Open Education Analytics is a process to get started on the data modernization and AI journey, developed by education systems in collaboration with Microsoft Education. The OEA Use Case Template provides a guide for designing and documenting decisions to ensure data and AI are used ethically and responsibly. OEA technical resources make getting started on data modernization much faster, with a framework that can be quickly deployed. Finally, open source modules and packages in OEA make it easier to explore common education datasets and to build models for education scenarios.

Define the Use Case Problem to solve through documenting decisions in the OEA Use Case Template​: Download OEA Use Case Template​

OEA recommends starting data projects by defining the problem to be solved for learners and learning up front.

Collaborating with key stakeholders in defining the problem (such as learners, educators, school leaders and the data team) can prevent many problems such as:

• Asking the wrong questions

• Using the wrong type of data or too much data for the use case

• Making incorrect assumptions

• Alienating the people who will use the data solution

Using the OEA Setup on GitHub, education data teams can set up the modern data estate in minutes.

To setup the fully functional OEA reference architecture, follow the 3-step setup process on the OEA GitHub repository. The OEA reference architecture has been developed by Microsoft data architects using the most powerful data services from Azure and open source tools. It sets up the foundation to enable many different use cases to be developed by an education system.

Setup

You can setup this fully functional reference architecture (which includes test data sets for basic examples of usage) in 3 steps:

1. Open cloud shell in your Azure subscription (use ctrl+click on the button below to open in a new page)

   Launch Cloud Shell

2. Download the OEA framework setup script and framework assets to your Azure clouddrive

   cd clouddrive
   

   wget
   

   https://github.com/OpenEducationAnalytics/OpenEduAnalytics/releases/download/OEA_framework_v0.6.1/OEA_v0.6.1.zip
   

   unzip ./OEA_v0.6.1.zip
   

3. Run the setup script like this (substitute “mysuffix” with your preferred suffix, which must be less than 13 characters and can only contain letters and numbers - this will be used as a suffix in the naming of provisioned resources):

   ./OEA_framework_v0.6.1/setup.sh mysuffix
   

Visit the OEA GitHub repository for additional setup steps and guidance.

Build off the work of the Open Education Analytics Community

OEA GitHub includes open source data modules for common education datasets. You can connect many of your datasets quickly, combine them with other data, and move to data visualisation and insights quickly.

Use OEA packages to develop models that solve common education challenges like predicting at risk or vulnerable students.

OEA is developed as a community so that education systems and OEA partners can contribute back to OEA as they develop modules and packages for use cases that may be relevant to other education systems. Learn how to contribute here.

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