Sensors are ubiquitous. Any action mediated by technology can be tracked to an increasing level of detail. Learning is no exception. In a learning scenario, there are numerous interactions that may occur mediated by technology. If this is the case, there is a wealth of sensor data available to store, process and use to act or intervene in the learning environment. In this talk the potential for learning analytics as well as some of its drawbacks will be discussed.

1. SPDP Flickr
Learning Analytics: Sensing and
making sense of Learning
Activities
Harnessing Unobtrusive Sensing to Understand Human
Behaviour for Lifelong Goals
Sydney, 2 April 2013
Abelardo Pardo (@abelardopardo)
The University of Sydney
slideshare.net/abelardo_pardo

2. Jesse W. Dill Flickr
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3. Jesse W. Dill Flickr
Instructor transfer
knowledge
Passive student
Scarce interaction
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4. Jesse W. Dill Flickr
Instructor points to Instructor transfer
material and knowledge
proposes activities
Student involvement Passive student
required
Intense interaction Scarce interaction
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5. Joshua Rappeneker Flickr
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6. Chef Cooke Flickr.com
Observe only
while working
in the activities
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7. deepwarren Flickr
Observe in and out of the classroom
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8. Partial Instrumentation
Personal Device Student Instructor
Delimited context
User
App Course
App 1
User Act
App Course
App 2
Infer
User
App
Course
App 3 Report
User
App
Course Event Personal
App 4 Dataset Data
User
App Authenticated
Encoding
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9. Kevin Davies Flickr.com
A clearly identified
environment within
your computer
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10. Virtual Desktop
Common set of tools
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11. New Technology Mediated
Spaces
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12. Highersights Flickr
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