Lightning Round Session: Creating a Culture of Data-Informed Decision-Making

Thursday, October 17, 2019 | 8:30AM–9:15AM CT | W196a, Level 1
Session Type: Breakout Session
Delivery Format: Lightning Round
This lightning round will pack as much information into one session as possible. Hear succinct, engaging presentations on a variety of topics. Each will be 10 minutes long, with a Q&A at the end of the session.

Lightning Round 1: Engaging Faculty in Learning Analytics: Evaluating Culture Change

We will present a top-down, bottom-up, middle-out strategy for establishing a data-informed citizenry on campus. We'll provide initial assessments that measure progress toward this long-term goal and will engage the audience in dialogue about developing assessments that capture evidence of emerging culture change at our institutions.

Outcomes: Reflect on strategies for mitigating known barriers to institutional change * Learn about an increasingly popular approach for establishing a data-informed citizenry * Discuss and develop plans for evaluating long-forming culture shifts

Presenters: George Rehrey, Linda Shepard, Carol Hostetter, and Amberly Reynolds (Indiana University)

Lightning Round 2: Changing Team Culture to Get Solid Data

You've tried it before. You collect tons of data…and still you don't have the necessary information to gain business insights. What does it take? Join a discussion focusing on the team culture and management expectations that drive the collection of clean, consistent, and useful data to inform decisions and projects.

Outcomes: Identify team and business conditions that need to be addressed in order to make data collection trusted and usable * Explore gaps in processes and culture to drive better data collection and reporting relevance * Examine the team culture and manager expectations that relate to data gathering and the growth of curiosity

Presenters: Lois Harrison and Lisa Trumble (Cengage Learning Inc.)

Lightning Round 3: Toward an Accountable Data Culture from Middle Management

Middle managers hold a key position in developing an organization's data culture. Skilled managers introduce data thinking and integrate it into the cultural DNA of the organization. Through a case study and examples, we gained insights into developing metrics that are actionable and accountable.

Outcomes: Understand the key role that middle managers play in developing a data culture * Apply Schein's 3-layered culture theory to identify culture roadblocks * Create an actionable data plan to tackle the roadblocks

Presenter: Zixin Mao (Fordham University)

Presenters

  • Lois Harrison

    Manager of Project Management, Infosec, a division of Cengage Learning

  • Zixin Mao

    Associate Director of Information and Faculty Technology, Fordham University

  • George Rehrey

  • Lisa Trumble

    Supervisor, Project Management, Infosec, a division of Cengage Learning

Resources & Downloads

  • Changing Team Culture to Get Solid Data

    Updated on 11/26/2019

  • Toward An Accountable Data Culture from Middle Management

    Updated on 11/26/2019

  • Engaging Faculty in Learning Analytics Evaluating Cultural Change

    Updated on 11/26/2019