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Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Using Data to Improve Student Outcomes
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)
This short online course focussed on the use of data science within a teaching or training program to deliver better outcomes for students. Participants learned to identify data from a range of different sources, analyse the data and present their findings, then establish actions to achieve continuous improvement.
3 weeks, 3 hours per week
Linda McKee
Senior Director for Quality Support Initiatives
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Identify data sources and recognise different types of data.
- Recognise and discuss different methods for improvement initiatives.
- Interpret case studies and discuss improvement processes within your own context and professional experience.
- Explain the relationship between data, findings and actions required in order to achieve continuous improvement.
- Describe the difference between data and findings.
- Produce findings from a sample set of data.
- Evaluate and discuss the different approaches taken in example data dashboards.
- Identify and select the most appropriate indicators for measuring improvement.
Syllabus
Week 1 – Improvement Science
- Identifying different sources and types of data
- Ways to improve student outcomes
- Improvement processes in your own context and professional experience
- Real-world examples of improving student outcomes
Week 2 – Findings
- How to present and evaluate data effectively
- The difference between data and findings
- The role of ethics in data handling and sharing
- The relationship required between data, findings and actions, to achieve continuous improvement
Week 3 – Actions
- Different indicators for measuring improvement
- How to collect sample data and select the appropriate indicator
- How to present indicators and actions to students
Issued on 20th April 2017
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