The Ethical Issues Around Learning Analytics
Learning technologies, especially those relying on data analytics, are exciting but also present ethical challenges that deserve our attention and action.
Loralyn Taylor
Biography
As the associate provost for institutional effectiveness and analytics at Ohio University, Loralyn also serves as OHIO’s accreditation liaison officer to the Higher Learning Commission. Over the past 6 years, Loralyn has been leading the transition from a more traditional IR office to a more proactive and responsive decision-support unit. Developing both new data and information resources and promoting the data literacy needed to gain actionable insights, Loralyn’s team is also focused on supporting the institutional decision-makers at all levels of the university as OHIO prepares for its 2025 HLC Comprehensive Evaluation. A reformed registrar and director of analytics for student success initiatives, Loralyn has presented on student success, analytics, ethical use of data, change management, and data literacy for over 10 years both nationally and internationally. Previously, Loralyn designed and implemented a comprehensive student success program at Paul Smith’s College that won the 2015 University Business Inaugural Models of Excellence Program, the 2013 Lee Noel, Randi Levitz Retention Excellence Award and the Starfish 360 Student Success Award.
EDUCAUSE Publications
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Predictive Analytics in Pursuit of Student Success [video]
We asked several leaders in the EDUCAUSE community where they currently stand on the use of predictive analytics for student success.
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Beyond Retention: Using Targeted Analytics to Improve Student Success
Loralyn Taylor is Director of Institutional Research and Registrar, and Virginia McAleese is Professor and Director, Academic Success Center, at Paul Smith’s College of Arts & Sciences.
EDUCAUSE Presentations
Membership with EDUCAUSE
| Status: | Yes, current member |