So what do you get from learning analytics (LA), exactly? We think it means more learning (whatever that means) but it's not clear that the research bears this out. According to the authors, "the extent to which the LA data generated, gathered, and analysed actually corresponds to learning remains unclear." They distinguish between "a practice-based community led by management units within higher education institutions and an academic community whose object of research study is LA as such." Each finds its own value in LA, but that value is different for each. But that is what raises the question of 'what is learning', and "an undue emphasis on metrics and quantification in research on LA legitimises" doesn't make the answer clearer.
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