I gave this talk at the AMOSSHE (UK Student Services Organisation) conference in Cardiff on 08 February 2019. The conference theme was Data-driven, technology-enabled services for students.
Abstract
Learning analytics promises to enable a more personalised learning environment and empower students to make data-informed decisions during their learning journeys. However, the understanding of learning analytics and the interest in exploiting digital data to support learning varies across stakeholders. The cross-European project, SHEILA (Supporting Higher Education to Integrate Learning Analytics), engaged students, teachers, and senior managers directly to understand their interests and concerns about learning analytics. Based on the research findings, the SHEILA framework was developed to assist the process of policy and strategy formation in the higher education sector. In this session, Dr Yi-Shan Tsai (University of Edinburgh) highlights the discrepancies in the perceptions of learning analytics among different stakeholders, and how the SHEILA framework can be utilised to enhance the data-driven support for students in higher education.
