{"id":1753,"date":"2020-11-08T12:56:01","date_gmt":"2020-11-08T19:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/?p=1753"},"modified":"2025-05-07T13:38:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T20:38:25","slug":"week-10-big-data-and-learning-analytics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/2020\/11\/08\/week-10-big-data-and-learning-analytics\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Data and Learning Analytics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/views\/TorontoCityandColour\/Final?:language=en&amp;:display_count=y&amp;mobile=&amp;:origin=viz_share_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/files\/2020\/11\/tableau-image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1760\" width=\"674\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/files\/2020\/11\/tableau-image-1.png 717w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/files\/2020\/11\/tableau-image-1-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>This is a stunning example of what can be visualized with big data analytics. <br>Click on the image to interact with the Tableau dashboard. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Data science is a growing field that uses big data analytics, machine learning and data mining to help improve a variety of industries. Educational services is one such industry that is expanding its use of learning analytics to improve the quality of teaching and learning.&nbsp; Learning analytics is already widely used in higher education to help faculty make better informed decisions and in recent years it has made inroads into the K-12 sector.&nbsp; This Open Education Resource, on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/bigdataandlearninganalytics\/start-here?authuser=0\">Big Data and Learning Analytics<\/a> <\/strong>focuses on the progress made in learning analytic tools and identifies three areas of opportunities for growth in K-12 education.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For this OER we have the following learning objectives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1) Review the history and current landscape of big data and learning analytics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2) Introduce key innovations in data collection and interpretation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3) Determine opportunities and recommendations for investors in learning analytics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Within our OER there are several activities for you to contribute your thoughts and perspectives on learning analytical tools. We have also included surveys and some discussion questions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We hope you will enjoy our OER and find it interesting and informative.Here&#8217;s the link  <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/bigdataandlearninganalytics\/start-here?authuser=0\">Big Data and Learning Analytics<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Allan, Amanda, Grant &amp; Jamie <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data science is a growing field that uses big data analytics, machine learning and data mining to help improve a variety of industries. Educational services&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/2020\/11\/08\/week-10-big-data-and-learning-analytics\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Big Data and Learning Analytics<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":32739,"featured_media":1755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[25,26],"class_list":["post-1753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a2-opportunity-forecast","tag-big-data","tag-learning-analytics","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32739"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1753"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7450,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753\/revisions\/7450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}