A learning analytics journey: Bridging the gap between technology services and the academic need

IF 6.4 1区教育学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Internet and Higher Education Pub Date : 2020-07-01 DOI:10.1016/j.iheduc.2020.100744

Pablo Munguia , Amelia Brennan , Sarah Taylor , David Lee

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Abstract

Developing data visualisation tools to support academics in the classroom is a challenging process due to the key requirements of usefulness and scalability, and the constraints of a university ecosystem. Here we describe the evolution of an enterprise-level, teacher-facing dashboard, designed to display data about students' enrolments and use of the Learning Management System in a meaningful way, and summarise the challenges and lessons we encountered along the way. This large university has a maturing learning analytics unit, a new, data-friendly LMS system, and data-savvy and data-hungry executive leadership. Yet the experienced pathway and evolutionary steps evidence the points that need be resolved to successfully deliver and transition to learning analytics solutions that have previously been conceptually proposed or tested at small scales in other studies. The key findings through the process highlight the level of uplift (in tech, capacity and capability) that universities need to meet contemporary demands and future possibilities.

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学习分析之旅:弥合技术服务与学术需求之间的差距

由于有用性和可扩展性的关键要求以及大学生态系统的限制，开发数据可视化工具以支持课堂上的学术研究是一个具有挑战性的过程。在这里，我们描述了一个面向教师的企业级仪表板的演变，该仪表板旨在以有意义的方式显示有关学生注册和使用学习管理系统的数据，并总结了我们在此过程中遇到的挑战和教训。这所大型大学拥有一个成熟的学习分析部门，一个新的数据友好型LMS系统，以及精通数据和渴望数据的行政领导。然而，经验丰富的途径和进化步骤证明了需要解决的问题，以成功交付和过渡到学习分析解决方案，这些解决方案在其他研究中已经在概念上提出或在小范围内进行了测试。这一过程中的主要发现突出了大学为满足当代需求和未来可能性所需要的提升水平(在技术、能力和能力方面)。

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Internet and Higher Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

CiteScore

19.30

自引率

4.70%

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审稿时长

40 days

期刊介绍： The Internet and Higher Education is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal focused on contemporary issues and future trends in online learning, teaching, and administration within post-secondary education. It welcomes contributions from diverse academic disciplines worldwide and provides a platform for theory papers, research studies, critical essays, editorials, reviews, case studies, and social commentary.