TY - GEN
T1 - Status of learning analytics in Asia
T2 - 3rd International Conference on Technology in Education, ICTE 2018
AU - Li, Kam Cheong
AU - Ye, Carmen Jiawen
AU - Wong, Billy Tak Ming
N1 - Funding Information:
The work described in this paper was partially supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (UGC/ IDS16/15).
Funding Information:
Acknowledgement. The work described in this paper was partially supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (UGC/ IDS16/15).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Despite the growing popularity of learning analytics in higher education, its development status in Asia was barely studied. This paper reports a study on the development of learning analytics in higher education in Asia. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight senior managers or senior academics from various tertiary institutions in Asia. The participants were asked about their institutions’ position on learning analytics, the progress in its implementation, factors leading to effective implementation, and challenges encountered, if any. The results showed that in those institutions where learning analytics has been implemented, it aimed mainly at enhancing student retention, pedagogy and student learning experience. Its effective implementation relies on support from senior management, and taking students’ views into account in decision-making. The participants’ institutions encountered difficulties due to teachers’ and students’ concerns, such as the increased workload and data privacy, as well as technical issues in data collection, processing and analysis. In short, though starting late in Asia, learning analytics has been gradually gaining attention and is being implemented. The future directions of research and practices in learning analytics are also discussed.
AB - Despite the growing popularity of learning analytics in higher education, its development status in Asia was barely studied. This paper reports a study on the development of learning analytics in higher education in Asia. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight senior managers or senior academics from various tertiary institutions in Asia. The participants were asked about their institutions’ position on learning analytics, the progress in its implementation, factors leading to effective implementation, and challenges encountered, if any. The results showed that in those institutions where learning analytics has been implemented, it aimed mainly at enhancing student retention, pedagogy and student learning experience. Its effective implementation relies on support from senior management, and taking students’ views into account in decision-making. The participants’ institutions encountered difficulties due to teachers’ and students’ concerns, such as the increased workload and data privacy, as well as technical issues in data collection, processing and analysis. In short, though starting late in Asia, learning analytics has been gradually gaining attention and is being implemented. The future directions of research and practices in learning analytics are also discussed.
KW - Asia
KW - Higher education
KW - Learning analytics
KW - Tertiary institutions
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85045687719&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-13-0008-0_25
DO - 10.1007/978-981-13-0008-0_25
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85045687719
SN - 9789811300073
T3 - Communications in Computer and Information Science
SP - 267
EP - 275
BT - Technology in Education
A2 - Ho, Wai Shing
A2 - Lam, Jeanne
A2 - Ma, Will W. K.
A2 - Cheung, Simon K.
A2 - Li, Kam Cheong
A2 - Au, Oliver
Y2 - 9 January 2018 through 11 January 2018
ER -