Share Paper: A Holistic View on Learning Analytics: Opportunities and Challenges

  1. Dirk Ifenthaler, University of Mannheim, Germany

Abstract: Learning analytics emphasize insights and responses to real-time learning processes based on educational information from digital learning environments, administrative systems, and social platforms. Currently, promising learning analytics applications are being developed which use learner generated data and other relevant information in order to personalise and continuously adapt the learning environment. Students benefit from learning analytics through optimised learning pathways, personalised interventions, and real-time scaffolds. Learning analytics provide teachers detailed analysis and monitoring on the individual student level, allowing to identify particularly instable factors, like motivation or attention losses, before they occur. Further, learning analytics facilitate decision-making on institutional level and ...