A first introduction to Learning Analytics and the Learning Analytics Community Exchange project

1. LACE
–
Creating
a
Community
on
Learner
Analytics
and
Educational
Data
Mining
–
Structuring
the
Discourse
Tore
Hoel
(@tore)
Oslo
and
Akershus
University
College
of
Applied
Sciences
Norway
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3. Outline
• The
discourse
on
Learning
Analytics
• Learning
Analytics
Community
Exchange
–
LACE
project
• What
is
LA
&
EDM?
• A
Generic
Framework
for
LA
• Workplace
learning
and
LA
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Tore Hoel, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway,
Adam R. Cooper, CETIS, UK,
Mehrnoosh Vahdat, ITS Infinity, Italy,
Fabrizio Cardinali, ITS Infinity, Italy
Co-­‐authors
of
this
paper:

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5. • EU
30
month
Support
&
Coordination
project
• 24
more
months
to
go
• 9
partners
• Focus
areas
• Schools
• Higher
Education
• Industry
• Interoperability
&
Data
Sharing
• www.laceproject.eu
• evidence.laceproject.eu
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6. What
is
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
for
Learning
Analytics
Research
(SoLAR)
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Actionable
intelligence!
Not
Theoretical
Insights!
Not
Reporting!

7. Levels
of
Learning
Analytics
(UNESCO
Policy
Brief,
November
2012)
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8. Critical
dimensions
of
learning
analytics
(Greller
&
Drachsler,
2012)
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9. The
LA
feedback
loop
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10. LACE
facilitating
the
conversation
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• Competence
management
&
assessment
• Scaling
up
work
based
learning
• Quality
management

12. LA and Workplace learning – Competence
Management & Assessment
• Demonstrated
vs.
wanted
competences
• Locus
of
intervencon
–
Content
and
Resources
–
Assessment
and
Performance
!
• Knowledge
is
only
one
(of
many)
criccal
yardsccks
in
competency
management!

13. LA and Workplace learning – Scaling up
Work Based Learning
• Talent
driven
innovacon
• Support
for
up-­‐skilling
of
the
workforce
• Smart
manufacturing

14. LA and Workplace learning – Quality
Management
• Student
Guidance
Services
• Assessment
&
Evaluacon
• Retencon
techniques
• Performance
support
!
–The
data
scll
remain
unanalysed…

15. Conclusions
• Will
Data-­‐Driven
Learning
&
Assessment
mature
within
3
-­‐
5
years
(NMC
Horizon
Report
for
HE)?
• No
quick
fix
in
new
technologies
• LA
&
EDM
must
be
approached
from
a
holiscc
and
systemic
perspeccve
• Criccal
dimensions
must
be
addressed
• Community
engagement
is
key
• Join
LACE
accvices
–
become
an
associated
partner!

16. “LACE
–
Creating
a
Community
on
Learner
Analytics
and
Educational
Data
Mining
–
Structuring
the
Discourse”
by
Tore
Hoel,
Oslo
and
Akershus
University
College
of
Applied
Sciences,
was
presented
at
EDEN
Annual
Conference
on
12
June
2014.
!
tore.hoel@hioa.no
@tore
This
work
was
undertaken
as
part
of
the
LACE
Project,
supported
by
the
European
Commission
Seventh
Framework
Programme,
grant
619424.
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