learning analytics as a metacognitive tool
DESCRIPTION
Learning analytics offers opportunities to the students to reflect about learning and develop metacognitive skills. Student-centered analytics are highlighted as a useful approach for reframing learning analytics as a tool for supporting self-directed and self-regulated learning. The article also provides insights about the design of learning analytics and examples of experiences that challenge traditional implementations of learning analytics.TRANSCRIPT
Learning Analytics as a Metacognitive Tool
CSEDU 2014Barcelona
1. Data-based societies
2. Analytics in education
Analytics Prediction Personalization
Adaptation
Intervention
Education Educational Data Mining
Academic Analytics
Learning Analytics
2. Learning Analytics
“The measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of
data about learners and their contexts, for purposes of
understanding and optimizing learning and the
environments in which it occurs”.
Society of Learning Analytics Research, 2013
3. Learning Analytics & Metacognition
Metacognition
Strategic Task ControlReflective Inquiry
Self Directed Learning &Self Regulated Learning
Motivation
Management
Monitoring LearningAnalytics
Pilling-Cormik & Garrison, 2007
4. Towards Student-Centered Analytics
LEARNING ANALYTICS
5. Design of environments supporting SDL & SRL
DigitalEnvironment
supporting Self Directed Learning &Self Regulated Learning
Plan
Receive feedback
Evaluate
should allow
6. Learning Analytics Design
Needs
Recognition of students’ ownership of data
Direct interaction with the data
Transparency and understandability
6. Learning Analytics Design
Some cases
Fig.1 - CAMeraFig.2 - MyExperiences
Fig.3 - Moodog
6. Learning Analytics Design
Goals
Support reflection and awareness
> Users have control on the data being monitored
6. Learning Analytics Design
Goals
Help transforming data into knowledge
> Use of information visualization as a tool for sense-making
David McCandlessInformationIsBeautiful.net
6. Learning Analytics Design
Goals
Encourage students to identify what do they value of their learning process
> Find out what is relevant ?
