In: Psychology
Students’ interactions with universities create large amounts of
data. The data is generated in several main areas. Firstly,
students provide data as part of their application and enrolment
process, including entrance and demographic data. Secondly,
students’ interactions with the school website generate data, and
thirdly, students’ performance data is collected in the student
information system. Universities can use this data in many ways by
combining and aggregating the data from these difference sources
and analysing it for patterns, trends and causal relationships
between certain behaviours and outcomes.
Note: (For this, you will have to google "Learning Analytics" if
you don't specifically know what it is.)
Q1. Discuss the benefits that could arise to students from Learning Analytics.
Q2. Discuss the benefits that could arise to a university from Learning Analytics.
Q3. Describe some possible negative outcomes for students from Learning Analytics.
Q4. Do you think the collection and analysis of student-relating data is ethical?
Q1. Discuss the benefits that could arise to students from Learning Analytics.
Used for analysation with of learning pathways, if they are in accordance with the students and if learning pathways have been personalised according to the students. Also, if data and learning has been made visualised.
Q2. Discuss the benefits that could arise to a university from Learning Analytics.
It could help people to identify the students who are at risk or may be drop outs or have a potential to do so. Also, it could allow the universities to intervene such that the students would not do so.
Q3. Describe some possible negative outcomes for students from Learning Analytics.
Students might get demoralised, if the outcomes are not in accordance with the reality. For example, if a student haas no intention of dropping out and if it is said that he would do it in future, it might add to lowering fine their morale.
Q4. Do you think the collection and analysis of student-relating data is ethical?
There is a huge dilemma to the fact that the private data if the students are being leaked, with a huge risk of collection of data. There are trust issues with the fact that there may be issues with motivation .