The document discusses learning analytics and focuses on collecting and analyzing student data traces to improve learning. It references empowering students through self-reflection and awareness of their own learning patterns. Key issues discussed include student ownership of data, capturing meaningful traces, and evaluating the impact of learning analytics approaches. The document promotes the upcoming LAK13 conference on learning analytics and knowledge to be held in Leuven, Belgium in April 2013.

1. Learning Analytics
(‘in Europe’)
Learning Analytics Summit
Vancouver, 3 May 2012
Erik Duval
http://erikduval.wordpress.com
@ErikDuval
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2. Learning Analytics is about
collecting traces
that learners leave behind
and using those traces
to improve learning.
http://erikduval.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/learning-analytics-and-educational-data-mining/
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4. empowerment
[user centered design]
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http://mume11.snakeflash.com/

6. awareness
self-reflection
sense making
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7. http://jlsantoso.blogspot.com/
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8. Govaerts, Sten;Verbert, Katrien, Duval, Erik;
Pardo, Abelardo, The Student Activity Meter for
Awareness and Self-reflection. Proceedings of CHI
Conference on Human Factors in Computing
Systems, 2012, Austin, Texas, ACM.
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11. http://mirror-project.eu/
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12. on-the-job
physical and software sensors
including mood tracking
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13. issues?
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14. ownership?
capturing meaningful traces?
evaluation?
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15. LAK13: Learning Analytics and Knowledge
8-12 April 2013 Leuven, Belgium
http://lakconference.org/
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16. Questions?
http://erikduval.wordpress.com/
twitter: @ErikDuval
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