How KSU Built an Analytics Platform That Faculty Love, With Dr. Anissa Vega

As the debate over whether a post-secondary degree is worth it rages on, higher ed institutions are seeking solutions that can help them attract and retain new students. Enter data-driven decision making. When done properly, a well-executed data and analytics strategy can positively impact both student and institutional success. Universities and colleges that can properly harness and analyze their data to gain insights into the needs of students and faculty will have a competitive edge over those that don’t.

But knowing this and executing on it are two different things. That’s why we were so pleased to welcome Dr. Anissa Vega, Associate Vice Provost, from Kennesaw State University (KSU). The team at KSU successfully implemented uHoo Analytics, an analytics platform that fosters data-driven decision making. uHoo pulls data from the D2L Brightspace to provide faculty with real-time time insights on student performance and engagement.

In this episode, Dr. Cristi Ford sits down with Dr. Anissa Vega to discuss:  

• the main challenges KSU faculty were facing that led to the development of uHoo
• the importance of making things easy for faculty
• how the KSU team designed dashboards that offered course improvement insights
• the secret ingredient that drove high faculty adoption numbers 
• lessons learned from building and implementing at scale

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