Learning Analytics Trends Driving Education in 2021
Over the past decade, technological innovations have revolutionized the teaching and learning process. While instructional design and delivery of content is important, special emphasis has been laid on learner assessment and feedback as well. Data-driven insights are crucial to the learning process today and there is mounting evidence to support this. In the 2020 L&D Global Sentiment Survey, conducted on 2,278 people from 86 countries, a majority said that learning analytics will take the center-stage in global L&D trends going forward. While this survey pertains to workplace learning, learning analytics is making its way into the education sector as well.
Learning Analytics at the Center of the Post-Pandemic Digital Classrooms
Personalized learning has been identified as a crucial element of 21st century education. Institutions have been showing an increased interest in EdTech tools that can help them offer a flexible learning environment, to help students learn at their own pace, while teachers are leveraging these tools to drive greater student engagement. While this was majorly concentrated in higher education, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the trend into the K-12 classrooms as well.
Now, more than ever before, the importance of “effective” online learning has come to the forefront. In the absence of face-to-face classroom interactions, analytical insights into students’ learning behavior will prove critical in driving positive learning outcomes.
In 2021, we expect to see greater innovations in EdTech tools, training and flexible curriculum. Traditional classroom outcomes are expected to be merged with stackable credentials, digital badges and certificates. Learning analytics will occupy center-stage in all these efforts.
Learning Analytics in K-12 Education
In the past, data analysis has been ad-hoc at best, due to inaccuracy and incompleteness. Now, the amount of data is huge, as student interactions with learning management systems or content delivery platforms are leaving behind huge digital trails online. The demand for insight has risen exponentially, so that educational publishers and educators can make informed decisions regarding arming students with critical skills to compete in the digital economy.
In this context of enhanced learning, two trends that will continue to make waves are AI and Big Data. The latest technologies help collect relevant student data (browsing activities, quiz results, course completion times, logging on and off times and more) and analyze it efficiently and accurately. It is also not just about data, but the presentation of that data in form of easy-to-understand graphs, charts, percentages and more. This is what will drive informed decision-making.
Pushing Towards Self-Regulated Learning
To provide the best support to learners, advanced digital learning platforms will use analytics to provide relevant and personalized learning pathways…
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