Implementation of Electronic Student Attendance Monitoring Systems A single solution to multiple needs Earl Blake, University of East London,

The Need UKBA compliance Student Engagement EMR return to HESA

The options Manual registers Electronic registers completed by staff Fully automated electronic registers

Why we chose fully automated electronic registers Reduces workload for academic staff Eliminates human error and late submission of registers Complies with UKBA regulations Can be used to feed into broader student engagement analyses Can be used for accurate utilisation analyses Transparency

How it works Electronic attendance readers in every teaching room RFID chips in student cards Students touch in before the class Registers generated automatically Students able to view their attendance record online Data feeds directly into student engagement and utilisation analyses

The challenges Staff culture Student culture Disconnected policies Inaccurate timetables Quantity of data

Solutions Staff and student engagement Communication campaigns Centralisation of policy Ongoing awareness of timetabling

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