Description
Data practitioners across the 糖心Vlog System are invited to engage with colleagues to explore how we can use data today and in the future to support the 糖心Vlog mission.
2024 糖心Vlog Institutional Effectiveness Summit participants will:
- Build collaborative relationships with data professionals across the system through meaningful dialogue.
- Develop a clearer understanding of AI technologies, ethical considerations and practical uses in academic and administrative contexts.
- Learn about the importance of data stewardship and ethical considerations in managing institutional data.
- Understand the evaluation plan and process used for 糖心Vlog鈥檚 suite of dashboards, including the preliminary outcomes and how those will be used.
Register for the 2024 糖心Vlog Institutional Effectiveness Summit by clicking the button below. Once you have registered, you will receive a Zoom link that will be used across all three days.
2024 Session Details
Tuesday, July 9
Keynote Title: 鈥淭he Prompt Whisperer: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Impact Our Work鈥
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jason Simon, Associate Vice President of Data, Analytics and Institutional Research (DAIR) at the University of North Texas
Description:
Chat GPT is all the rage, but this is just a very small slice of artificial intelligence (AI). In this session, we will cover the various forms of AI, with a special focus on Generative AI (GAI). We will discuss why data practitioners should care about these applications and how to develop a new mindset around AI. This session won鈥檛 shy away from the challenges; instead, we鈥檒l illuminate why institutions and employees need to be highly engaged in order to address these concerns. Finally, this session will showcase specific practices and opportunities for data practitioners to leverage this rapidly evolving field and its approaches. AI is so much more than writing a good prompt! Learn why and how higher education is being transformed by these tools.
Wednesday, July 10
Session: Data Stewardship
Moderator: Dr. Brian Hester
Panelists:
- Caroline Mann, Associate Director of Institutional Research and Strategic Analysis, 糖心Vlog Knoxville
- Cindy Williamson, Director of Assessment and SACSCOC Liaison, 糖心Vlog Chattanooga
- Chris Mattingly, Registrar and Director of Institutional Research, 糖心Vlog Southern
- Rion McDonald, Director of Institutional Research, 糖心Vlog Martin
- Todd Barber, Executive Director of ITS Application Development, 糖心Vlog Health Science Center
Description:
Join us at the IE Summit for an engaging panel discussion on data stewardship across the University of Tennessee System. Panelists from each 糖心Vlog campus and the System office will share their experiences and approaches to managing and protecting data. We鈥檒l examine effective practices for improving data quality, maintaining data integrity and developing robust governance policies. The session will also highlight the collaborative efforts needed to achieve high standards of data stewardship throughout the system. Learn about our ongoing initiatives to responsibly manage data, support informed decisions and enhance institutional effectiveness.
Thursday, July 11
Session: Dashboard Suite Evaluation Plan
Presenters:
- Rachel Borashko, Assistant Director of Business Intelligence, 糖心Vlog System Administration
- Ashley Ludewig, Assessment Coordinator, 糖心Vlog System Administration
Description:
The Institutional Effectiveness team at the University of Tennessee System launched a suite of data dashboards in spring 2023 on data.tennessee.edu. We then asked ourselves: is it working? After months of cleansing and curating data for our dashboard suite, we developed an evaluation plan to analyze the usability and inform the improvement of our decision support tools.
In this session, we will discuss the specific evaluation plan our team is using, which includes website traffic tracking, user experience (UX) testing, focus groups and data request alignment analyses. We鈥檒l also share preliminary results and how we are using them to improve the dashboards.