Hello from Ottawa/West Lafayette

Hello from Ottawa/West Lafayette

by Angela van Barneveld -
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Hello all! My name is Angela and I live in Ottawa, ON, although I am currently completing a PhD in Learning Design and Technology at Purdue University in Indiana.

I am interested in this course because analytics is a hot topic in the academic space, especially here at Purdue. Additionally, there are many types of analytics (learning, business, action, predictive, academic, etc.) which makes me wonder about similiarities and differences.

A successful course for me would be to actually emerge from my shell and participate/contribute.

Outside of the academic domain, my professional life is currently with IBM Canada in the Business Analytics (ironically) brand where I am responsible for the worldwide technical product certification program. Business analytics has been around for quite a while, so I am familiar with the concept of analytics for decision making using both historical and real-time data, but it remains just a concept at this time. I look forward to learning with all of you!