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Learning analytics is the use of student data to analyze patterns and improve the learning experience. It allows teachers to identify at-risk students, enhance curriculum based on weaknesses, and predict learning outcomes. However, challenges include privacy issues, interpreting large amounts of data, and dealing with missing data. Learning analytics dashboards can organize feedback for students and teachers.

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Learning Analytics

Learning analytics is the use of student data to analyze patterns and improve the learning experience. It allows teachers to identify at-risk students, enhance curriculum based on weaknesses, and predict learning outcomes. However, challenges include privacy issues, interpreting large amounts of data, and dealing with missing data. Learning analytics dashboards can organize feedback for students and teachers.

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Learning Analytics

In Education
Hailey Mendez
Education 214 - 1001
What is Learning Analytics?

➢ Learning for students is a product of interactions between peers, educators, tutors, parents, and online
games and instructions (Elias 1). Therefore educators spend a great amount of time trying to design their
learning to maximize these interactions for the purpose of learning.

➢ learning analytics is an emerging technology that enable the statistical evaluation of data and patterns
within the data to be used to enhance learning experiences and environments.

➢ The purpose of learning analytics is to capture student data fast to build systems that the content and
levels of support are designed enhance student learning.

➢ It predicts behaviour, act on predictions, and then feed those results back into the process in order to
improve the predictions over time (Elias 5).
Predictive Learning
Analytics (PLA) 1
PLA has been used with advanced
computation predictive modeling to identify
which students are going to pass a course
and which are at risk. With software
emerging like this, teachers can begin to
target instruction to help those at high risk
while providing support to other groups of
students to maximize their potential.
Learning 3 Moodog - An
example of SNA
Analytics in As Tayna Elias says that with learning

the analytics we can proactively provide feedback


to the students and instructors. Elias says, “

Classroom
Moodog tracks the Moodle logs, and when
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certain conditions are met, Moodog
Analytics (SNA)
automatically sends an email to students to
SNA gives the ability to teachers to remind them to download or view a resource.”
understanding and interpreting patterns of
exchanges between students. For example,
in online learning student data can be
gathered about the types of
communication using chat logs, discussion
posts, and comments.
Learning Analytics Benefits

1. Identify target concerns - Teachers are provided with insight to students learning quickly so
that timely feedback and support can be given. Also, teachers can identify students at risk so
that intervention can be provided.

2. Curriculum enhancement - Through the analysis of data, educators can determine the
weaknesses in student learning and determine what improvements can be made. Educators
can strategically plan to ensure that the learning curriculum directly targets students needs to
maximize learning potential.

3. Student learning outcomes - Data mining can provide an analysis of how student learning
experience through learner interactions with technology can revil student persistence, learning
behavior, and ability to adapt all to predict learning outcomes.
Learning Analytics Challenges

1. Ethical and privacy issues - Problems such as consent, data accuracy, how to respect
privacy, sharing data, and data gathering pose issues to students privacy online.

2. Date Analysis- A technical challenge is presenting the information of collected data to


educators in a comprehensive manner. Sometimes the data is confusing or can be
misinterpreted.

3. Minimal requirements - As of now, learning analytics requires a minimum requirement of


some sort such as response time in order to make valid prediction and meaningful
interventions. Missing data is a critical challenge for learning analytics algorithm.
Youtube Video and Link to Explain
LA

Youtube Video: Example of how to apply learning analytics into your classroom

YouTube Video: What is learning analytics?

Website: What is learning analytics Northeastern University blog


Learning Analytics Dashboard

With the application of learning analytics, a dashboard can be created to organize the
received information in order to provide feedback.
Bibliography

Avella, John T., Mansureh Kebritchi, Sandra G. Nunn, and Therese Kanai. "Learning Analytics Methods, Benefits, and Challenges in
Higher Education: A Systematic Literature Review." Google Scholar. University of Phoenix, June 2016. Web. 25 Mar. 2021.
<https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1105911.pdf>.

Elias, Tanya. "Learning Analytics: Definitions, Processes, and Potential." Google Scholar. Creative Commons Attribution, Jan. 2011. Web.
25 Mar. 2021. <http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.456.7092&rep=rep1&type=pdf>.

Herodotou, Christothea, Bart Rienties, Avinash Boroowa, Zdenek Zdrahal, and Martin Hlosta. "A Large-scale Implementation of
Predictive Learning Analytics in Higher Education: The Teachers’ Role and Perspective." Google Scholar. Educational Technology
Research and Development, 2 July 2019. Web. 25 Mar. 2021. <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11423-019-09685-0#citeas>.

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