The document discusses the role of learning analytics in improving educational outcomes by analyzing data from learners' interactions. It highlights various methods for tracking student activities and issues related to user tracking, evaluation, and architectural considerations for learning analytics applications. The Go-Lab project is mentioned as an example of utilizing learning analytics for remote and virtual labs in education.

1. Learning Dashboards &
Learnscapes
Sten Govaerts
OUJ-GLOBE/AXIES/KU - International Seminar for MOOCs and
Digital Libraries
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2. KULeuven team:
Human-Computer Interaction
• technology enhanced learning
• music
• research
http://hci.cs.kuleuven.be/
EPFL team:
REACT - Real-time Coordination &
Distributed Interaction Systems Group
• technology enhanced learning
• social media
• transportation
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http://react.epfl.ch/
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3. 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. MOOCs & learning
analytics
• what is going on in the course?
• what are (other) students doing?
• which resources are important?
• which students are experiencing problems?
• can we automatically grade assessments?
• can we provide automatic feedback to
students?
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6. 13
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7. how do we track?
• twitter
• blog/blog comments
• time tracking: toggl.com
• user actions:
• eclipse plug-in
• virtual machines
• logs from learning management systems
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8. how do we track?
• twitter
• blog/blog comments } OPEN
• time tracking: toggl.com
• user actions:
• eclipse plug-in
• virtual machines
• logs from learning management systems
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9. case studies.
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10. J. L. Santos, K.Verbert,
S. Govaerts, and E.
Duval. Visualizing PLE
Usage. Proceedings of
EFEPLE11: 1st
Workshop on Exploring
the Fitness and
Evolvability of Personal
Learning Environments,
CEUR Laclusaz, France,
30-31 March 2011
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11. http://jlsantoso.blogspot.com/
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12. Jose Luis Santos; Sten Govaerts; Katrien Verbert; Erik Duval. Goal-
oriented visualizations of activity tracking: a case study with engineering
students. ACM Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference 2012.
h"p://ariadne.cs.kuleuven.be/stepup/dashboardthesis.jsp
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13. Govaerts, Sten;Verbert, Katrien,
Duval, Erik; Pardo, Abelardo, The
Student Activity Meter for
Awareness and Self-reflection.
http://ariadne.cs.kuleuven.be/monitorwidget-chi
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14. Govaerts, Sten;Verbert, Katrien,
Duval, Erik; Pardo, Abelardo, The
Student Activity Meter for
Awareness and Self-reflection.
http://ariadne.cs.kuleuven.be/monitorwidget-chi
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15. Govaerts, Sten;Verbert, Katrien,
Duval, Erik; Pardo, Abelardo, The
Student Activity Meter for
Awareness and Self-reflection.
http://ariadne.cs.kuleuven.be/monitorwidget-chi
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http://mume11.snakeflash.com/

17. also on tabletop...
Vandeputte, Bram; Klerkx, Joris; Duval, Erik. Applying Design
Strategies in Publication Networks - A Case Study.
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18. issues.
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19. user tracking issues
how do we know
which actions are
relevant before we
track them?
• what are relevant learner actions?
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20. user tracking issues
how do we know
which actions are
relevant before we
track them?
• what are relevant learner actions?
• how can we capture learner actions?
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21. feedback loops.
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22. evaluation issues
• how to evaluate usefulness?
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23. evaluation issues
• how to evaluate usefulness?
• how to evaluate learning impact?
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26. architectural issues
• how to exploit mobile devices to
collaborate and communicate?
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27. architectural issues
• how to exploit mobile devices to
collaborate and communicate?
• what kind of infrastructure can support
learning analytics applications best?
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28. architectural issues
• how to exploit mobile devices to
collaborate and communicate?
• what kind of infrastructure can support
learning analytics applications best?
• how to make learning analytics re-usable?
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29. architectural issues
• how to exploit mobile devices to
collaborate and communicate?
• what kind of infrastructure can support
learning analytics applications best?
• how to make learning analytics re-usable?
• how to create seamless transition between
mobile, laptop, tablet, tabletop and large
public displays?
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30. Go-Lab project
• remote & virtual labs for
elementary & secondary school
students to promote science
• learning analytics in online labs for
teachers & students
• enabling scaffolds,
recommendations &
dashboards
http://www.go-lab-project.eu/
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31. portable learning
analytics dashboards
• re-use dashboard across platforms and users
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32. portable learning
analytics dashboards
• re-use dashboard across platforms and users
• standardise the way to track and query
learning analytics data
• Activity Streams
• OpenSocial widgets
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33. portable learning
analytics dashboards
• re-use dashboard across platforms and users
• standardise the way to track and query
learning analytics data
• Activity Streams
• OpenSocial widgets
• learning analytics on any platform that
supports OpenSocial
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34. portable learning
analytics dashboards
• re-use dashboard across platforms and users
• standardise the way to track and query
learning analytics data
• Activity Streams
• OpenSocial widgets
• learning analytics on any platform that
supports OpenSocial
• dashboard config can be made portable.
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35. portable learning
analytics dashboards
• re-use dashboard across platforms and users
• standardise the way to track and query
learning analytics data
• Activity Streams
• OpenSocial widgets
• learning analytics on any platform that
supports OpenSocial
• dashboard config can be made portable.
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36. どうも ありがとう ございます！
sten.govaerts@epfl.ch
slides will appear on http://www.slideshare.net/stengovaerts
LAK13: Learning Analytics and Knowledge
8-12 April 2013 Leuven, Belgium
http://lakconference.org/
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