Open edX 2017

When running MOOCs, instructors, administrators, and designers alike often settle for shallow heuristics of success (such as retention rate) or overly specific data (such as percentage of learners who watch a certain video for a certain duration). Borrowing from the information sciences, learning sciences, and instructional design, UBC created a dashboard (VizIT) that focuses on day-to-day MOOC operations at the single- and multiple-course levels. VizIT emphasizes relationship between course structure and engagement, offers an intuitive understanding of learning in the course, and provides success metrics and actionable information.