Manolis Mavrikis presented on the potentials and pitfalls of learning analytics for exploratory and experiential learning. He discussed how learning analytics can support hands-on, inquiry-based learning through simulations, games, and coding activities. He provided examples from EU projects of using learning analytics to gain insights into classroom dynamics, student goal achievement, and support self-reflection. However, barriers remain in achieving the full potential of learning analytics due to issues around teacher and student literacy in making decisions based on analytics data.

1. Manolis Mavrikis
UCL Institute of Education, University College London
Learning Analytics for
Exploratory and Experiential Learning
Potentials and Pitfalls

2. Support for Exploratory and Experiential Learning
Constructionism Learning by doing
hands-on laboratory experiments
inquiry learning practice-based learning
simulations microworlds
serious games coding
Exploratory and Experiential Learning
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3. EXAMPLES FROM EU FP7 PROJECTS
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8. Similarities in practice-based learning
across 3 contexts
• Flexible project choice
– Student-led
– authentic discipline-related questions
• Collaborative
• Support student self-assessment
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- Electronics kit
- Embedded electronics
- Camera and motion sensing
- Software
- Server

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11. What can LA offer?
• Support the teacher/facilitator
• Increase learner awareness and encouraging reflection
– Learning how to learn (together)
– Learning how to make
• Help address research questions
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12. Classroom dynamics
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13. Goal achievement
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14. Educational Data Mining
and Visualisations
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15. Bayesian networks from data
degree of goal
completeness
time in
related pages
time spent
on attempts
need for help
previous
performance
difficulty
features
class
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16. Teacher Visualization
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17. Barriers to achieving LA potential
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18. Literacy on decision-making with LA
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19. This project has received funding from the European’s Seventh Framework Programme for research technological
development and demonstrations under grant agreement 619738
Acknowledgements
Sokratis Karkalas
(Phd@BBK)
MCSquared
Katerina Avramides Mutlu Cukurova Rose Luckin
PELARS (UCL-IOE)
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Daniel Spikol (Malmo) Lorna Stokes (ENOLL) Emanuele Ruffaldi (SSSA) Sergio Gutierrez-Santos (BBK)
Alice Hansen
iTalk2learn

20. This project has received funding from the European’s Seventh Framework Programme for research technological
development and demonstrations under grant agreement 619738
Thank you !
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