David T. Jones writes, "Gardner captures one of my major concerns with how analytics may proceed, especially within institutions that are increasingly driven by accountability, efficiency and other concerns. Concerns that they are responding to with top-down management.... The end result is that it simplifies learning and how we treat to an extent that is meaningless." I think this is a valid concern. I've seen the efforts of managers to evaluate reserachers and other staff. The results are inevitably unsatisfactory, and the more data is demanded, the less satisfactory (and the more intrusive) they become. I am not opposed to learning analytics - the concept is still too fuzzy to meaningfully support or oppose - but I certainly share the caution.
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