Presentation given on the "Seminar Tools voor Learning Analytics" day organized by SURF on March 7th in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Audience consisted of suppliers of learning analytics tools and stakeholders of higher education.

1. SIG LA Model of Learning Analytics Obstacles Recommendations for the future
Reflecting on Learning Analytics Tools
The experiences of the Special Interest Group
Sander Latour
latour@uva.nl
@sanderlatour
Universiteit van Amsterdam
7 maart 2013
Sander Latour Universiteit van Amsterdam
Reflecting on Learning Analytics Tools

2. SIG LA Model of Learning Analytics Obstacles Recommendations for the future
1 SIG LA
2 Model of Learning Analytics
3 Obstacles
4 Recommendations for the future
Sander Latour Universiteit van Amsterdam
Reflecting on Learning Analytics Tools

3. SIG LA Model of Learning Analytics Obstacles Recommendations for the future
http://surfspace.nl/learninganalytics
Twitter: #SIG LA
Sander Latour Universiteit van Amsterdam
Reflecting on Learning Analytics Tools

4. SIG LA Model of Learning Analytics Obstacles Recommendations for the future
Sander Latour Universiteit van Amsterdam
Reflecting on Learning Analytics Tools

5. SIG LA Model of Learning Analytics Obstacles Recommendations for the future
Sander Latour Universiteit van Amsterdam
Reflecting on Learning Analytics Tools

6. SIG LA Model of Learning Analytics Obstacles Recommendations for the future
Sander Latour Universiteit van Amsterdam
Reflecting on Learning Analytics Tools

7. SIG LA Model of Learning Analytics Obstacles Recommendations for the future
Sander Latour Universiteit van Amsterdam
Reflecting on Learning Analytics Tools

8. SIG LA Model of Learning Analytics Obstacles Recommendations for the future
Sander Latour Universiteit van Amsterdam
Reflecting on Learning Analytics Tools

9. SIG LA Model of Learning Analytics Obstacles Recommendations for the future
Sander Latour Universiteit van Amsterdam
Reflecting on Learning Analytics Tools

10. SIG LA Model of Learning Analytics Obstacles Recommendations for the future
Sander Latour Universiteit van Amsterdam
Reflecting on Learning Analytics Tools

11. SIG LA Model of Learning Analytics Obstacles Recommendations for the future
Sander Latour Universiteit van Amsterdam
Reflecting on Learning Analytics Tools

12. SIG LA Model of Learning Analytics Obstacles Recommendations for the future
Sander Latour Universiteit van Amsterdam
Reflecting on Learning Analytics Tools

13. SIG LA Model of Learning Analytics Obstacles Recommendations for the future
1 Data was difficult to access.
(e.g. uSis, Evasys, Blackboard)
2 Systems were intended for administration, not analytics.
Data was not entered with analytics in mind
3 Data was severly incomplete.
(e.g. Fronter, Blackboard Learn 9.1)
4 Tools were difficult to combine
Conversion scripts needed to be written
Sander Latour Universiteit van Amsterdam
Reflecting on Learning Analytics Tools

14. SIG LA Model of Learning Analytics Obstacles Recommendations for the future
1 What you (don’t) collect determines everything else
let’s not collect too little (keeping analytics in mind)
2 Combining multiple tools is inevitable
let’s make it easier
3 Great danger for tool-centric analytics
let’s keep it learner-centric
Sander Latour Universiteit van Amsterdam
Reflecting on Learning Analytics Tools

15. SIG LA Model of Learning Analytics Obstacles Recommendations for the future
Sander Latour Universiteit van Amsterdam
Reflecting on Learning Analytics Tools

16. SIG LA Model of Learning Analytics Obstacles Recommendations for the future
Sander Latour Universiteit van Amsterdam
Reflecting on Learning Analytics Tools

17. SIG LA Model of Learning Analytics Obstacles Recommendations for the future
Sander Latour Universiteit van Amsterdam
Reflecting on Learning Analytics Tools

18. SIG LA Model of Learning Analytics Obstacles Recommendations for the future
Sander Latour Universiteit van Amsterdam
Reflecting on Learning Analytics Tools

19. SIG LA Model of Learning Analytics Obstacles Recommendations for the future
Rome wasn’t built in a day,
but we have to keep building
Sander Latour Universiteit van Amsterdam
Reflecting on Learning Analytics Tools