Author Jason Williams develops a framework that balances data-based decision making with a deep consideration for addressing students' unique needs to foster improved learning outcomes. Focusing on five qualities integral to a healthy data culture, Williams offers educators a simple, reliable way to assess and reconsider their data practices to…

As a follow on to my earlier research with beginning teachers, in which I investigated their propensity for pedagogical change, when they faced difficult and unfamiliar cultural situations in school, this research was undertaken to test the findings on a larger scale. The research from which this case study is drawn uses a greater number of…

This case study provides an account of one practical aspect of a 3-year-long learning analytics project, allowing readers to see how a researcher spread the idea of using learner data to improve the scholarship of teaching and learning in the course of research. The case sheds light on the particular challenges in using existing data stored in…