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Solving the Learning Data Puzzle: The Unizin Common Data Model

Solving the Learning Data Puzzle: The Unizin Common Data Model

If you’re thinking about how to improve student success - and who isn’t in higher ed? - then data and analytics about teaching and learning are probably on your mind. It can be a daunting subject. There is so much data all around us - about students and courses; the...

Data Management: The Fundamentals

Data Management: The Fundamentals

  Data is becoming the most valuable digital asset, and getting data management right is as critical an issue for universities as other businesses. For Unizin, this is non-negotiable: Data belongs to the universities and needs to be accessible and standardized to...

Using Data in Higher Ed

Using Data in Higher Ed

Unizin is a very special collaborative effort. Our Consortium exists because of a vision shared by thought leaders at some of the nation’s most respected research universities. We are not a technology concern, but an organization committed to the improvement of...

Little Tools for “Big” Data

Little Tools for “Big” Data

Big Data has been a hot topic in technology circles for several years now. Thanks to hardware and software advances and improved purchasing and deployment processes, we are able to employ more systems to analyze more data than ever before. For nearly all consumers of...

Diving into Canvas Data at the University of Iowa

Diving into Canvas Data at the University of Iowa

Diving into data is not for the faint of heart. Just ask Sam Van Horne. Working for the University of Iowa Office of Assessment and liaison to Unizin, Van Horne is surrounded by data all day–tables and lists, schemas and sets of it. As the University of Iowa nears the...