Month: January 2017

9th UK Learning Analytics Network meeting, University of Exeter, 22nd Feb 2017

Post author By Niall Sclater
Post date January 16, 2017
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Two students on campus — Picture By James Ram. www.jamesram.co.uk

Jisc’s next UK Learning Analytics Network meeting is taking place at The University of Exeter on Wednesday 22nd Feb. Exeter is relatively advanced with its learning analytics initiative, and we’re particularly looking forward to hearing from Prof Wendy Robinson, Academic Dean for Students, and her colleagues, who will kick off the day. Booking form One of the main […]

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What’s the evidence for learning analytics?

Post author By Niall Sclater
Post date January 10, 2017
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Learning analytics is a new area of activity, but is being built on top of other disciplines with a long history. Some, such as statistics, have been around for centuries; others like social network analysis are much more recent. But there is not yet much published evidence of direct impact from learning analytics on measures of student […]