Big Data, Dashboards, and Data-Driven Educational Decision Making

Abstract

Business Intelligence (BI) performance dashboards are reliant computer software solutions that enable leaders or companies to gain insight into its critical operations through reporting applications and analysis tools. These management tools gauge performance and progress toward specific operational goals. Fortuitously, educational leaders now have access to dashboards which can be designed and developed to address a wide range of objectives, from monitoring whether online course delivery outcomes are being met by the learner. Conversely, online learners can view their performance with a course dashboard that compares their performance vis-à-vis peers. By merging performance dashboards with online delivery, it is expected that performance goals will be impacted positively. Encyclopedia of Strategic Leadership and Management topics for this chapter include, but are not limited to, the following: Management, the ways CEOs lead, performance management, managing creativity, and decision making and leadership.