Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Notes on Contributors



PART 1: Introduction



1 Big Data Analytics in Education for Dynamic Personalised Learning Design

 Myint Swe Khine



PART 2: Trends in Learning Analytics


2 Post-Traditional Learning Analytics: How Data and Information Technology Transform Learning Environment

 Alexander Amigud

3 The Use of Analytics for Educational Purposes: A Review of Literature from 2015 to Present

 Min Liu, Zilong Pan, Xin Pan, Dongwook An, Wenting Zou, Chenglu Li and Yi Shi

4 A Snapshot of Research on Learning Analytics: A Systematic Review

 Selcan Kilis and Yasemin Gulbahar

5 The Benefits of Learning Analytics in Open and Distance Education: A Review of the Evidence

 Billy Tak-Ming Wong



PART 3: Pedagogical Applications of Learning Analytics


6 The New Smarts in Teaching and Learning

 Jon Mason, Stefan Popenici, Leigh Blackall and Peter Shaw

7 Following the Learners’ Traces: Profiling Learners and Visualizing the Learning Process for Building Better Learning Experiences

 Arif Altun and Mehmet Kokoç

8 Analytical Indicators for Profiling and Improving Engagement and Success of Vulnerable Participants

 Mirella Atherton

9 Triangulating Student Engagement with “Built & Bought” Learning Analytics

 John Fritz and Robert Carpenter



PART 4: Learning Analytics and Educational Research


10 Implementation of a Learning Analytics System in a Productive Higher Education Environment

 Clara Schumacher, Daniel Klasen and Dirk Ifenthaler

11 Discourse Analysis Visualization Based on Community of Inquiry Framework

 Masanori Yamada, Yoshiko Goda, Kosuke Kaneko, Junko Handa and Yumi Ishige

12 Learning Support Systems Based on Cohesive Learning Analytics

 Fumiya Okubo, Masanori Yamada, Misato Oi, Atsushi Shimada, Yuta Taniguchi and Shin’ichi Konomi

13 The Learning Analytics and Flipped PBL for Tool-Design Learning

 Il-Hyun Jo

14 Learning Analytics Cockpit for MOOC Platforms

 Karin Maier, Philipp Leitner and Martin Ebner

About the Author

Myint Swe Khine, Ed.D. (2001), Curtin University of Technology, is Professor at Emirates College for Advanced Education, United Arab Emirates. He has published widely in international refereed academic journals and edited several books, including International Trends in Educational Assessment: Emerging Issues and Practices (Brill | Sense, 2019).