Woensdag 11 november Sessieronde 4 Titel: De toekomst van Learning Analytics - wat is haalbaar en wat is wenselijk? Spreker(s): Doug Clow (Open University UK), Hendrik Drachsler (Open Universiteit) Zaal: Leeuwen I

1. The future of Learning Analytics
Wat is haalbaar en wat is wenselijk?
Hendrik Drachsler| Open Universiteit
Onderwijsdagen 2015| 11 November 2015
#laceproject, #owd2015, @hdrachsler

2. The future of Learning Analytics
Wat is haalbaar en wat is wenselijk?
Hendrik Drachsler| Open Universiteit
Onderwijsdagen 2015| 11 November 2015
#laceproject, #owd2015, @hdrachsler

3. The LACE project
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K12 Workplace
HEI Community-building through events &
communication channels/social media
(cross-disciplinary HEI, K12, Workplace)
 Technology transfer & best practice
 Organized 22 events, and contributed to 33
(tutorials, workshops, conferences, etc.
Dé Onderwijsdagen, 11 November 2015
European support action aimed at integrate communities working on LA from schools,
workplace and universities

4. LACE Goals and objectives
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• Objective 1 – Promote
knowledge creation and
exchange
• Objective 2 – Increase the
evidence base
• Objective 3 – Contribute to
the definition of future
directions
• Objective 4 – Build consensus
on interoperability and data
sharing
Dé Onderwijsdagen, 11 November 2015

5. Why envisioning the future of learning analytics
 We are interested in indications
of the future of learning
analytics:
 To provide guidance for policy
makers
 To help coordinate research
 We have described 9 possible
futures of learning analytics
(visions)
 Conceivable with current
technology, but challenging in
their implications
 Developed and winnowed
down within the project
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6. We are carrying out a 'policy Delphi'
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 To solicit informed judgments on the future of
learning analytics, in order to understand
 The underlying trends
 The opinions of stakeholders from different areas
 The visions are of interest in themselves, but their
main purpose is as a tool for eliciting and thinking
about beliefs about
 The trends which are driving learning analytics
 The implications of those trends

7. Today's workshop
 Share the visions:
 https://goo.gl/Elsx3x
 The main purpose is to generate enlightening
conversations on
 The current trends in learning analytics
 Where those trends are leading to
 We would also like to include the points from your
conclusions in the wider study.
 All contributions will be anonymous
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8. Three stages of the workshop
 Stage 1: Short presentation of a vision (Doug)
 Stage 2: Rate Vision on (Audience)
 1. ‘haalbaar’ =‘feasible’
 2. ‘wenselijk’ = ‘desirable’
 By raising your hands!
 Stage 3: Capture some comments on each Vision
 Miriam Brand will take notes on rating results per vision
and write down comments
In total 5 minutes per Vision, let’s see how far we get !!!

9. Vision 1: 2025, LA are essential tools for
educational management
9Pic by: Janneke Staaks, https://www.flickr.com/photos/jannekestaaks/14204590229/
• A wide range of data about
learner behaviour is used
• This generates good quality,
real-time predictions about
likely study success
• Learners, teachers,
managers and policymakers
have access to live
information
• You don’t have to wait to
see if a course is booming
or failing

10. Vision 2: 2025, LA analytics support self-directed
autonomous learning
10Pic by: SparkFun, https://www.flickr.com/photos/sparkfun/4536382170/
• No Curricula anymore
• Students create study
groups that decide their
learning goals and how to
achieve these
• Analytics support info
exchange and group
collaborations
• Teachers become MENTORS
• Formative assessment is
used to guide future
progress towards learning
goals

11. Vision 3: 2025, analytics are rarely used in
education
11Pic by: Tara Hunt, https://www.flickr.com/photos/missrogue/94403705
• Courses that are automated
by analytics are seen as
inferior
• Learners have realised that
they can game the system
• There have been major
leaks and misuse of
sensitive personal data
• All use of data for
educational purposes has to
be approved not only by the
learner but also by new
inspectorates.

12. Vision 4: 2025, classrooms monitor the physical
environment to support learning and teaching
12Pic by: SparkFun, https://www.flickr.com/photos/sparkfun/4536382170/
• Furniture, pens, writing pads –
almost any tool used during
learning – can be fitted with
sensors.
• Cameras monitor movements,
and record exactly how learners
work with and manipulate
objects.
• Information is used to monitor
learners’ progress.
• Teachers are alerted to signs of
individual learner’s boredom,
confusion, and deviation from
task.

13. Vision 5: 2025, most teaching is delegated to
computers
13Pic by: Charis Tsevis, https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5215/5470451264_c0612f2102_z_d.jpg
• Development of enormous
datasets containing information
about hundreds of thousands of
learners
• It is possible to provide reliable
evidence-based
recommendations about the
most successful routes to
learning
• Recommendations are better
informed and more reliable than
by even the best-trained humans

14. Vision 6: 2025, personal data tracking supports
learning
14Pic by: SparkFun, https://www.flickr.com/photos/sparkfun/4536382170/
• Sensors gather personal
information about factors
such as posture, attention,
rest, stress, blood sugar, and
metabolic rate.
• This data helps people to
master skills as swimming,
driving, and passing
examinations
• Programmes using this data
to optimise learning for
different ages and courses

15. Vision 7: 2025, individuals control their own data
15Pic by: Gideon Burton, https://www.flickr.com/photos/wakingtiger/3157622608
• People are aware of the importance
and value of their data.
• Learners control the type and
quantity of personal data that they
share, and with whom they share it
• If they do not engage with these
tools, then no data is shared and no
benefits gained.
• Most educational institutions run
campaigns to raise awareness of the
risks and exposure of data

16. Provide your ideas for the Future!
 Don’t forget to share the
Visions with your colleges or
friends
 We are keen on getting as
many replies to make a rich
judgment how the future will
look like
 You can find the Visions here:
https://goo.gl/Elsx3x
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17. “The future of Learning Analytics” by Hendrik Drachsler, OU
NL, and Doug Clow, OU UK, was presented at the
Onderwijsdagen 2015 in Rotterdam, Netherlands 11
November, 2015.
@dougclow
dougclow.org
doug.clow@open.ac.uk
This work was undertaken as part of the LACE Project, supported by the European Commission Seventh
Framework Programme, grant 619424.
www.laceproject.eu
@laceproject
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