Higher Education Teachers’ Experiences with Learning Analytics in Relation to Student Retention

Deborah West; Henk Huijser; David Heath; Alf Lizzio; Danny Toohey; Carol Miles

Higher Education Teachers’ Experiences with Learning Analytics in Relation to Student Retention

Deborah West, Henk Huijser, David Heath, Alf Lizzio, Danny Toohey, Carol Miles

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This paper presents findings from a study of Australian and New Zealand academics (n = 276) that teach tertiary education students. The study aimed to explore participants’ early experiences of learning analytics in a higher education milieu in which data analytics is gaining increasing prominence. Broadly speaking participants were asked about: (1) Their teaching context, (2) Their current student retention activities, (3) Their involvement in, and aspirations for, learning analytics use, (4) Their relationship with their institution around learning analytics. The sampled teaching staff broadly indicated a high level of interest but limited level of substantive involvement in learning analytics projects and capacity building activities. Overall, the intention is to present a critical set of voices that assist in identifying and understanding key issues and draw connections to the broader work being done in the field.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ascilite2015
Subtitle of host publication	Australasian Society for Computers in Learning and Tertiary Education Curtin University, Perth, Australia : Conference Proceedings
Publisher	Curtin University
Pages	308-319
Number of pages	12
Publication status	Published - 29 Nov 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	Ascilite 2015 - Curtin University, Bentley, Australia Duration: 29 Nov 2015 → 2 Dec 2015

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Conference	Ascilite 2015
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Bentley
Period	29/11/15 → 2/12/15

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Learning Analytics
Student Retention
Higher Education

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West, D., Huijser, H., Heath, D., Lizzio, A., Toohey, D., & Miles, C. (2015). Higher Education Teachers’ Experiences with Learning Analytics in Relation to Student Retention. In ascilite2015: Australasian Society for Computers in Learning and Tertiary Education Curtin University, Perth, Australia : Conference Proceedings (pp. 308-319). Curtin University. http://www.2015conference.ascilite.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ascilite-2015-proceedings.pdf

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Higher Education Teachers’ Experiences with Learning Analytics in Relation to Student Retention. / West, Deborah; Huijser, Henk; Heath, David et al.
ascilite2015: Australasian Society for Computers in Learning and Tertiary Education Curtin University, Perth, Australia : Conference Proceedings. Curtin University, 2015. p. 308-319.

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