Jane Russell, Anna Smith, Alexandra Nica & Ross Miller Elements of Success: Student Use of Learning Analytics Platform: Perceptions, Actions, and Achievement Jane Russell, Anna Smith, Alexandra Nica & Ross Miller ICONext

Agenda Why Elements of Success? Elements of Success Interface Student Use of Elements of Success Perceptions Actions Achievement Instructor Insight Opportunity for you ICONext

Why Elements of Success? Why Student Success? How am I doing? ICONext

Elements of Success ICONext

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'Current Standing’ module 'Current Standing’ module. Overview of how students are doing in their course compared to their peers. They get a textual representation and then they can see actual points as well in the graph. 10/20/2017 ICONext

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Background of the Study in ECON 4 online economics courses in Summer 2018 (N = 129) Pre- and Post-Surveys (93% response rate) Grit, Self-Efficacy, Self-regulation skills Perceptions of EoS Actions taken (if any) after viewing EoS Demographics Course performance Exams Final score ICONext

Students’ Perceptions ICONext

Students’ Perceptions “It lets you know where you stand. For most courses you're in the dark until grades come out.” “I know if it's a really hard class/task or if I just need to step it up on a personal level more.” “It has shown me that what I am doing to prepare for assignments and exams is working for me.” “It motivates me to study more. I need to get my grade up and spend more time learning the material.” ICONext

Students’ Actions Students were most likely to report spending more time preparing for exams and least likely to report contacting the instructor ICONext

Students’ Actions Students were most likely to report spending more time preparing for exams and least likely to report contacting the instructor Students who felt that EoS was encouraging took more actions on average to improve their performance ICONext

Students’ Actions Students were most likely to report spending more time preparing for exams and least likely to report contacting the instructor Students who felt that EoS was encouraging took more actions on average to improve their performance Students who felt worried or discouraged by the information still took action ICONext

Standardized Estimate Achievement Variable Estimate Standardized Estimate Pre-semester GPA 1.61 .10 Exam 1 0.39*** .64 Grit 1.03* .11 Self Efficacy 2.39*** .22 Exam Preparation 4.07*** ICONext

Standardized Estimate Achievement Variable Estimate Standardized Estimate Pre-semester GPA 1.61 .10 Exam 1 0.39*** .64 Grit 1.03* .11 Self Efficacy 2.39*** .22 Exam Preparation 4.07*** Spending more time on exams was a significant predictor of course performance ICONext

Conclusions Students perceptions of EoS were positive ICONext

Conclusions Students perceptions of EoS were positive Students who felt EoS was encouraging were more likely to take action to improve their performance ICONext

Conclusions Students perceptions of EoS were positive Students who felt EoS was encouraging were more likely to take action to improve their performance These actions are positively related to course outcomes ICONext

Instructor Insight ICONext

Instructor Insight ICONext

Instructor Insight ICONext

Questions? ICONext

Opportunity for You Elements of Success is available to you. Supporting Your Students’ Academic Resilience: Nov. 1 (TH) 12:00 – 1:15 Elements of Success https://teach.uiowa.edu/elements-success Research & Assessment Office of Teaching, Learning & Technology ICONext