Our Sponsors

We extend our thanks to the generous sponsors who have shared our vision for the future of Learning Analytics. Their support and generosity has helped to make the 2019 CiTEL Learning Analytics Symposium a reality and to make the event accessible to educators more widely.

In addition to their commercial affiliations, our sponsor representatives are all experienced educators in their own rights and can share valuable insights into the world of education through their presentations at the Symposium We encourage all delegates to make the most of this opportunity to spend time with our sponsors and to learn from their experience. PLATINUM SPONSOR

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Welcome from the Principal It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to Lourdes Hill College for the 2019 Learning Analytics Symposium.

As teaching professionals, our challenge into the future will be to engage with and harness the abundance of student data that emerging technologies continue to provide. The of learning analytics will, we believe, deepen our capacity to improve design and in turn create teaching strategies which will be personalized to individual student’s strengths, weaknesses, and learning preferences.

Please enjoy your time with us and we wish you well for a successful 2019 and beyond.

Robyn Anderson

Principal, Lourdes Hill College

Welcome from the Symposium Conveners It is with excitement that we welcome you to the inaugural CiTEL Learning Analytics Symposium – CLAS19. We are all part of a significant event that will be breaking new ground in the field of Learning Analytics in education. At the secondary sector level, the application of Learning Analytics to inform student learning is in its relative infancy and there is limited published research and sharing of practice around the use of data and learning analytics in the sector.

The aims of this Symposium are to explore and source those people who are using educational data, to provide access to experts in the field drawn from all over , and to offer a platform for sharing good practice. There will be tangible outputs with the gathering together of resources and initiating a Community of Practice around educational analytics. We recognise that some of the most valuable work is being done by ‘everyday’ teachers in their own classrooms. To this end, we hope that you will make the most of the opportunity to learn from others, ask questions and to share how you are using data analytics to improve student learning.

Lourdes Hill College is at the forefront of educational innovation and we believe that the 2019 CiTEL Learning Analytics Symposium will be a defining moment in its field and that it will continue to grow. We thank you for your contribution to making this event a success.

Janet Buchan and Kath Perrier

Dr Janet Buchan Mrs Kath Perrier Director CiTEL Assistant Principal Learning & Teaching

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Delegate Information

A copy of the Programme may be found on the back pages of this Handbook.

REGISTRATION The Registration Desk is situated in CiTEL. The desk will open from 11.00am on Friday 31 May and from 7:45am on Saturday 1 June. If you require any assistance at all please ask at the Registration Desk or approach one of the Symposium organisers. Please sign in each day as part of our safety procedures.

EMERGENCY PROCEDURES In the event of an emergency, please follow the instructions of the Symposium organisers. The evacuation emergency gathering point is the large covered court centre, the Stella Centre, at the bottom end of the school. Exit the school via the lower main gate, Gate 2, on Hawthorne road and walk round. Please familiarise yourself with the map of the school (see back page of Handbook) and the Emergency Exits from the Symposium venues.

SECURITY Please remain within the Symposium area of CiTEL, Duhig Hall and Polding Theatre, especially on Friday when classes are still in progress. Twilight tours of the school will be on offer on Friday for those who wish to explore our wonderful College facilities.

SOCIAL EVENTS Twilight tours on Friday at 5.00pm: To join a tour of the LHC campus please meet at the Registration Desk at 5:00pm. Networking drinks: Please join us for networking drinks in Duhig Hall on Friday from 5:00–6:30pm.

CATERING AND SPECIAL DIETS Conference catering is provided by Café de Lourdes and will be served in Duhig Hall, adjacent to CiTEL. Delegates who have indicated they have special dietary requirements are requested to make themselves known to the hospitality staff.

INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT Free wifi access is available for all delegates. Look for the guest wifi network and enter the passphrase when requested. If you have any problems with access, please speak to our ICT support crew at the Registration Desk.

WIFI ACCESS

Network SSID: CiTEL_Symposium

Passphrase: CLAS2019

SPEAKERS Speakers please contact our ICT team at the Registration desk in CiTEL on arrival to upload your presentation and discuss your presentation needs.

PHOTOGRAPHS, VIDEOS AND RECORDING OF SESSIONS We request that delegates do not record speaker sessions or take pictures of presenters without consulting the Symposium organisers or asking the speaker.

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The Symposium organisers will be taking photographs with a view to re-using for publicity and in sharing the Symposium outcomes more widely. If you do not want your image to be used in future publicity, please let the conference organisers know at the Registration desk.

SOCIAL MEDIA We welcome sharing and promotion of the Symposium, as a professional learning event, on social media platforms. However, please be mindful of individual privacy when sharing images of other delegates and speakers. Please be especially careful not to take and share pictures that might include Lourdes Hill College students.

BATHROOM FACILITIES Bathroom facilities can be accessed by exiting the glass doors at the school end of CiTEL and turn right down the small corridor towards Duhig Hall. There are additional toilets in the downstairs staffroom below CiTEL.

THE VENUES REGISTRATION: The Registration Desk is situated in the open meeting room area known as Veritas.

PRESENTATIONS All presentations will be in the main auditorium called Caritas. During the concurrent workshops and presentations the dividing doors in Caritas will be closed to form two separate rooms - Caritas 1 and Caritas 2. Please check the Programme for the room numbers of the sessions you wish to attend.

EXHIBITION HALL AND CATERING: All food will be served in Duhig Hall where you can also find the Sponsors’ displays. Tea and coffee making facilities will be available throughout the Symposium with meals served during the breaks.

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CiTEL from Duhig Hall

WHAT’S IN A NAME? Lourdes Hill College was founded in 1916. The rich heritage of the College is drawn from three sources: the compassion of the Good Samaritan found in the Gospels, the patronage of Mary under the title Our Lady of Lourdes and the Benedictine tradition of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan which places strong emphasis on education and the importance of balance in life between work, prayer and recreation.

The CiTEL building is an extension of the Benedict Centre. Two enduring qualities of St Benedict were chosen as the names for the main meeting spaces. These are: Caritas, meaning Charity and Veritas, meaning Truth. The choice of the Latin derivations is consistent with what would have been the common language of the day for St Benedict in the Church.

2018 marked the centenary of Duhig Hall.

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Extended Programme

WORKSHOPS Friday 31 May 12:00 – 5:00pm

WORKSHOPS 1A, 2A, 3A WORKSHOPS 1B, 2B, 3B will be held in Caritas 1 will be held in Caritas 2

12:00 – 12:15PM WELCOME - MRS KATH PERRIER AND DR JANET BUCHAN

12:15: – 1:20PM CARITAS 1 CARITAS 2 WORKSHOP 1A WORKSHOP 1B Useful data and clever features. Analytics for Action: making data This session will show you how to use Education purposeful. Perfect to assign formative assessments that With the increased availability and use of data, use student response data to automatically there is a greater requirement for schools and generate differentiated tasks to target students’ all teachers to have the data literacy required individual needs. You will also see sample to evaluate student progress and teaching reports and how to measure student growth over effectiveness using a multitude of data points. time by comparing assessment results. Thinking about your people - and the purpose to which they'll put this data - should be your Maree Carr, Teacher Consultant - Education first step in tackling data. This workshop will Perfect cover an approach to sorting through the Before joining the EP Implementation Team as a complexity with identifying problems, defining Teacher Consultant, Maree worked as a audience requirements, and building insights Japanese teacher for 12 years across a number that lead to actions because after-all, data of Anglican and Catholic high schools across without purpose is just overhead. . She is passionate about developing engaging, effective online learning programs for Rowan Freeman – Head of Learning and students and sharing her knowledge with fellow Technology Consulting, Reflex Technology language teachers. Group Contact: [email protected] Contact: [email protected]

1:25 – 2:25pm WORKSHOP 2A WORKSHOP 2B Useful data and clever features. (Repeat) How schools can use data to support This session will show you how to use Education students learning to their capacity. Perfect to assign formative assessments that This workshop will focus on data analysis and use student response data to automatically the different approaches schools can use to generate differentiated tasks to target students’ identify students who might benefit from individual needs. You will also see sample additional support or enrichment. Based on his reports and how to measure student growth over experience with educational data analysis as a time by comparing assessment results. teacher and Director of TrackOne Studio, Phillip will discuss data informed practice and Maree Carr, Teacher Consultant - Education techniques that schools can use to visualise Perfect data to help them more easily identify possible Contact: [email protected] concerns or opportunities. This session will examine various available data sets, data visualisation techniques, discuss examples of good and bad data visualisations, and allow attendees to discuss approaches with staff from other schools. Attendees will leave with ideas on how they can visualise the data

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available at their school using non vendor specific tools.

Philip Budd - TrackOne Studio With fifteen years of experience in education (as both a teacher and technology manager) Phillip Budd brings a wealth of real world school experience to his role as Operations Director of TrackOne Studio. Phillip has assisted schools in the successful implementation of major educational technology projects where a key focus is to assist schools develop and implement flexible, innovative and fully integrated Educational Data Analysis solutions. Contact: [email protected] 2:25 – 2:55PM AFTERNOON TEA 2:55 – 3:55PM WORKSHOP 3A WORKSHOP 3B Insight beyond anecdotal data in an Creating a whole school approach to adolescent and adult learning environment. developing a data culture. How do we gain an insight into adolescent This workshop will give attendees the thinking? A formative quiz? A summative piece opportunity to consider the practical steps of assessment? External examinations? Whilst involved in developing a whole school teachers and students can feed forward using approach to educational data use. Over the these formative and summative learning past eight years, Phillip has assisted schools of experiences, we need to delve deeper than the all shapes and sizes make better use of cognitive system to fully support learners. As educational data. During this workshop, Phillip Marzano and Kendall’s (2007) The New will outline the eight steps he considers vital for Taxonomy of Educational Outcomes confirms, in developing a school wide data culture – from QCAA Senior Syllabuses implemented in 2019, the importance of establishing a clear vision, to we need to develop all three mental processes; how you can ensuring buy-in, commitment, cognitive system, metacognitive system and and trust, to the best format for establishing self-system. A reflective environment was data meetings. Attendees will leave with formalised by distributing a bi-annual survey to practical ideas for their school and will have all students to complete for each subject they the opportunity to discuss approaches with studied. This student perception survey was staff from other schools. devised, with a modified Likert scale, to include statements that messaged expectation and Phillip Budd - TrackOne Studio strategies. This data would sit alongside its performance sibling to inform our practice. The essence of analysing and interpreting self- perceptions was transferred to a teaching staff survey for the end of year reflection on professional growth. Both perception surveys enable a lens for understanding the development of self-efficacy in our adolescent and adult learning environment. The surveys will be shared, discussed and prompt reflective practice in the workshop.

Janelle O’Neill - Mt St Michael’s College Janelle is the Director of Professional Learning at Mt St Michael’s College. She focuses on pedagogical renewal and professional growth amidst a changing educational landscape. Contact [email protected]

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4:00 - 5:00PM WORKSHOP 4 Using student perception data to build individual and collective teacher efficacy and student voice with Pivot Professional Learning. Join this hands-on workshop to learn how teachers, PLCs, schools and networks are using student perception data to prove and improve teaching effectiveness, enhance collaboration, deepen student voice and embed data literacy.

Enter the Pivot Portal to view and engage with sample teacher reports (showing their classes’ perceptions of 25 teaching practices mapped against the AITSL Standards), department results (each subject broken down by year level), and school results (broken down by year level and department).  Experience data insights that “jump out” to highlight strengths, growth areas, consistencies and divergencies.  Explore the extensive, connected resources that support teachers and leaders to turn these data insights into actions and integrate them in their existing planning and development systems.  Develop and track a SMART goal, leveraging a strength to enhance a practice identified by their students’ data as a growth priority  Set up a confidential 15 minute peer-observation as part of their professional development plan.

Participants will also learn how schools and networks are using Pivot student perception data as a diagnostic and evaluative tool to set and track goals as part of annual improvement plans or towards a collective priority.

All participants can receive a free trial of Pivot in their schools at time of their choosing.

Dr Bronwyn Hinz is Director of Research and Development at Pivot Professional Learning, Honorary Fellow at Melbourne Graduate School of Education, and a “pracademic” with 14 years of experience. Her award-winning research has focussed on improvement processes, entrepreneurial learning and policy making. Her career is driven by a belief that better data, greater student voice, productive collaboration and intelligent resource allocation are keys to setting up all students, teachers and schools to excel. Contact: [email protected]

5:00PM TWILIGHT TOURS OF THE COLLEGE Meet at the Registration desk

5:00 - 6:30PM NETWORKING DRINKS AND REFRESHMENTS Duhig Hall

Supported by Pivot Professional Learning

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SYMPOSIUM - Saturday 1 June

FROM 7:45AM REGISTRATION - CiTEL

8:30 – 8:45AM OFFICIAL OPENING - DR JANET BUCHAN AND MS KATH PERRIER (SYMPOSIUM CONVENORS) MS ROBYN ANDERSON (PRINCIPAL)

8:45 – 9:45am KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

Professor Shane Dawson

Dr. Shane Dawson is the Director of the Teaching Innovation Unit and Professor of Learning Analytics at the of . Shane's research focuses on the use of social network analysis and learner ICT interaction data to inform and benchmark teaching and learning quality. Shane is a founding executive member of the Society for Learning Analytics Research and past program and conference chair of the International Learning Analytics and Knowledge conference. He is a co- developer of numerous open source software including the Online Video Annotations for Learning (OVAL) and SNAPP a social network visualization tool designed for teaching staff to better understand, identify and evaluate student learning, engagement, academic performance and creative capacity. Contact: [email protected]

Learning Analytics – Making Sense of Muddy Waters

The so-called digital revolution has vastly impacted upon and changed how industries such as publishing, banking, travel, media and communications, and retail operate. It is well anticipated that this trend for digital disruption will continue into the future and expand across all sectors. Education is no exception. The adoption of learning technologies, personal and mobile devices provides for new modes of education delivery and increased opportunities for formal and informal collaborations. As teachers and students engage more with these tools we are seeing a parallel rise in research associated with learning analytics, data mining, and learning . Learning analytics in particular has had strong resonance in the education sector (including teachers, students, policy-makers and administrators). As such, the field has been frequently touted as a potential “game changer” for education for its capacity to provide new insights into student learning progress.

While there is much promise and numerous significant advancements in learning analytics research the hyperbole is not necessarily aligned to the reality of embedding such tools and resources within an organization. The extraction and merging of alternate student learning data sources as well as algorithmic development, sensemaking combined with the diversity of teaching approaches points to a complex system. This presentation outlines the field of learning analytics from the early research into the provision of early alert systems to the development of personalized and adaptive learning. In so doing the presentation highlights the complexity associated with learning analytics including the diversity of data sources, tools and learning contexts.

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9:55 – 10:55am SHOWCASE PRESENTATIONS

There are two concurrent Showcase Presentation strands. These will each have three 15 minute presentations with 3 minutes between sessions for people to move between rooms if they wish. There is limited time for questions during these sessions. However, each presenter will join a relevant theme during the Round Table Discussions after lunch and delegates can ask questions and share ideas then.

Showcase Sessions 1A, 1B, 1C Showcase Sessions 2A, 2B, 2C will be held in Caritas 1 will be held in Caritas 2

CARITAS 1

SHOWCASE SESSION 1A | 9:55AM The quest for the perfect duo; making use of good data with clever online learning analytics. There is no shortage of online teaching resources available for teachers of all subjects. Teachers can choose from a glorious plethora of multimedia, interactive and subject relevant content. Automation, assessment, differentiation, personalised learning, literacy support are all issues which can be touted from a variety of online tools but how do we know if they empower teachers and students to truly enhance learning outcomes? In this presentation we look at common criteria by which schools are making decisions when choosing an online learning platform, as we see when working with them as they navigate the digital learning landscape. We provide an insight into what types of data schools have at their fingertips and the role that automation can play in analysing the data in order to make recommendations that are targeted and personalised to each learner. We take a look at the impact that this process can have on not only a student’s ultimate learning outcomes but also in engaging them along the whole learning journey. This session shows what schools consider to be vital in terms of authentic online learning provision.

Ian Pedler, Education Consultant, Education Perfect Ian joined the Education Perfect team in 2018. He is a former deputy principal of a large outer London high school of 1200 students, having been in the teaching professional for 12 years and worked in the Ed Tech space for 6 years. He has a strong interest in digital technology to support high quality teaching and learning. Ian now manages schools in who are trialing the Education Perfect platform. Contact: [email protected] SHOWCASE SESSION 2A | 10:15AM

Turning the Tables: The problem with league tables that prompted one school to take a closer look and develop its own. Using data which is freely available from QCAA and ACARA, Lourdes Hill College has produced its own league tables to study our performance at Year 12 exit. This presentation will show how this was done and how it differs from publicly available league tables published each year in the print media. The analysis of this data enables us to determine not only where we are in relation to other Queensland schools but also where we think we “should” be according to ACARA’s ICSEA index. With over 10 years of data now analysed, scatter plots and trend lines reveal some interesting performances across types of schools and geographic locations. The data presented will be anonymized – no school names will be revealed.

Similar analysis has been undertaken with NAPLAN data which becomes particularly interesting since secondary schools now receive data at two-year levels for each cohort. We are interested in links between NAPLAN performances and later exit performances of cohorts. An emerging area of interest for us is to try to measure volatility in results from one cohort to another.

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Barry Fitzpatrick, Lourdes Hill College Barry Fitzpatrick has been a secondary teacher of Mathematics and Physics in both co-educational and girls’ schools. A mid-career study break led to management of IT in schools and an interest in data and analytics. At Lourdes Hill College he has worked previously as Head of IT and more recently as Director of Learning Analytics. Contact: [email protected]

SHOWCASE SESSION 3A | 10:35AM

Lantern Learning and Learning Growth: Using educational data to power learning progress. In 2017, St Rita’s College started using Track One’s Learning Analytics Suite to collate and analyse the school’s educational data. At the same time, the College began to develop its learning framework, entitled Lantern Learning, in response to the new QCE and to the understanding that “good data and good teaching go together but that success is possible only if in fact they do go together” (Sharratt and Fullan, Putting Faces on the Data, p. xi). This presentation shares some of the ways that the integration of the Lantern Learning Framework and the Learning Analytics suite is starting to generate a powerful picture of where students are in their learning and the teaching strategies necessary for learning growth. In particular, the presentation looks at how detailed data sets from PATs, NAPLAN and QCS, alongside classroom and pastoral data can be used to measure and motivate student progress.

Dr Natasha Mayne, St Rita’s College Natasha is the Assistant Principal of Learning and Teaching at St Rita’s College, Clayfield. She is responsible for the collation and analysis of the College’s educational data and the leadership of learning and teaching at St Rita’s. Contact: [email protected] CARITAS 2

SHOWCASE SESSION 2A | 9:55AM Assisting students to access data Dashboards in order to set goals for academic improvement. As a community of educators we are all very aware of the importance of assisting students in setting goals regarding their academic performance. In order to set goals, students need to be able to mindfully and critically reflect on their progress. To do this students need access to data regarding their learning. This data can be accessed from a myriad of sources and be documented and displayed in a myriad of ways. The key, of course, is the quality, accessibility and relevance of the data.

However, access to the data is only the start of the process. If we are concerned with establishing a cycle of continual improvement in student outcomes, it is vital that students are able to record their reflections and goals in a manner that allows for on-going consistent review of their goals and subsequent academic progress.

This presentation will explore a possible method of providing a one-stop place that makes data available to students and, at the same time, provides a location for students to reflect on their progress and set personal learning goals for the future. The overall goal – improved student outcomes!

Raelee Lewis, Lourdes Hill College Raelee is the Director of Academic Mentoring at Lourdes Hill College. In her role Raelee is responsible for the development of the College-wide Academic Mentoring Program, which focuses on supporting and encouraging students to achieve their best possible academic outcomes. Contact: [email protected]

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SHOWCASE SESSION 2B | 10:15AM An efficient way to quantitatively ascertain student progress and report to students and parents. Understanding students’ strengths and weaknesses in your classroom is essential when trying to facilitate the learning process. I personally use Learning Analytics as the first stop in this process to see all of a student’s previous results along with NAPLAN and PAT data. It’s a great way to get a snapshot of the past abilities of the students. But how to collect data that reflects the present capabilities of our students?

This presentation will cover how to set up and use the concept of Plickers, an app which allows teachers to create custom tasks for any subject/topic and then gather data on student performance instantaneously and with ease. Through augmented reality the teacher can see the students results via the screen they’re using to scan the class with, whilst also having the responses recorded and collected through the website for data analysis later.

I have personally used Plickers for three years now to address problem areas of the class in real- time or to help build individual revision programs for students. Students have reported that they truly value the feedback and find the reports value add to their revision process. Parents consistently respond positively to timely and detailed feedback about their son/daughter’s progress and as a teacher I enjoy knowing they are being kept up to date about the factual progress of their son/daughter.

Christiaan Gscheidle, St Rita’s College Christiaan is a Mathematics teacher at St Rita’s College and is passionate about giving students every chance to succeed and take charge of their own learning, whilst finding efficient ways to quantitatively ascertain student progress and achievement. Contact: [email protected]

SHOWCASE SESSION 2C | 10:35AM

Supporting school leaders to develop a strategic whole- school approach to an educational data plan. Educational data is key to highlighting a school, cohort, class and individual students’ strengths and establishing areas that can be targeted for improvement and growth. To enable effective leadership and quality teaching every school needs a clear and coherent approach to educational data. Independent Schools Queensland’s Great Teachers in Independent Schools (GTIS) programs and services are intended to support the development of quality teaching and school leadership. Programs are informed by evidence and underpinned by the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) and for Principals (APSP). The GTIS Educational Data program supports school leaders to develop a school-wide plan for the collection, storage, analysis, use and reporting of educational data to improve school performance.

An Independent Schools Queensland (ISQ) mentor supports school leaders and an educational data team to review their current approach to educational data and assist participating school leaders to develop a strategic whole- school data plan. Schools are supported to undertake a data audit; develop templates and processes for data collection and management; and establish a common language about data use in the school.

Kate Crowe, ISQ Kate is the Education Services Officer (Educational Data) with Independent Schools Queensland. Contact: [email protected]

10:55 – 11:25AM MORNING TEA

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11:25 – 11:40am MESSAGES FROM OUR SPONSORS

11:40am – 12:40pm KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

Professor Joy Cumming Professor Joy Cumming is the Research Director of the Assessment, Evaluation and Student Learning Research in ILSTE at ACU. Joy has been involved in educational research for more than 40 years, including state and federally funded research projects. Her core research area is educational assessment, including both classroom and external assessment. Her research also focuses on equity and social justice issues in assessment, including work in education law that examines the impact of education policy and legislation in assessment and accountability on students. Prior to commencing at ACU in 2013, Joy was employed in a number of roles including Professor in the Faculty of Education and Dean of Griffith Graduate Research School during her 25 years with Griffith University. Contact: [email protected]

How are you using data to improve learning at your school? Lessons learned from how systems, schools and teachers work with data such as NAPLAN to improve student learning.

The era of educational accountability including introduction of national cohort testing of literacy and numeracy (NAPLAN) has changed the landscape of schooling. As a researcher, I have been involved in several projects examining how systems, schools and teachers work with data such as NAPLAN to improve student learning. Evidence that the role of NAPLAN has changed from its originally-intended diagnostic role to high stakes accountability placing pressure on all to improve NAPLAN scores, rather than focus on individual, or even class, learning. This presentation will address the importance of starting with identification of improvement goals. In conjunction with this, how different evidence forms might align and be integrated to improve teaching effectiveness and student learning will be considered.

12:40 – 1:15pm INVITED PRESENTATION

Jesús Camacho-Morles Jesús Camacho-Morles is an educationalist who specializes in the use of psychometrics to evaluate the quality and effectiveness of educational programs, institutions, and psycho‐pedagogical interventions. He has extensive experience as a teacher, lecturer, and consultant in areas such as: assessment and evaluation, data visualization, and research methods, and is currently undertaking his Ph.D. in Education Assessment and Evaluation at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education. His other qualifications include a Master’s degree in Education and a postgraduate diploma in Research Methods and Diagnosis in Education. Contact: [email protected]

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Measuring the effect of psycho‐pedagogical interventions using the learning growth estimator tool. This presentation will outline the use of the Learning Growth Estimator tool, an online tool that provides educationalists with a fast and accurate measure of their teaching impact upon their students. Underpinned by John Hattie’s principals of Visible Learning, the learning growth estimator focuses on providing valuable feedback to educationalists and enables them to quickly assess their teaching effectiveness without the prerequisite of statistical proficiency.

The learning growth estimator is designed to quickly and accurately measure the impact of psycho‐ pedagogical interventions. This, in turn, informs future interventions and modifications. It also quantifies the amount of change required to progress individual students and schools to optimal performance and learning growth levels.

‘This tool is not only easy to use, but it also has excellent graphics that help tell the story about impact.’ — Professor John Hattie.

1:15 – 2:00PM LUNCH – DUHIG HALL

2:00 – 3:00pm ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS

The aim of the Round Table Discussion sessions is to provide an informal, conversational environment and an opportunity for people to share what they are doing in their institutions, ask questions and to connect with people with similar interests in

The Stimulus Contributors will each provide 2 to 3 minutes of input focused on the theme topic. The discussion will then be opened up to everyone in the group. The role of the Round Table Facilitator is to make sure everyone gets a chance to speak, to keep the sessions to time and to take notes on key points of interest.

Themes will run concurrently and after 30 minutes there will be a changeover to the second two themes and delegates can move between the themes which are of interest to them.

ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION THEMES 2:00 – 2:30pm CARITAS 1 THEME 1: Learning Analytics and its role in Professional Learning Communities Stimulus contributors: Allison Johansen, Brigidine; Bronwyn Hinz, Pivot Professional Learning

CARITAS 2 THEME 2: Student use of data and learning analytics dashboards to inform learning. Stimulus contributors: Raelee Lewis, LHC; Christiaan Gscheidle, St Rita’s

2:30 - 3:00pm CARITAS 1 THEME 3: Use of NAPLAN, PAT testing and other data to enhance classroom learning Stimulus contributors: Caitlin McDonald, LHC; Natasha Mayne, St Rita’s;

CARITAS 2 THEME 4: Whole school approaches to developing a data culture and implementing educational analytics. Stimulus contributors: Phillip Budd, TrackOne Learning Analytics; Ian Pedler, Education Perfect

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STIMULUS CONTRIBUTORS’ ABSTRACTS Many of the Stimulus Contributors have presented during the Showcase or Workshop sessions and the contributors’ details and focus areas may be found in their original presentations. The following contributors are only presenting in the Round Table Discussion session and their details and abstracts are included below.

Allison Johansen (Brigidine College)

Learning Analytics and its role in Professional Learning Communities. Brigidine College has been using Learning Analytics to guide our Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) in a variety of ways. Most notably, the College has used the program to inform staff goal setting processes, which were founded on evidence-based practices and areas of teacher interest. This has been integral to measure our impact, both in a class setting, as well as wider school community. Additionally, the data emitted from Learning Analytics has been used by teachers to formulate baseline standards across learning areas and year levels, enabling rigorous benchmarks for our students to meet. This cyclical process of analysing and evaluating the evidence has enabled our Brigidine staff to target their pedagogy on content and skill sets that our students most need. Contact: [email protected]

Caitlin McDonald (Lourdes Hill College)

Using NAPLAN and PAT- MATHS data to inform classroom teaching in Mathematics. A discussion of how data from a variety of sources has been used to plan and implement improvement strategies at a cohort, class and individual student level across Year 7 - 9. Contact: [email protected]

3:10 - 3:55pm PANEL DISCUSSION

Blue Sky Thinking and the Future of Educational Analytics

PANEL MEMBERS

Shane Dawson, UniSA Joy Cumming, ACU Barry Fitzpatrick, LHC Rowan Freeman, RTG Kate Crowe, ISQ

SESSION CHAIRS: Mrs Kath Perrier and Mr Shane Weir

The Panel Discussion draws on the combined experiences of our speakers and audience to highlight what has been learned and to open discussion up to some ’blue sky thinking’ for the way ahead in the future of the use of data in education.

3:55 – 4:00pm SYMPOSIUM CLOSURE

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the following people and groups who have contributed to the organisation of the 2019 Learning Analytics Symposium.

SYMPOSIUM TASKFORCE

Dr Janet Buchan: Director CiTEL

Mrs Kath Perrier: Assistant Principal - Learning & Teaching

Mr Barry Fitzpatrick: Director of Data Analytics

Mrs Raelee Lewis: Director of Academic Mentoring

Ms Nicole Caulfield: Deputy Principal - Community and Identity

LOURDES HILL COLLEGE CONTRIBUTORS

Communications Team

Café de Lourdes

Audiovisual and ICT Departments

Property Services

Administrative team with Ms Suzanna Milosovic – for front of house support

Platinum Sponsor

Gold Sponsor Silver Sponsor

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SYMPOSIUM PROGRAMME

Friday 31 May – WORKSHOPS

From 11:15am REGISTRATION - CiTEL

12:00 - 12:15pm WELCOME Ms Kath Perrier and Dr Janet Buchan CARITAS 1 CARITAS 2 12:15 - 1:20pm WORKSHOP 1A WORKSHOP 1B Useful data and clever Analytics for Action: making features. data purposeful. Maree Carr, Education Perfect Rowan Freeman, RTG

1:25 - 2:25pm WORKSHOP 2A WORKSHOP 2B Useful data and clever How schools can use data to features. (Repeat) support students learning to Maree Carr, Education Perfect their capacity. Phillip Budd, TrackOne Studio 2:25 – 2:55pm AFTERNOON TEA – DUHIG HALL 2:55 - 3:55pm WORKSHOP 3A WORKSHOP 3B Insight beyond anecdotal data Creating a whole school in an adolescent and adult approach to developing a data learning environment. culture. Janelle O’Neill, Mt St Michaels Phillip Budd, TrackOne Studio

4:00 - 5:00pm WORKSHOP 4 Using student perception data to build individual and collective teacher efficacy and student voice with Pivot Professional Learning. Dr Bronwyn Hinz, Pivot Professional Learning 5:00 - 6:30pm TWILIGHT TOURS OF THE NETWORKING DRINKS & COLLEGE REFRESHMENTS - DUHIG HALL

Saturday 1 June - SYMPOSIUM

From 7:45am REGISTRATION - CiTEL 8:30 – 8:45am OFFICIAL OPENING Dr Janet Buchan and Ms Kath Perrier - Symposium Conveners Ms Robyn Anderson – Principal Lourdes Hill College 8:45 – 9:45am KEYNOTE PRESENTATION Learning Analytics – Making Sense of Muddy Waters Prof Shane Dawson, University of South Australia 9:55 – 10:55am SHOWCASE PRESENTATIONS CARITAS 1 CARITAS 2 9:55am Showcase Session 1A Showcase Session 2A The quest for the perfect duo; Assisting students to access making use of good data with data Dashboards in order to clever online learning set goals for academic analytics. improvement. Ian Pedler, Education Perfect Raelee Lewis, Lourdes Hill College

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Showcase Session 1B Showcase Session 2B 10:15am Turning the Tables: The An efficient way to problem with league tables quantitatively ascertain student that prompted one school to progress and report to take a closer look and develop students and parents. its own. Christiaan Gscheidle, St Rita’s Barry Fitzpatrick, Lourdes Hill College

SHOWCASE PRESENTATIONS 10:35am Showcase Session 1C Showcase Session 2C Lantern Learning and Learning Supporting school leaders to Growth: Using educational develop a strategic whole- data to power learning school approach to an progress. Dr Natasha Mayne, educational data plan. Kate St Rita’s Crowe, ISQ

10:55 – 11:25am MORNING TEA – DUHIG HALL 11:25 – 11:40am MESSAGES FROM OUR SPONSORS 11:40 – 12:40pm KEYNOTE PRESENTATION How are you using data to improve learning at your school? Lessons learned from how systems, schools and teachers work with data such as NAPLAN to improve student learning. Prof. Joy Cumming, Australian Catholic University 12:40 – 1:15pm INVITED PRESENTATION Measuring the effect of psycho‐pedagogical interventions using the learning growth estimator tool. Jesús Camacho-Morles, University of Melbourne 1:15 – 2:00pm LUNCH – DUHIG HALL ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS CARITAS 1 CARITAS 2 2:00 – 2:30pm THEME 1: Learning Analytics THEME 2: Student use of data and its role in Professional and learning analytics Learning Communities dashboards to inform learning. Stimulus contributors: Allison Stimulus contributors: Raelee Johansen, Brigidine; Kate Lewis, LHC; Christiaan Crowe, ISQ Gscheidle, St Rita’s; Bronwyn Hinz, Pivot PL 2:30 - 3:00pm THEME 3: Use of NAPLAN, THEME 4: Whole school PAT testing & other data to approaches to developing a enhance classroom learning data culture and implementing (Stimulus contributors: Barry educational analytics. Stimulus Fitzpatrick, LHC; Natasha contributors: Rowan Freeman, Mayne, St Rita’s; Caitlin RTG; Ian Pedler, Education McDonald, LHC Perfect 3:10 – 3:55pm PANEL DISCUSSION Blue Sky Thinking and the Future of Educational Analytics Shane Dawson, Joy Cumming, Barry Fitzpatrick, Rowan Freeman, Kate Crowe 3:55 – 4pm SYMPOSIUM CLOSURE

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