Activity 3: Investing in the Venture
I viewed a few ventures from your presentation, and they all seem to do a good job of presenting the data of web activity and others have talked about a few ways to use this in a learning environment. One thing I would want to be included in a venture that could be used in schools, is a section that helps students analyse the data. So often we show them graphs and tables of data but they struggle with understanding what they are looking at. So for example, for stats on Facebook use, there should be some format for reflecting about what they are seeing – and what it all means..especially in the cases when teachers are not quite so comfortable analyzing data as well.
Brenda
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Everton Walker 5:21 pm on November 24, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
bcourey,
I like that idea. We need to make them aware that being able to analyze data from different formats is key to comprehension. Therefore, we need to engage them in activities where they can make sense of learning analytics activities. As a result, they will realize that these stats are not merely attachment to content; but carry vital meaning that will not be able to explained fully qualitatively.
Everton
Deb Kim 10:22 pm on November 24, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Brenda,
I like your idea. If I see social analytics in a student’s point of view, it doesn’t seem that useful as an educational tool because I probably wouldn’t understand what those data (e.g. graphs, tables, and diagrams) represent. However, by adding the analysis of the data, I’d be able to understand the importance of social analytics and use it more often to monitor my interaction with others.
Deb
hall 12:39 am on November 25, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi Brenda,
I agree with your views, Statistics is needed many aspects of our lives. We use the concepts in all aspect of daily lives such as research studies, experiments, social encounters and medical history. Hence I feel that a venture that would help students analyze the data would be a good one. SPSS is a software that is often used for statistical reports but it does not help students to analyze data.
jarvise 1:11 pm on November 25, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi Brenda (and all),
I like your idea because it is engaging students in learning about the analysis side. On a product development note, though, it might be an idea to create a product that provides for the data production on student engagement (assuming in some online environment), but also provides prompts that provide possible explanations for the results and what to do with them. In other words, a service that provides some analysis for you. Based on my own learning about social analytics, the issue surrounding the ‘common person’ trying to make use of it is the fact that most people are not good at analyzing statistics. I remember being in my undergrad stats class surrounded by people talking about how this was their 3rd or 4th time through – obviously its not everyone’s strength. I think a great venture idea would be to create a service that provides the data, and provides some analysis and recommendations based on it. Is it out there already?
Emily