Author Archives: Kasun Sanjeewa

OneSchool Global Uses Octopus BI on AWS to Get Fast Access to Educational Data and Better Track Student Progress

Executive Summary OneSchool Global implemented Octopus BI dashboards on AWS to cut data access time from months to less than 24 hours and better track student growth and learning progress. The Octopus BI solution takes data from Amazon S3 and … Read More

Introducing Adel Hakami as Octopus BI’s new Customer Success Manager based in Sydney, Australia.

Octopus BI is thrilled to announce the appointment of Adel Hakami as our new Customer Success Manager. With over 12 years of experience in account management and customer success, Adel brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the rapidly … Read More

Jared Ward joins Octopus BI as the VP of Sales and Partnerships in North America

Octopus BI is thrilled to announce the appointment of Jared Ward as the Vice President of Sales and Partnerships in North America. With over 20 years of experience in the education and edtech industry, Jared is poised to lead Octopus … Read More

4 important qualities of the learner of the future

4 important qualities of the learner of the future

We recently dove into some of the most important skills that learners (and teachers) of the future will need to embody for growth and success in both personal and professional environments.  However, it isn’t just practical skills that learners of … Read More

Top 3 skills for the learner of the future

Top 3 skills for the learner of the future

The choices we’ve made over the last couple of years have changed education forever. The choices we make today will continue to affect change. It’s up to us to make sure that our choices create better learning experiences for everybody, … Read More

The 5 biggest trends in learning going into 2023

The pace of change in the education sector has accelerated rapidly in the last two years, as it has for many industries. From early childhood education right through to workplace and professional training, there have been many new ideas and … Read More

8 most popular data visualizations for learners

At Octopus BI, we help businesses and schools integrate many sources of critical learning data into clear, visual dashboards of data visualizations where they can see all their information at a snap. This brings business intelligence into the realm of … Read More

How to streamline your education data analytics efforts

How to streamline your education data analytics efforts

The changes that have been made to the way we deliver education over the last 18-24 months have been significant.  The adoption of online tools has been prolific. The migration of teaching practice to support blended and full-time online programs … Read More

5 tips to help teachers with data-driven decision making

5 tips to help teachers with data-driven decision making

In today’s information age, education providers have a unique opportunity to take advantage of all the technological advances available to them. This includes the proliferation of tools that allow for the collection, reporting and analysis of student data, a field … Read More

How to increase student retention through learning analytics

How to increase student retention through learning analytics

Student retention has been an important concern for higher education, vocational and workplace education providers for years. While the COVID-19 pandemic has put strain on the educational industry in many ways, its effects will continue to reverberate for years to … Read More