What is sola
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The SOLA platform collects data from validated surveys to provide feedback for individual learning, team leadership, organizational decision-making, and system-wide analysis. It hosts apps that support self-directed change through assessments, research-backed tools, and responsible data use. Powered by a leading learning experience company, the platform integrates with other systems and ensures data security. Learning Emergence LLP established the SOLA project through crowdfunding to enable collaboration using surveys for improvement initiatives.
What is sola
- 1. Learning Emergence Platform Surveys for Open Learning Analytics an integrated platform for systemic improvement Powered by Blue by eXplorance
- 2. What is the SOLA platform? A specialist survey platform which collects data from research validated questionnaires and feeds it back for four different self- improvement purposes: •For individual users to support personal change •For team leaders to respond more accurately to the learning needs of their groups •For organisational leadership decision-making •For system wide analysis, research and learning PeoplePeople TeamsTeams LeadersLeaders SystemSystem
- 3. ‘Learning through rapid feedback at every level’ SOLA is…… a platform hosting APPs for supporting self-directed change and innovation SOLA is…… a platform hosting APPs for supporting self-directed change and innovation Assessments for learning, for individuals, teams and organisations Research validated tools and responsible use of data for improvement Self-directed change aligned to shared purpose Measurement models which reflect shared purpose
- 4. Powered by World Class Technology from • Market Leader in Learning Experience Management • Custom Feedback Forms • Powerful Reporting and Analysis • Seamless Integration with Existing Systems • Compliance with global data security & accessibility standards • Accessible via any Device • Strategic Partnerships with Market Leaders in Learning and Information Systems
- 5. What is Learning Emergence LLP? ……a Partnership set up by researchers and practitioners who share a vision for using research validated surveys in improvement projects……. SOLA is a project of the Learning Emergence Limited Liability Partnership (LLP). This is an alternative corporate business model that gives the benefits of limited liability but allows its members the flexibility of organising themselves as a professional partnership (See http://goo.gl/ltVZEL). The LLP has formal Members, referred to as Partners. There are no shareholders. The funds for SOLA have been raised through ‘crowd-sourcing’ within the wider Learning Emergence Network. The ‘crowd’ includes key individuals and founding user partners. The LLP is an appropriate vehicle for this initiative because it provides a collaborative structure which incentivizes members to succeed. An LLP can house any number of ‘Projects’ each with its own governance. All Members of SOLA are active members of the Learning Emergence Network. ….enabling collaboration, evolution and innovation in business and social enterprise…. www.learningemergence.net
- 6. A Project is a single instance of one survey across organisations or groups Costs of access to surveys •Set up and support costs •Log in costs We aim to make the costs of using the platform achievable for schools as well as Higher Education Institutions and Corporate Organisations. The pricing model starts with £900 set up and support costs and £3 per log in for small school projects. Larger projects need up to 5 days for set up and support costs. Logins costs for HEIs are £5 and £30 for corporate organisations. We don’t want any school to be prevented from using this platform because of costs so we have made it possible for schools to cluster together to form one bigger Project. A survey is accessed as a ‘Project’ What survey tools (Apps) are available? Crick Learning for Resilient Agency Profile Assessment of Learner Centred Practices Surveys (McCombs) Authentic Pedagogy Survey (Huang) Can we devise our own surveys? Yes. We can create and analyse bespoke surveys with you. Can we feed survey data back into our Management Information System? Yes – eXplorance are experts at integration through APIs. Costs for this have to be negotiated separately.
- 7. What sort of feedback is possible? PeoplePeople TeamsTeams LeadersLeaders Social scientists Social scientists Immediate visual feedback as spider diagram for coaching and personal change Histograms with basic statistics anonymised for a selected group for diagnosis and strategy More detailed anonymised descriptive statistics for organisational learning and leadership decisioning Raw anonymised data exported for sophisticated analysis and research low medium high Learning power 70.00 72.00 74.00 76.00 78.00 80.00 MeanofLivingmyvirtuesandvalues
- 8. What is a networked improvement community? Making systems work is the great task of my generation of physicians and scientists. But I would go further and say that making systems work — whether in healthcare, education, climate change, making a pathway out of poverty — is the great task of our generation as a whole. Atul Gwande April 2012 How do we Heal Medicine? What’s at the heart of our problem? What are our shared design principles? What’s our shared methodology for improvement? What is our measurement model? Test Fast Fail Fast And Early Learn And Improve See our system as a whole Rapid Prototypes within a disciplined overall evaluation framework which measure our shared purpose Harnessing collective intelligence for ongoing improvement towards our shared purpose
- 9. Learning Emergence SOLA Partners Simon Buckingham-Shum: Director of the Connected Intelligence Centre University of Technology Sydney. Co- founder of Learning Emergence network. Advisor to Board of Learning Emergence LLP. Tim Coburn: Corporate Learning and Development Specialist working with global companies on leadership and transformation projects. Tim Crick: MD of Decisioning Blueprints, formerly senior manager at RBSG, with a background in design and delivery of customer communication & decision management systems. Designated Member of Learning Emergence LLP. Roger Davies: Value Management and Systems Dynamic Modelling specialist. Researcher at the University of Bristol Ruth Deakin Crick: Reader in Systems Learning and Leadership at the University of Bristol and CI on International Centre for Infrastructure Futures. Visiting Professor at University of Technology Sydney. Designated Member of Learning Emergence LLP. Chris Goldspink: Director of Research at Incept Labs in Sydney. Shaofu Huang: LE-RAP business manager, data analyst and research associate on the International Centre for Infrastructure Futures at the University of Bristol. Kai Ren: Research Partner based in Xian in China. Manager of Chinese network and provider of access to research projects and partnerships Adam Usher: Teacher Educator and Work Integrated Learning Coordinator at Victoria University. Partner of Global Gymnasier Schools Network in Denmark and Asia Education Foundation in Australia.
- 10. Learning Emergence SOLA Partners Simon Buckingham-Shum: Director of the Connected Intelligence Centre University of Technology Sydney. Co- founder of Learning Emergence network. Advisor to Board of Learning Emergence LLP. Tim Coburn: Corporate Learning and Development Specialist working with global companies on leadership and transformation projects. Tim Crick: MD of Decisioning Blueprints, formerly senior manager at RBSG, with a background in design and delivery of customer communication & decision management systems. Designated Member of Learning Emergence LLP. Roger Davies: Value Management and Systems Dynamic Modelling specialist. Researcher at the University of Bristol Ruth Deakin Crick: Reader in Systems Learning and Leadership at the University of Bristol and CI on International Centre for Infrastructure Futures. Visiting Professor at University of Technology Sydney. Designated Member of Learning Emergence LLP. Chris Goldspink: Director of Research at Incept Labs in Sydney. Shaofu Huang: LE-RAP business manager, data analyst and research associate on the International Centre for Infrastructure Futures at the University of Bristol. Kai Ren: Research Partner based in Xian in China. Manager of Chinese network and provider of access to research projects and partnerships Adam Usher: Teacher Educator and Work Integrated Learning Coordinator at Victoria University. Partner of Global Gymnasier Schools Network in Denmark and Asia Education Foundation in Australia.