Student success at college is not just achieving high grades The National Forum for Teaching and Learning defines student success as the process by which students fulfil their potential and flourish at college and in society. This is a broader activity than simply achieving high grades. Psychosocial competencies are core to the definition of student success: these are the ‘soft skills’ or ‘non-cognitive skills’ that enable students to cope well with learning challenges, engage deeply in learning, and develop their identities as learners and as active citizens. Transitions are a key issue within this priority area, with transitions such as the move from school to college presenting both challenges and opportunities for students.
Initiative
UNLOCK Unlocking Student Engagement through Learning Analytics
About this initiative
UNLOCK is a continuation of LYIT’s existing National Forum SATLE 2019 funded initiative. The initiative focuses on improving teaching and learning and student engagement through learning analytics, partnership and co-designed interventions. To date, StudentSurvey.ie has been the data source utilised most effectively in this initiative and this will continue in phase 2. The UNLOCK teaching and learning initiative aims to continue to harness the potential of learning analytics in LYIT to support student success using student engagement. The initiative will build on strategies, processes and relationships developed from the initial phase. Learning from the initial phase will enhance analysis in phase 2 towards more emphasis also on diversity of student responses. The initiative will focus on four key elements:
• Supporting academic units in identifying key areas for enhancing student success based on analysis of relevant learning analytics such as StudentSurvey.ie and PGR StudentSurvey.ie.
• Structured engagement with students to capture views on potential enhancement initiatives at module, programme and institutional level.
• Analysis of student responses within and across academic units based on consultation with students and academic units to establish priorities. This analysis will take account of diversity of responses in phase 2. Recurrent and key themes chosen in partnership from relevant learning analytics, such as StudentSurvey.ie and PGR StudentSurvey.ie, will form the basis of staff-student co-designed UNLOCK initiatives supporting student success. Other data may inform design and analysis, for example, Blackboard data and student progress and retention data.
• Implementing and evaluating further UNLOCK initiatives.
Lead organisations
Affiliated organisations
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Initiative details
Funding programmes SATLE
Themes Student Success
Award year
2020Funding amount (€)
53000Contributors
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