The Professor and the Dashboard: A Cautious Approach to Classroom Data Analytics

Jody Greene

Associate Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning

Director, Center for Innovations in Teaching and Learning

Professor of Literature, UC Santa Cruz

New data analytics tools are being pioneered in the UC system  and around the country to track and support student success at the classroom level. Some of these tools are already available to advisors and will soon be available to instructors at UCSC. What approach should the campus take to preparing the faculty to use data analytics, including predictive analytics, at the classroom level? What kinds of data should instructors have access to? And how can we support faculty to be informed and responsible users of this data?