Intro to Learning Analytics

Here are some links to Learning Analytics literature, developed to help with talks I give on learning analytics. They’ll make most sense in that context, but should be useful standalone. (If you want me to give the talk somewhere else, do get in contact.)

Last edit: 28 May 2014.

Introductory papers

• For teachers: Doug Clow (2013). An overview of learning analytics.Teaching in Higher Education, 18(6). [full text, preprint]
• View of the field: George Siemens (2013). Learning Analytics: The Emergence of a Discipline. American Behavioral Scientist, Oct 2013, 57, 1380-1400. [full text]
• Social learning analytics: Rebecca Ferguson & Simon Buckingham Shum (2012). Social learning analytics: Five approaches.2nd Intl. Conf. on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK12), 29 Apr-02 May 2012, Vancouver, BC, 23–33. [full text, preprint]
• Overview: Rebecca Ferguson (2012). Learning analytics: Drivers, developments and challenges. International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, 4(5/6), 304–317. [full text, preprint]
• For policymakers: UNESCO Policy Brief: Learning Analytics, Simon Buckingham Shum, Nov 2012.

Briefings series

• JISC CETIS Analytics Series – whole range of useful briefings and case studies. Ideal for practitioners or policymakers.  UK focus.
• EDUCAUSE Learning Analytics library – comprehensive briefings, papers and op-eds on the field. North American focus. Many of the key early papers here.
• Learning Analytics Community Exchange – live series of briefings, white papers, webinars and events. European focus.

LAK

The Learning Analytics and Knowledge conference: