The first question I had when I looked that article was: what exactly is the promise of learning analytics? It seems to be something like this: "Learning analytics means using student lifecycle data to understand student engagement. Through this, HEIs can potentially trigger interventions early enough to help improve their performance." This promise may or may not be achieved through (traditional) learning analytics; I think the jury is still out. But James Hodgkin seems to find another purpose for it: "understanding data is more than a dashboard: it can improve data governance across higher education." It's a bit chicken-and-egg: better data governance can improve learning analytics, while an emphasis on learning analytics can improve data governance. But it all somehow leaves me wanting more.
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