A series of activities are proposed and listed in the following table. The goals of these activities are to help members to apply learning analytics in their context and to conduct learning analytics independently. Depending on the competence and experience of members, different sets of activities will be organized to meet the needs of CoP members at different stages.
Apart from the activities listed below, the CoP facilitators will adopt a bottom-up approach and organize activities based on the needs/expectations of CoP members.
Objectives
Activities
Arousing interest /
Conceptualization
Seminars –
Current development in learning analytics
Sharing Sessions –
Exploring possibilities of learning analytics
Regular meetings –
Sharing of good practices / Exploring possibilities
Department-based Meetings / Showcase
Exploring possibilities for specific courses in a department
Building skills
Hands-on Workshops –
A series of skills development workshops in order to help colleagues in preparing learning analytics work.
Exploring possibilities
One-to-one Consultation –
Assisting CoP members in developing their projects
Developing proposals for funded projects
Disseminating information
Publicity –
Development of simple how-to videos for PolyU staff
Development of video clips to promote successful stories
