The big data revolution is an exciting opportunity for universities, which typically have rich and complex digital data on their learners. It has motivated many universities around the world to invest in the development and implementation of learning analytics dashboards (LADs).
This talk will explore connections between two emerging fields focused on harnessing the potential of data – learning analytics and quantitative ethnography.
Learning analytics is hot. But are learning dashboards scalable and sustainable solutions for providing actionable feedback to students? Can learning dashboard be applied for feedback at scale? Is learning analytics applicable in more traditional higher education settings?
Today, Web Analytics (WA) is commonly used to obtain key information about users and their behavior on websites. Besides, with the rise of online learning, Learning Analytics (LA) emerged as a separate research field for collecting and analyzing learners' interactions on online learning platforms.