Comments on: What are Learning Analytics? http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2010/08/25/what-are-learning-analytics/ learning, networks, knowledge, technology, community Tue, 2 Apr 2013 01:35:56 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Ken Anderson http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2010/08/25/what-are-learning-analytics/comment-page-1/#comment-65833 Ken Anderson Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:02:15 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=4982#comment-65833 So, Is learning analytics essentially a data-mining (and analysis etc) of students extra-school learning/activity, akin to data-mining by web social networks? Or would it only be data-mining of the info that LMS's gather? Could a student choose what extra-school data would be mined? Your diagram shows a wide source for the data. What are the privacy implications of that? So,

Is learning analytics essentially a data-mining (and analysis etc) of students extra-school learning/activity, akin to data-mining by web social networks? Or would it only be data-mining of the info that LMS’s gather? Could a student choose what extra-school data would be mined? Your diagram shows a wide source for the data. What are the privacy implications of that?

]]> By: leighblackall http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2010/08/25/what-are-learning-analytics/comment-page-1/#comment-65640 leighblackall Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:53:02 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=4982#comment-65640 When the method for analysis is usable, it will compliment existing processes inside formal education, such as Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), or assessment of prior learning (APL) that theoretically help people find accelerated pathways through curriculum. This really only works where assessment is standardised, such as the national unit standards used in Australia or New Zealand. HE resist this standardisation, making RPL and APL impossibly inefficient. The ultimate would be a method that assists people to do their own LA and develop evidence for arguing for more precise RPL or APL. I imagine this tool as a browser add on, something that could collect, track and save communicative and informative activity. When the method for analysis is usable, it will compliment existing processes inside formal education, such as Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), or assessment of prior learning (APL) that theoretically help people find accelerated pathways through curriculum. This really only works where assessment is standardised, such as the national unit standards used in Australia or New Zealand. HE resist this standardisation, making RPL and APL impossibly inefficient.

The ultimate would be a method that assists people to do their own LA and develop evidence for arguing for more precise RPL or APL.

I imagine this tool as a browser add on, something that could collect, track and save communicative and informative activity.

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