| Name: | Description: | Size: | Format: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990.34 KB | Adobe PDF |
Advisor(s)
Abstract(s)
Investment in technological subsystems to support the activity of teaching
and learning and the various areas of the life of Higher Education Institutions (HEI) is
of increasing importance in the implementation of the policy and strategy of these
organizations. Each of these subsystems collects a huge amount of data that, if properly
organized, can provide useful information for decision making and informed action,
which results in the need to articulate the strategic vision with Information Systems.
This study aims to identify the technological requirements and understand the technical
difficulties in accessing data sources of different technological subsystems in order to
facilitate dialogue between the departments which hold the data to build a future
Academic Analytics in a HEI. To achieve these goals a prototype was conceived which
involved the aggregation, cleansing and standardization of data sources and resulted in
a database that integrates records from three data sources—the LCMS (Learning
Content Management System), academic management services and quality management
services. This prototype allows reports and analysis to be made. Future studies for
the development and implementation of Academic Analytics that can produce information
to support decision making and control of the HEI’s activity are also possible.
Description
Keywords
Academic analytics Design science Higher education Management
Pedagogical Context
Citation
FERREIRA, Sérgio André ; ANDRADE, António - Academic analytics: Anatomy of an exploratory essay. Education and Information Technologies. ISSN 1573-7608. Vol. 21, n.º 1 (2016), p. 229–243
Publisher
Springer