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1. Learning Analytics in Higher Education—A Literature Review

Authors : Philipp Leitner, Mohammad Khalil, Martin Ebner

Published in: Learning Analytics: Fundaments, Applications, and Trends

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This chapter looks into examining research studies of the last five years and presents the state of the art of Learning Analytics (LA) in the Higher Education (HE) arena. Therefore, we used mixed-method analysis and searched through three popular libraries, including the Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK) conference, the SpringerLink, and the Web of Science (WOS) databases. We deeply examined a total of 101 papers during our study. Thereby, we are able to present an overview of the different techniques used by the studies and their associated projects. To gain insights into the trend direction of the different projects, we clustered the publications into their stakeholders. Finally, we tackled the limitations of those studies and discussed the most promising future lines and challenges. We believe the results of this review may assist universities to launch their own LA projects or improve existing ones.

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Title
Learning Analytics in Higher Education—A Literature Review
Authors
Philipp Leitner
Mohammad Khalil
Martin Ebner
Copyright Year
2017
Book
Learning Analytics: Fundaments, Applications, and Trends

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-52976-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-52977-6

Copyright Year: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52977-6_1

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