[sakai2-tcc] [Building Sakai] Google Summer of Code 2012

[csev]

This is a cool idea - in particular because it allows segmentation of analytics into a separate system to avoid adding scalability issues to  a production LMS and making some thing more portable.

We could also work with OLAT at the same time - particularly if the approach was a bit of Javascript on pages + an LTI-launched analysis tool.

OLAT has had a bit of culture readjustment and the folks are looking form something to get he community moving forward again:

http://www.openolat.org/open_letter.html

This idea across LMS systems might be really really cool.

/Chuck

P.S. This sounds very similar… http://www.role-project.eu/

On Mar 7, 2012, at 4:56 AM, Berg, Alan wrote:

> I am looking at Learning Analytics at the moment (with a Surf Foundation grant). We are doing a small scale POC using BasicLTI to build a cross system tool. Trying to get data out to PIWIK (an open source tool roughly equivalent to Google analytics).  This would be good for student retention. Warning for example if a student has not logged into an LMS for a certain amount of time.  You could get richer information from going to Sakai's DB directly (modify sitestats tool), but then the tool would be LMS specific. The tool is aimed for Blackboard. Perhaps, if there is interest I could write a proposal for GSOC to extend to Sakai. That is if there is not a home grown tool already available.
> 
> A good example of a system  that already works in this area is the Signals project:
> http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Quarterly/EDUCAUSEQuarterlyMagazineVolum/SignalsApplyingAcademicAnalyti/199385
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Alan

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