Show Them the Data: How Publishing Course Usage Stats Can Change Faculty Support

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Title:Show Them the Data: How Publishing Course Usage Stats Can Change Faculty Support (ID: ELI08129)
Author(s):John Fritz (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
Topics:Academic Analytics, CMS, Data Mining, eliannual08, Faculty Computing Support, Faculty Development, Research and Reporting
Origin:Presented at ELI Meetings (01/28/2008)
Type:Presentations/Speeches
Abstract:

UMBC has published online reports showing by discipline and by instructor which Blackboard courses are most active. Initial feedback suggests that regularly publishing these simple but effective reports could create a "tipping point" of one-on-one and departmental pedagogical discussions that change the form and content of institutional faculty support.

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