Learning analytics - policy and practice - Evidence for Enhancement

Project overview

Learning analytics was one of the collaborative cluster projects. It aimed to scope the collective understanding of learning analytics within the Scottish sector. The project was led by the University of Strathclyde, with contributions from 13 other institutions.

Building on the work complete during year one, the cluster has developed the STELAR wiki resource to help share and promote practice
The cluster has also undertaken research into student engagement with learning analytics.

In the final year of activity the cluster:

Produced sector-wide policy/guidance/best practice documents to support institutions implementing learning analytics
Updated the STELAR wiki reflecting the most recent work of the Scottish institutions and incorporating the year 2 student focus group work
In summer 2020, hosted an online learning analytics summit, including a workshop on staff engagement in learning analytics.

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Learning Analytics Resources

The STELAR (Scottish Tertiary Education Learning Analytics Resource) wiki helps share and promote learning analytics policy and practice in Scotland’s higher education sector. The wiki, which the University of Strathclyde host, also supports cross-institutional collaboration for institutions implementing learning analytics.

Explore the wiki

Reports

Learning analytics: Student perception across Scottish higher education institutions

Publication date: 04 Sep 2019

This report documents the investigation into students' perceptions of potential adoption of learning analytics within Scottish HEIs, as it pertains to their overall student experience. It aims to provide a student voice from a cross-institutional perspective that can better inform decision-making across the higher education sector. This work was completed as part of the Evidence for Enhancement Theme.

Author:	QAA Scotland
Format:	PDF
Size:	0.24 MB

Learning analytics: Student categories

Publication date: 29 Oct 2018

This report explores the student categorisation in 11 departments at the University of Strathclyde. The findings form a base for future work, which could further explore the use of these categories in order to be more inclusive of students of different backgrounds and circumstances. This work forms part of the Learning Analytics collaborative cluster project from the Evidence for Enhancement Theme. The report was authored by Wanda Fischera.

Author:	QAA Scotland
Format:	PDF
Size:	0.29 MB