Capitalizing on Learning Analytics Dashboard for Maximizing Student Outcomes

With ongoing advancements in technology enabled learning, an opportunity has risen for educators to enhance student learning with use of Learning Analytics. Educational institutions are using Learning Analytics Dashboards (LAD) to provide students with timely and personalized feedback in visual format. LAD use advanced analytical capabilities that capitalize on online learner activities that are extracted from log files. They provide data-driven insights on current learning contexts and inform management on any learning intervention strategies that may be needed to support students in achieving their learning outcomes. Besides students, the perspective of instructors too is considered. Using easy-to-read graphical reporting formats (e.g., line graphs, scatter plot, bar charts, etc.), the LAD reveals a consolidated view of how online learning is taking place. In this manner, a snapshot depicting details of student learning patterns can enable instructors to monitor their students' learning strategies. At the same time, the LAD assists students too by providing them with a personalized environment to help them engage better with the learning outcomes. Therefore, LAD is increasingly used as a pedagogical approach to motivate students and help build their self-learning capacity. In this study, we propose to develop a real-time dashboard that pulls online student data from various sources including a learning management system (Moodle), University's library and from the student management system (SMS) that is used by the staff.