Driving Sustainable Development Through Data: A Looker Studio Dashboard for Philippine HEIs
Annotatsiya
Data serves as backbone to the operation of a higher education institutions for more data-driven decision making, however with significant and volumes of data due to multiple commitments and engagements. The lack of centralized data source for quick insights still exists caused by scattered and unprocessed data across different offices. The increasing demand for rapid and accurate reporting in HEIs motivated the researchers to adapt the latest computing tools towards sustainability of goals leading to data visualization. In this study, the researchers devised an interactive dashboard focusing on accessibility, low-cost, and specific in the context of an HEI that is connected to various dataset sources and aggregated using Google Looker Studio. While other dashboards exists, the novelty of practical application of the platform for developing a dashboard designed for HEIs focusing on the exploration of the unique and operational environment makes this study significant such that data fields and types were defined: calculated fields, selection of appropriate visualization types, dashboard layout, and interactivity. Results presents actionable insights offerings a clear picture of progress, challenges, and opportunities related to the goals particularly SDGs. Evaluation results were seen in the report that there are increase in the following: users average engagement time; the Platform measurement card yielding 100% that can be accessed through mobile and desktop; reaching 3 out of 10 ASEAN nations (including the Philippines) which shared their location while accessing the dashboard.