Day 2
How can we use learning analytics to foster more effective design practices?
In my opinion, learning analytics are useful for getting feedback, reflecting about methodologies, designing, learning spaces, etc. The latter allow educators to make better decisions, improve practices, see if there is something that needs to be modified and offer a space that best suits with learners’ needs. Educators can also track the activities of students and see the level of participation of the members of their classroom.
Angela.
Posted in: Week 12: Social Analytics
Allie 10:51 am on November 22, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Thanks for your post, Angela, and for helping us kick off social analytics week!
Do you find yourself using learning analytics? When we were first assigned social analytics as a topic, I had a hard time wrapping my head around it, but then realized that I’ve long used the ‘tracking’ feature on Vista to gauge individual student engagement in a course; sometimes I take particularly exemplary – or paltry – engagement in the participation grades I assign.
Angela Novoa 6:12 pm on November 22, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi Allie,
Actually I haven’t use learning analytics and I haven’t heard about it before, but, after reading the information presented on your site, and accessing to the presentation you linked for this activity, I realized how relevant it could be for evaluating how our job is being done and how our students are learning. Indeed Vista example is the most close experience that I have had. I had use it before, but I wasn’t conscious about the purposes of it.
Angela.
Kristopher 9:21 am on November 23, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi Angela,
I think there is a huge potential in catching the participation of the learners. I have never seen a whole lot of value in participation marks, but there is a huge social value in the participation of learners. Thanks for the thoughts…
Kristopher