According to this recent infographic by Open Colleges, Learning Analytics can leverage education data and have a true impact on student’s educational experience. Learning Analytics goes beyond just tracking; it dives into each student’s interactions, analyzes their performance, makes the learning process very personalized and understand the learner’s responte to course content.

Key Takeaway: There is an existing need to track the progress of students individually and compare learning outcomes for the different courses and levels, but without a doubt, learning analytics requires great coordination, collaboration, and security to be effective. Definitely, learning analytics can help define better ways to improve learners’ performance at an individual level, improving retention and motivation as well.

This list is just a starting point for getting started with learning analytics comprehension, but we suggest you research it more extensively. Check out this article. 

Learning Analytics: Leveraging Education Data – An infographic by the team at Open Colleges