Summit Program

2016 UC Summit on Analytics for Institutional & Student Success

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Thursday, January 7, 2016

Prior to 8:30am
Breakfast (unscheduled), Transportation to Clark Kerr Campus
(shuttle every 10 min from hotel beginning at 8:00am or walk if the weather is good)
8:30 – 9:00am
Check-in and Coffeeat Clark Kerr Campus, Krutch Theater
9:00 – 9:30am 
Welcome (Krutch Theater)
  • Catherine P. Koshland, UC Berkeley, Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education
  • Pamela Brown, UC Vice President for Institutional Research & Academic Planning
9:30 – 10:40am
Concurrent Breakout Sessions (A)
1. Enrollment Management and Curriculum Planning – Barbara Sawrey (UCSD)
2. Integration of Online Learning & Technology-Supported Courses – Jim Williamson (UCLA)
3. Faculty & Student Buy-In – Rebecca Miller (UCSF)
4. Tracking the Effectiveness of Programs Aimed at At-Risk Students – Sereeta Alexander (UC Berkeley)
10:40-10:50am
BREAK
10:50 – 12:00pm
Concurrent Breakout Sessions (B)
1. Enrollment Management and Curriculum Planning – Barbara Sawrey (UCSD)
2. Integration of Online Learning & Technology-Supported Courses –Jim Williamson (UCLA)
3. Faculty & Student Buy-In – Rebecca Miller (UCSF)
4. Tracking the Effectiveness of Programs Aimed at At-Risk Students –Sereeta Alexander (UC Berkeley)
12:00 – 1:30pm
Lunch and Keynote Panel (Krutch Theater)

The Reality & Future of Big Data 

Marco Molinaro facilitator, Assistant Vice Provost for Educational Effectiveness; Director, Center for Educational Effectiveness (UC Davis)
David Kil, Chief Data Scientist, Civitas Learning, LLC
Zachary Pardos, Assistant Professor, School of Information & Graduate School of Education (UC Berkeley)
1:30 – 2:15pm 
Report-Out from Breakout Sessions
2:15 – 3:15pm
Interactive Poster Sessions/Demonstrations
3:15 – 3:30pm
BREAK
3:30 – 4:30pm
Moderated Panel Discussion 

Data Ethics Privacy 

Kent Wadafacilitator, Chief Privacy Officer (UCLA)
Lisa Ho, Campus Privacy Officer (UC Berkeley)
Mitchell Stevens, Associate Professor (Stanford University)
Elaine Sedenberg, PhD Student (UC Berkeley)
4:30 - 4:45pm
BREAK
4:45 – 5:00pm 
Campus Roundtable Discussions
SHUTTLE TO MEMORIAL STADIUM 
5:00 - 8:00pm
Dinner and Reception


Friday, January 8, 2016

Prior to 8:30am
Breakfast (unscheduled), Transportation to Clark Kerr Campus (shuttle from hotel)
8:30 – 9:00am
Check-in and Coffee at Clark Kerr Campus
9:00 – 9:15am  
Welcome -
  • Aimée Dorr, UC Office of the President, Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
  • Claude Steele, UC Berkeley, Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost
9:15 – 10:45am  
Concurrent Panel Discussions
A. Traditional Institutional Research – Amber Machamer facilitator (UC Berkeley)
B. Predictive Analytics – Michael Pazzani facilitator (UC Riverside)
C. The Practical Stuff: Data Access, Portability, and Standards – Jenn Stringer facilitator (UC Berkeley)
10:45 – 11:00am
BREAK
11:00 – 12:00pm
Campus Roundtable Discussions on Conference Outcomes
12:00 – 1:30pm
Lunch and Keynote (Krutch Theater)

Wanted: A GPS for Higher Education

Daniel Greenstein, Director of Education, Postsecondary Success (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)
1:30 – 2:30pm
Adaptive Learning – UC Davis Instructional Research & Development Team
Marco Molinaro, Assistant Vice Provost for Educational Effectiveness; Director, Center for Educational Effectiveness (UC Davis)
2:30 – 3:00pm
Closing Thoughts, Action Items, and Wrap-up
  • Catherine P. Koshland, UC Berkeley, Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education
  • Pamela Brown, UC Vice President for Institutional Research & Academic Planning

We gratefully acknowledge the support and partnership of the Division of Academic Affairs, UC Office of the President in the development and implementation of this event.

For more information, please contact UCBAnalytics@lists.berkeley.edu