Learning Analytics and Potential Usage Areas in Education

The purpose of this study is to define learning analytics, to introduce concepts related to learning analytics and to introduce potential study topics related to learning analytics. Today’s education model has changed with evolving social and economic conditions over time. This change in education h...

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Main Authors: Fahri YILMAZ, Hasan ÇAKIR
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JOLTIDA 2021-07-01
Series:Journal of Learning and Teaching in Digital Age
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1856683
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description The purpose of this study is to define learning analytics, to introduce concepts related to learning analytics and to introduce potential study topics related to learning analytics. Today’s education model has changed with evolving social and economic conditions over time. This change in education has created such new situations as individualized learning, determination of student behavior and the use of alternative assessment tools. One of the learning tools that can be used is to learning analytics. Learning analytics is defined as measuring, collecting and reporting data related to learners and learning environments to understand and improve learning and the surrounding environment. The use of learning analytics creates opportunities for individualized learning, to determine the student behaviors associated with success by examining the student behaviors affecting success, it serves as an alternative assessment tool. The main subject of the learning analytics is to obtain meaningful results from the virtual learning environments to improve student outcomes in online learning environments.
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spelling doaj.art-82ba03d5d7eb45b3b3e9f1893d180ab22023-02-15T16:11:29ZengJOLTIDAJournal of Learning and Teaching in Digital Age2458-83502458-83502021-07-01628189Learning Analytics and Potential Usage Areas in EducationFahri YILMAZ0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4499-9712Hasan ÇAKIR1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8290-9079Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt UniversityGazi UniversityThe purpose of this study is to define learning analytics, to introduce concepts related to learning analytics and to introduce potential study topics related to learning analytics. Today’s education model has changed with evolving social and economic conditions over time. This change in education has created such new situations as individualized learning, determination of student behavior and the use of alternative assessment tools. One of the learning tools that can be used is to learning analytics. Learning analytics is defined as measuring, collecting and reporting data related to learners and learning environments to understand and improve learning and the surrounding environment. The use of learning analytics creates opportunities for individualized learning, to determine the student behaviors associated with success by examining the student behaviors affecting success, it serves as an alternative assessment tool. The main subject of the learning analytics is to obtain meaningful results from the virtual learning environments to improve student outcomes in online learning environments.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1856683learning analyticseducationpotential usage areaslearning environmentonline learning
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