Students are invited to participate next week in a student focus group as part of a national project (Learner-facing learner analytics – analysis of student perspectives GU ref no: 2017/696) that is designed to explore the perceptions of students to learning analytics and the requirements for a potential student facing dashboard.

The aims of the project are too specifically:

• Identify the data / information institutions, can provide to students, to support their university studies.
• To determine how can learning analytics can most appropriately be visualized and presented to students.
• Identify the potential concerns students have about the collection and use of data.

Two focus groups will be conducted on Tuesday, 21 November from 1-2.30pm and Thursday, 23 November 10.30am-12pm. Other focus groups can be scheduled in the week of November 20-24; subject to students’ availability.

Each focus group will take 90 minutes and involve attendance at a face-to-face session with a maximum of 10-15 other students. During the session, students will be asked to contribute their opinions towards activities and discussion regarding a number of key questions relevant to the project.

Student participation is entirely voluntary and they will be provided with a detailed participant information sheet and requested to provide their written consent to participate.

If you would like your students to be involved in a student focus group at Murdoch University, please invite them to indicate their willingness by return email to V.Alvarez@murdoch.edu.au .