Institutions are at different stages of the learning analytics journey; while some may have infrastructure and processes in place, others may be unsure of where to start or how to use the data produced by their current systems
OnTask has been implemented and trialled in several higher institutions. These trials have provided detailed information about the most relevant functionality, technical requirements to include it as part of current institutional ecosystems, and user requirements to be adopted by instructors and students.
Learning analytics can offer your organization the power to turn raw data into actionable insights to improve teaching and learning best practices & results
Implementing a learning analytics system across all higher education institutions in Wales provides a model for the opportunities for such services at a national scale.
Egle Gedrimiene, Suvi Kauppi, Jenni Kunnari University of Oulu
The multidisciplinary team from the faculties of Education and Information Technology and Electrical Engineering got together to create and implement a new online learning analytics course at the University of Oulu. The goal of the course was to offer students multidisciplinary information on learning analytics applications in different contexts, and to develop and test the materials and design of the course.
While there was certainly a big conversation around the strategy of xAPI, there are still many tactical questions that audiences were asking. As a presenter and an attendee, these are the top five tactical questions I heard most from attendees along with some helpful answers and resources.