The Predictive Learning Analytics Revolution: Leveraging Learning Data for Student Success
Everyone from government agencies to mainstream press are looking for improvements in areas that typically fall under the umbrella of “student success.
Josh Baron
Biography
Josh Baron, who is currently serving as the Apereo Foundation's Development Officer, has more than 20 years experience working within and leading open source software projects within higher education. This includes serving on the Sakai and Apereo Foundation Board of Directors, including as Board Chair, and was Principal Investigator on the Open Academic Analytics Initiative (OAAI), which was supported by a Next Generation Learning Challenge grant funded, in part, by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Mr. Baron has also worked in the open education sector having served as Executive Director for Partnerships at Lumen Learning, a digital OER courseware provider whose mission is to reduce the cost of education while also improving student outcomes. Prior to his current role at Apereo, Mr. Baron served as a Senior Program Officer for the HBCU Digital Learning Infrastructure initiatives at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He is also the President and Founder of Baron's EdTech Consulting. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Michigan with a BS in Aerospace Engineering, holds a MS in Educational Technology Leadership from The George Washington University through their nationally recognized online degree program.
EDUCAUSE Publications
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Scaling Learning Analytics across Institutions of Higher Education
The Open Academic Analytics Initiative (OAAI) seeks to increase college student retention by performing early detection of academic risk using predictive analytics.
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EDUCAUSE Presentations
Membership with EDUCAUSE
| Status: | Yes, current member |
EDUCAUSE Involvement
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ECAR Working Groups Advisory Committee
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ECAR Analytics Working Group