{"id":1753,"date":"2024-08-06T10:21:48","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T17:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcsauderteachingplaybook\/?p=1753"},"modified":"2024-08-06T10:21:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T17:21:48","slug":"learning-analytics-and-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcsauderteachingplaybook\/learning-analytics-and-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Analytics and Data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At UBC Sauder, Learning Analytics plays an important role in all aspects of the teaching cycle including course planning, teaching, and assessment. Learning analytics enables data-driven decisions to support your teaching practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group sauder-accordion-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js is-open sauder-accordion sauder-accordion-first\" data-initially-open=\"true\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"false\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" id=\"accordion-1\"><h2 id=\"at-17530\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">What is Learning Analytics?<\/h2><div id=\"ac-17530\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Society for Learning Analytics Research (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.solaresearch.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SoLAR<\/a>) defines learning analytics as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cthe 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\u201dLong, P., &amp; Siemens, G. (2011). Penetrating the Fog: Analytics in Learning and Education.&nbsp;<em>Educause Review<\/em>, 31\u201340.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js sauder-accordion sauder-accordion-first\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"false\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" id=\"accordion-2\"><h2 id=\"at-17531\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">Canvas &amp; Learning Data<\/h2><div id=\"ac-17531\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p class=\"sauder-accordion-content wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Canvas <\/strong>has several tools available to access insights about student activity, including <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sauderteachingplaybook\/cavas-new-analytics\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"290\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Analytics<\/a>, the ability to export your gradebook, and review quiz details (in Classic Quizzes). The Learning Services team has also developed some experimental tools that support the transformation or visualization of some Canvas data sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sauder-accordion-content wp-block-paragraph\">For more information, please contact<a href=\"mailto:alison.myers@sauder.ubc.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> help@sauder.ubc.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js sauder-accordion sauder-accordion-related\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"false\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" id=\"accordion-related\"><h2 id=\"at-17532\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">Related Content<\/h2><div id=\"ac-17532\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p class=\"sauder-accordion-content sauder-accordion-related-content wp-block-paragraph\">There is a <a href=\"https:\/\/learninganalytics.ubc.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UBC Learning Analytics<\/a> project underway. The UBC Learning Analytics team is developing data infrastructure as well as learning analytics tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Society for Learning Analytics Research (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.solaresearch.org\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SoLAR<\/a>) is an international organization that runs the largest Learning Analytics conference, and is responsible for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solaresearch.org\/publications\/journal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Journal of Learning Analytics<\/a>. UBC is an institutional member of SoLAR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lava\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Learning Analytics and Visual Analytics<\/a> (LAVA) Community is a group of researchers, practitioners, students, and teachers at primarily at UBC who are involved in various learning analytics and visual analytics projects.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js sauder-accordion sauder-accordion-references\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"false\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" id=\"accordion-references\"><h2 id=\"at-17533\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">References<\/h2><div id=\"ac-17533\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p class=\"sauder-accordion-content sauder-accordion-content-references wp-block-paragraph\">Long, P., &amp; Siemens, G. 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