1. An invaluable tool, not a magic wand
DATA
An invaluable tool, not a magic wand
Lee O’Farrell
National Forum for Teaching & Learning
@OFarrellLee

2. National Forum LA Project
Sept 2016 – June 2017
Participation from:
5/7 Universities
11/14 Institutes of Technology
6 Largest Independent Colleges
Over 100 individuals including:
Librarians
Lecturers
Researchers
Students
IT Professionals
Student Advisors
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3. National Forum LA Project
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4. 1992
2018
100gb per day
4,320,000,000 gb
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5. The Three V’s of Big Data
Volume
Velocity
Variety
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6. Analytics v Data Mining
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7. What is the goal of Analytics? … into actionable information
Turning data…

8. What can we do with it? Describe Predict Prescribe
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9. Describing

10. Predicting
Lucy
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11. Prescribing (Recommender Systems)
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12. Describing
95%

13. Prescribing
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14. Trust
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15. Spoonfeeding students
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16. “We don’t have the resources”
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17. Resources? We don’t need no stinkin’ resources
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18. It’s not all about retention
Bananas
Retention
Cream
Toffee
Grades
Learning
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19. It’s a tool, not a magic wand
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20. Yeah, but what does it mean for me?

21. Getting value from Library data Use & Non-Use
Which services/resources are staff/students using?
How/when are they using them?
Who is using what?
How can we optimise their experience?
Which services/resources are (some) staff/students underusing?
Who could benefit from them?
How/when can we link them to the services they need, especially when they don’t know they need them?
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22. Thank you lee.ofarrell@teachingandlearning.ie @OFarrellLee @ForumTL
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