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The Learning Analytics Cycle:Closing the loop effectively
Doug Clow, Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University, UK
Second International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge LAK12, April/May 2012
reimplement it without the bugfixes
Not reinventing the wheelBut making a better cycle
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Outline • The Learning Analytics Cycle• Underpinning theories• Making it better
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• Capture• Report• Predict• Act• Refine
Campbell & Oblinger (2007)
“the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of data about
learners and their contexts, for purposes of understanding and
optimising learning and the environments in which it occurs”
- LAK11
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The Learning Analytics
Cycle
Kolb’sLearning
Cycle
Schön• Reflective practitioner
– Reflection-in-action, reflection-on-action– Iteration between espoused theories
and theories-in-use – Learning systems
• Single-loop vs double-loop learning
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Laurillard
Laurillard
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Closed-loop control system
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Improving feedback
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Openness • Transparency• Acceptability • Quality
Open Educational Resources (OER)
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• Optimise the right thing – not money– not proxies for learning
• Assessment is key– be like students:
focus on the assessment
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• Underpin with theory• Close the loop • Optimise the right thing
– more, faster, better feedback
• Target learners & teachers– not (just) managers and
policymakers• Pursue openness & ethics
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Learning Analytics Cycle
Doug Clow@dougclowd.j.clow@open.ac.ukslideshare.net/dougclowdougclow.wordpress.com
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