Learning analytics

Learning analytics: Maximising data to motivate

learners’ behaviour

Rick Van Sant Blackboard International

“Where is the knowledge we

have lost in information.”

T.S. Elliot

Four Dimensions of Educational Analytics

Student Learning

• How can I easily find students who are at-risk?

• Who are the most innovative instructors?

• How are students performing on learning

outcomes over time?

• Which instructional strategies & tools are being

used in courses the most? The least? Which

are most effective to enhance student

engagement & success?

Student Learning Accountability

• What strategies to improve the quality of course

design and instruction result in better student

performance and course evaluations?

• How many logins, time on task, and other metrics

have occurred over time?

• What student activities are correlated to desired

outcomes, grades and course completion?

“Given accurate and timely

normed feedback, most

populations will self correct or

improve with little or no direct

intervention”

Forecasting,

Risk

Analytics

Reporting

Analytics

Optimization

Analytics

Advanced

Data

Visualization

“Data is not information, information is

not knowledge, knowledge is not

understanding, understanding is not

wisdom”

Clifford Stoll

THANK YOU

Rick Van Sant, Ph.D. rick.vansant@blackboard.com