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Three Faculty Named 2025-26 UMBC LA Fellows
$2k professional awards renewable annually
Once again, the Provost's Office has provided funding through the Learning Analytics Fellowship program to faculty and staff for the 2025-26 academic year. Details of the new fellows’ proposals...
Posted: September 15, 2025, 7:30 PM
Why & How to Explore Analytics@UMBC
A brief (8 min) orientation and refresher
As part of UMBC’s data warehouse migration to HelioCampus, the Data Management Committee’s “Training & Outreach” working group has published a brief (8 min) video orientation on why and how to...
Posted: May 14, 2025, 1:44 PM
2025-26 Learning Analytics Mini Grant Proposals Due 6/6/25
All faculty and staff are eligible
The Division of Information Technology (DoIT), in partnership with the Office of the Provost, invites UMBC faculty members to submit proposals for the 2025 Learning Analytics (LA) Mini Grants....
Posted: May 14, 2025, 11:56 AM
4 Faculty, 2 Staff Named 2024-25 LA Fellows
$2k professional development awards renewable annually
To continue our commitment to fostering and sharing effective data-informed teaching and learning practices, the Provost's Office has provided funding through the Learning Analytics Fellowship...
Posted: November 14, 2024, 10:22 AM
Learning Analytics Mini Grants CFP Due 6/7/24
Prior LA workshops may help inform proposals
UMBC’s Division of Information Technology (DoIT), in partnership with the Office of the Provost, is pleased to announce the call for proposals for the 2024 Learning Analytics (LA) Mini Grants....
Posted: May 2, 2024, 9:00 AM
Chem Prof, DoIT Staff Co-author Chapter in Analytics Book
UMBC case study focuses on "spaced practice" in Gen Chem
Earlier this semester, Taylor & Francis published Data Analytics & Adaptive Learning: Research Perspectives (2023), which includes a UMBC case study about Dr. Tara Carpenter's use of...
Posted: November 21, 2023, 7:16 AM
New Report Can Help Faculty Visualize Student Engagement
"Waterfall" course dashboard leverages student use of Bb LMS
DoIT has a new addition to our suite of data visualizations supporting course engagement/instruction and teaching: The Blackboard course "waterfall" report (UMBC vpn req'd if using off-campus). ...
Posted: October 23, 2023, 2:37 PM
6 Faculty, 2 Staff Receive 2023-24 LA Mini Grants
$2k professional development awards renewable annually
To encourage, identify, and share effective practices in the use of data to inform teaching and learning, the Provost's Office has once again awarded learning analytics mini grants to six faculty...
Posted: September 29, 2023, 2:15 PM
DoIT's Tom Penniston Presents Paper at Copenhagen Conference
Sharing UMBC's Story Globally
DoIT's Coordinator of Learning Analytics, Tom Penniston, recently presented his paper (UMBC login req'd), Toward a New Paradigm: Learning Analytics 2.0, at the 25th International Conference on...
Posted: September 15, 2023, 8:27 AM
Support student success with Ultra’s progress tracking tools
Discover how and when students engage with course content
The success of students in a Blackboard course is often dependent on their level of engagement and their ability to stay on track with course content and assignments. As an instructor, it's...
Posted: August 30, 2023, 9:11 AM
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