1. Educational Informatics Designing performance-based measurement systems for rapid response learning environments
Anthony Chow, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Library and Information Studies
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Ingrid Guerra-Lopez, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director, Institute for Learning & Performance Improvement
Wayne State University
Mark Whitlock, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
The Central Educational Center

2. Overview
Literature
Problem
Method
Results
Implications
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3. Educational Informatics
Educational informatics is:
Intersection of three disciplines:
teaching and learning, information science, and information communication technologies (ICTs) (Ford, 2004; Haythornthwaite, 2006; Sheffield University, 2011)
“The study of the application of digital technologies and techniques to the use and communication of information in learning and education” (Levy, Ford, Foster, Madden, Miller, Baptista Nunes, McPherson, & Webber, 2003, p. 299)
Educational informatics parallels the use of informatics in other fields
medical informatics, bioinformatics, and health informatics
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4. Educational Informatics meets information science and systems design
Educational informatics and information science
The word “informatics” means the science of information
The word “analytics” means the logical organization and analysis of information
Educational informatics within a systems framework:
The science of using and analyzing educational information in a logical fashion.
Chow (2008) defined it by uniting computing, information science, and systems design in an education setting as:
“how information technology is used to collect, organize, use, and disseminate information to support and help improve overall performance of the educational system” (Chow, 2008, p. 51)
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5. The Big Questions?
How is our school doing?
What does success look like?
How do we measure it?
How do we know if our systemic change effort is working?
What data do we need to have by when to answer these questions?
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6. Educational Informatics and Organizational Performance
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How are ICTs being used to collect data and how are organizations able to translate and use this data?
Information they can use to continuously improve current and future decisions and performance in a real-time, dash board fashion?
Mega
Macro
Micro
Anthony

7. Impact Evaluation Process (IEP)
Guerra-Lopez’s Impact Evaluation Process (2007; 2012) provides the tactical steps in which to identify and build a customized organizational SEI model.
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Ingrid

8. The SEI model
The SEI model is characterized by four primary characteristics:
System indicators
Real-time data
Automation, and
Performance improvement focus (primarily gap identification and causal analysis).
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9. CEC Overview
Harless’ “Grand Conspiracy” – basing a school on systems thinking which starts with user needs and end accomplishments
Central Educational Center – a join venture of societal stakeholders
Charter School
Designed using ADDIE
Embraces innovation and the concept of educational informatics and real-time data
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10. Systemic Educational Informatics (SEI) Model
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The Mega level represents the societal level and requires that an organization measures its intended value-added impact on society itself (Of what value are we to society?) to ensure proper alignment.
Anthony

11. Systemic Educational Informatics (SEI) Model
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The Macro level involves the medium term goals of the organization and stakeholders, the more immediate or direct impact that benefits the organization itself (What does success mean and look like for our organization?).
Anthony

12. Systemic Educational Informatics (SEI) Model
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The Micro level involves internal building-block results of the organization (What short-term products have to be accomplished by teams and individual organizational members?) (Kaufman, 2006; 2011).
Anthony

13. CEC’s SEI Model
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14. CEC’s Mega Level
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15. CEC’s Macro Level
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16. CEC’s Micro Level
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17. SEI Model – Data view Mega Macro Micro CEO Google Doc Data Data Data
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CEO
Google Doc
Database
Data
Data
Anthony
Data
Data
Data

18. CEC SEI Model Dashboard
Here is the initial design
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19. CEC – SEI Model Educational Informatics
Information about CEC, a systemic change effort
Scientific application of continuous evaluation called for in ADDIE process
Data leads to information, which leads to knowledge; collectively HPT
SEI models can accompany all systemic change efforts
Real-time formative and summative evaluation
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20. Next Steps Refining Model (add input activities and data layers)
Establishing targets
Populating data
Pilot the model
Scalability
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21. Resources Joe Harless, “The Eden Conspiracy”
Anthony Chow, “Systems Thinking and 21st Century Education”
Mark Whitlock –
Anthony Chow –
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22. Q&A
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Thank You!