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Learning analytics: challenges and limitations (2017)
Journal Article
Wilson, A., Watson, C., Thompson, T. L., Drew, V., & Doyle, S. (2017). Learning analytics: challenges and limitations. Teaching in Higher Education, 22(8), 991-1007. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2017.1332026

Learning analytic implementations are increasingly being included in learning management systems in higher education. We lay out some concerns with the way learning analytics – both data and algorithms – are often presented within an unproblematized... Read More about Learning analytics: challenges and limitations.

Big data and learning analytics: Singular or plural? (2017)
Journal Article
Wilson, A., Lynn Thompson, T., Watson, C., Drew, V., & Doyle, S. (2017). Big data and learning analytics: Singular or plural?. First Monday, 22(4), https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v22i4.6872

Recent critiques of both the uses of and discourse surrounding big data have raised important questions as to the extent to which big data and big data techniques should be embraced. However, while the context dependence of data has been recognized,... Read More about Big data and learning analytics: Singular or plural?.