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Current State of Learning Analytics: A Synthesis Review Based on the Combination of Activity Theory and Pedagogy

Current State of Learning Analytics: A Synthesis Review Based on the Combination of Activity Theory and Pedagogy

Wenting Sun, Niels Pinkwart, Tongji Li
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 28
ISBN13: 9781799871033|ISBN10: 1799871037|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799885658|EISBN13: 9781799871040
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7103-3.ch001
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Sun, Wenting, et al. "Current State of Learning Analytics: A Synthesis Review Based on the Combination of Activity Theory and Pedagogy." Advancing the Power of Learning Analytics and Big Data in Education, edited by Ana Azevedo, et al., IGI Global, 2021, pp. 1-28. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7103-3.ch001

APA

Sun, W., Pinkwart, N., & Li, T. (2021). Current State of Learning Analytics: A Synthesis Review Based on the Combination of Activity Theory and Pedagogy. In A. Azevedo, J. Azevedo, J. Onohuome Uhomoibhi, & E. Ossiannilsson (Eds.), Advancing the Power of Learning Analytics and Big Data in Education (pp. 1-28). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7103-3.ch001

Chicago

Sun, Wenting, Niels Pinkwart, and Tongji Li. "Current State of Learning Analytics: A Synthesis Review Based on the Combination of Activity Theory and Pedagogy." In Advancing the Power of Learning Analytics and Big Data in Education, edited by Ana Azevedo, et al., 1-28. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7103-3.ch001

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Abstract

Applying learning analytics (LAs) to actual teaching scenarios is a huge challenge. One of the problems that is required to be solved is how to combine LAs with pedagogy. Activity theory (AT) provides a conceptional tool for social human activities including objects and tools. Combining AT and pedagogical strategies as an analysis framework, this chapter analyzes LA application scenarios in seven components: subject, objective, community, tools, rules, division of labor, and outcomes. And learning theories present an in-depth analysis of rules. Conclusion shows in the LA application: teachers and students are main subjects; knowledge mastery is a common object; researchers and administrators play important roles while teachers have no specific teaching guidance to follow; presentation strategies of content are abundant; LAs integrate with multiple assessments; behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism embodied at different degrees; measurement of LAs application are diverse; not only learners, but characteristics of tasks need to be further studied.

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