Status of Learning Analytics in Asia: Perspectives of Higher Education Stakeholders

Kam Cheong LI; Carmen Jiawen YE; Billy Tak-Ming WONG

doi:10.1007/978-981-13-0008-0_25

Status of Learning Analytics in Asia: Perspectives of Higher Education Stakeholders

Kam Cheong LI, Carmen Jiawen YE, Billy Tak-Ming WONG

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Abstract

Despite the growing popularity of learning analytics in higher education, its development status in Asia was barely studied. This paper reports a study on the development of learning analytics in higher education in Asia. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight senior managers or senior academics from various tertiary institutions in Asia. The participants were asked about their institutions’ position on learning analytics, the progress in its implementation, factors leading to effective implementation, and challenges encountered, if any. The results showed that in those institutions where learning analytics has been implemented, it aimed mainly at enhancing student retention, pedagogy and student learning experience. Its effective implementation relies on support from senior management, and taking students’ views into account in decision-making. The participants’ institutions encountered difficulties due to teachers’ and students’ concerns, such as the increased workload and data privacy, as well as technical issues in data collection, processing and analysis. In short, though starting late in Asia, learning analytics has been gradually gaining attention and is being implemented. The future directions of research and practices in learning analytics are also discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Technology in education : innovative solutions and practices : Third International Conference, ICTE 2018, Hong Kong, China, January 9-11, 2018, revised selected papers
Editors	Simon K. S. Cheung, Jeanne Lam, Kam Cheong Li, Oliver Au, Will W. K. Ma, Wai-Shing Ho
Place of Publication	Singapore
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	25
Pages	267-275
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9789811300080
ISBN (Print)	9789811300073
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0008-0_25
Publication status	Published - 2018
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Volume	843
ISSN (Print)	1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)	1865-0937

Bibliographical note

Extended paper from the Third International Conference on Technology in Education, ICTE 2018, held in Hong Kong, China, in January 2018.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.

Funding

The work described in this paper was partially supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (UGC/ IDS16/15).

Keywords

Asia
Higher education
Learning analytics
Tertiary institutions

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LI, K. C., YE, C. J., & WONG, B. T.-M. (2018). Status of Learning Analytics in Asia: Perspectives of Higher Education Stakeholders. In S. K. S. Cheung, J. Lam, K. C. Li, O. Au, W. W. K. Ma, & W.-S. Ho (Eds.), Technology in education : innovative solutions and practices : Third International Conference, ICTE 2018, Hong Kong, China, January 9-11, 2018, revised selected papers (pp. 267-275). (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 843). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0008-0_25

LI, Kam Cheong ; YE, Carmen Jiawen ; WONG, Billy Tak-Ming. / Status of Learning Analytics in Asia: Perspectives of Higher Education Stakeholders. Technology in education : innovative solutions and practices : Third International Conference, ICTE 2018, Hong Kong, China, January 9-11, 2018, revised selected papers. editor / Simon K. S. Cheung ; Jeanne Lam ; Kam Cheong Li ; Oliver Au ; Will W. K. Ma ; Wai-Shing Ho. Singapore : Springer, 2018. pp. 267-275 (Communications in Computer and Information Science).

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LI KC, YE CJ, WONG BTM. Status of Learning Analytics in Asia: Perspectives of Higher Education Stakeholders. In Cheung SKS, Lam J, Li KC, Au O, Ma WWK, Ho WS, editors, Technology in education : innovative solutions and practices : Third International Conference, ICTE 2018, Hong Kong, China, January 9-11, 2018, revised selected papers. Singapore: Springer. 2018. p. 267-275. (Communications in Computer and Information Science). Epub 2018 Apr 13. doi: 10.1007/978-981-13-0008-0_25

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