1. Mining Course Management System (MCMS)andIntelligent Decision Support Special Interest Group (IDS-SIG) Tony Clark Centre for Model Driven Software Engineering School of Computing Thames Valley University

2. Project Aims MCMS is a JISC funded project that aims to: Detect patterns in institutional data that indicate issues leading to student retention problems Develop an approach to real-time student support and intervention that addresses retention issues. Provides high-quality information in support of institution decision making processes. 2 MCMS & IDS-SIG

3. The MCMS Process 3 MCMS & IDS-SIG

5. Race

6. Age

7. Disability

9. VLE usage

10. Library Usage 4 MCMS & IDS-SIG

11. What is the profile of students of students that transfer courses after year 1 and those that transfer after year 2? They are mostly UG student, enroll with lower certificate, but get higher marks. 5 MCMS & IDS-SIG

12. What are the characteristics of students transferring from other institutions? Student transfer from other institutions are mainly UG student, enroll with higher certificate, use library & BB less, and get lower marks and are mainly overseas. 6 MCMS & IDS-SIG

13. Intervention 1. Intervention process (email, SMS, ...) iMCMS System 2. Motivate student 3. Report risky students Student 4.Module data 5. Give feedback Module Tutor/staff 7 MCMS & IDS-SIG

14. 8 MCMS & IDS-SIG

15. Module Tutor Page 9 MCMS & IDS-SIG

17. Available technologies and gap analysis.

18. Multiple Data Sources:

19. Data Integration

20. Data Cleansing

21. Reusable processes

22. Engagement and motivation:

23. Students

24. Staff

25. Institution processes and committees

26. Supplier engagement10 MCMS & IDS-SIG

28. Aims:

29. Address issues above.

30. Engage with key institutional stakeholders.

31. Identify sector-side requirements and develop IDS roadmap.

32. Identify scope for sector-wide reusable solutions (shared service?)

33. Identify synergy with other activities.

34. Contact tony.clark@tvu.ac.uk with expressions of interest in SIG.11 MCMS & IDS-SIG