Learning analytics in online learning: trying hard but need to do better

I have now covered all five main articles in the special August issue of the journal Distance Education on learning analytics (because it is not an open publication). These are:

• analytics and learning design at the UKOU.
• analytics and personality traits in a high school in China
• analytics and gamification in an undergraduate course at a Hong Kong university
• learning analytics to predict mastery using an online mathematics tutoring system
• MOOCs and student data privacy: a sentiment analysis based on the terms of service of three MOOC providers.

However, there are also two commentaries on the five articles in this issue. More...