Second Special Issue on Learning Analytics in Computing Education

This article introduces the special issue from SoLAR’s 2016 Learning Analytics and Knowledge conference. The field of learning analytics (LA) draws heavily on theory and practice from a range of diverse academic disciplines. In so doing, LA research embodies a rich integration of methodologies and practices, assumptions and theory to bring new insights into the learning process. Reflecting this rich diversity, the theme of LAK 2016 highlights the multidisciplinary nature of the field and embraces the convergence of these disciplines to provide theoretical and practical insights to challenge current thinking in the field. This overview introduces six articles, each of which expands on an invited talk or paper from the conference, with the added goal of offering a small taste of the rich experience that comes from active participation in the conference.

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Learning Analytics and Computational Techniques for Detecting and Evaluating Patterns in Learning: An Introduction to the Special Issue

Journal of the Learning Sciences ◽

10.1080/10508406.2013.840466 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 22 (4) ◽

pp. 511-520 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

Taylor Martin ◽

Bruce Sherin

Keyword(s):

Learning Analytics ◽

Computational Techniques ◽

Special Issue

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LAK16 Editorial

Journal of Learning Analytics ◽

10.18608/jla.2017.41.2 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Carolyn Penstein Rosé ◽

Shane Dawson ◽

Hendrik Drachsler

Keyword(s):

Learning Process ◽

Learning Analytics ◽

Active Participation ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

Academic Disciplines ◽

Special Issue ◽

Rich Diversity ◽

Current Thinking ◽

Multidisciplinary Nature ◽

The Rich

This article introduces the special issue from SoLAR’s 2016 Learning Analytics and Knowledge conference. The field of learning analytics (LA) draws heavily on theory and practice from a range of diverse academic disciplines. In so doing, LA research embodies a rich integration of methodologies and practices, assumptions and theory to bring new insights into the learning process. Reflecting this rich diversity, the theme of LAK 2016 highlights the multidisciplinary nature of the field and embraces the convergence of these disciplines to provide theoretical and practical insights to challenge current thinking in the field. This overview introduces six articles, each of which expands on an invited talk or paper from the conference, with the added goal of offering a small taste of the rich experience that comes from active participation in the conference.

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Widening the Field and Sparks of the Future

Journal of Learning Analytics ◽

10.18608/jla.2014.13.1 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

pp. 1-3

Author(s):

Negin Mirriahi ◽

Shane Dawson ◽

Dragan Gasevic ◽

Philip D. Long

Keyword(s):

Doctoral Students ◽

Hot Spots ◽

Learning Analytics ◽

Course Design ◽

Harvard University ◽

Summer Institute ◽

Pedagogical Practice ◽

Special Issue ◽

International Learning ◽

Broad Scale

This issue of the Journal of Learning Analytics comprises two special issue sections. The first of which presents five papers from the 4th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge conference held in Indianapolis. The second showcases the current or recent work of doctoral students who attended the 2nd Learning Analytics Summer Institute at Harvard University, Boston. The issue also includes two articles in the Hot Spots section, discussing the application of learning analytics initiatives in higher education institutions from different perspectives – broad-scale initiatives to individual course design. The breadth and diversity of the articles covered in this issue demonstrate how the discipline has matured and moved towards understanding student learning to inform pedagogical practice and curricular redesign coupled with strategies for the application and adoption of LA strategies across institutions

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