Targeted learning interventions – the opportunity afforded by learning analytics
As a means of better understanding learner success, higher education institutions, training providers and corporate learning and development teams are contemplating the opportunities learning analytics affords. Simply put, learning analytics is the collection, analysis and reporting of learner data, for the principle means of enhancing learning.
ABSTRACT
As a means of better understanding learner success, higher education institutions, training providers and corporate learning and development teams are contemplating the opportunities learning analytics affords. Simply put, learning analytics is the collection, analysis and reporting of learner data, for the principle means of enhancing learning. This paper explores the significant opportunities that learning analytics bestows online learning designers, educators and trainers. Specifically, this presentation explores the affordances learning analytics offers educators as a means of making targeted, informed interventions as a means of aiding learner success. It is argued that learning analytics, when available in a consistent and digestible format, not only provides educators with a clear view of the learners ‘footprint’, it also allows for the means of navigating the broad spectrum of possible learning interventions using an evidence based approach, one in which learner success is at the forefront.