic systems generate a wide array of data that can predict retention and graduation. Academic analytics marries that data with statistical techniques and predictive modeling to help faculty and advisors determine which students may face academic difficulty, allowing interventions to help them succeed. This paper highlights what IT and institutional leaders need to understand about academic analytics, including changes it may require in data standards, systems, processes, policies, and institutional culture. http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/PUB6101.pdf

EDUCAUSE Presentation:

Interested in academic analytics? Please join my session at EDUCAUSE on Thursday, October 25, 2007 from 2:20 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. in Metropolitan B, 3rd Floor (Sheraton Hotel). This session will discuss ongoing work at Purdue University in utilizing academic analytics to improve student success.

Additional Resources:

EDUCAUSE Review: Academic Analytics: A New Tool for a New Era

http://www.educause.edu/apps/er/erm07/erm0742.asp

ELI Webinar: Academic Analytics: A New Tool for a New Era http://www.educause.edu/ELIWEB0710

July/August EDUCAUSE Review Is Now Available

cluckett — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:55:58 -0500

The July/August EDUCAUSE Review is now available online. Read articles from Brian Lamb on mashups and their role in teaching and learning; William H. Graves on IT-enabled service process redesign; John P. Campbell, Peter B. DeBlois, and Diana G. Oblinger on academic analytics; and a Global View from Bill Olivier on the international e-Framework for Education and Research and its service-oriented approach to IT in higher education.

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