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A Current Overview of the Use of Learning Analytics Dashboards

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Masiello, Italo, Mohseni, Zeynab (Artemis), Palma, Francis, Nordmark, Susanna, Augustsson, Hanna, Rundquist, Rebecka·2024·Education Sciences

Abstract

The promise of Learning Analytics Dashboards in education is to collect, analyze, and visualize data with the ultimate ambition of improving students’ learning. Our overview of the latest systematic reviews on the topic shows a number of research trends: learning analytics research is growing rapidly; it brings to the front inequality and inclusiveness measures; it reveals an unclear path to data ownership and privacy; it provides predictions which are not clearly translated into pedagogical actions; and the possibility of self-regulated learning and game-based learning are not capitalized upon. However, as learning analytics research progresses, greater opportunities lie ahead, and a better integration between information science and learning sciences can bring added value of learning analytics dashboards in education.

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Authors
Masiello, I., Mohseni, Z. (., Palma, F., Nordmark, S., Augustsson, H., & Rundquist, R.
Affiliations
  • Linnaeus University (SE)
  • University of New Brunswick (CA)
  • Karolinska Institutet (SE)
Corresponding author
Masiello, Italo
Venue
Education Sciences
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2024-01-11
Volume
14
Issue
1
Pages
82
ISSN
2227-7102 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4390738608
Cited by
59
References
38
Citations by year
2026: 34 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 10
FWCI
22.26
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Education Sciences (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (2020-01221, 2020/3209-5.1.1.)
  • Växjö Kommun (2020-01221, 2020/3209-5.1.1.)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Science Applications › Online Learning and Analytics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management Information Systems › Big Data and Business Intelligence
Keywords
learning analytics, learning analytics dashboards, educational data visualization, student learning improvement, educational inequality, data ownership, data privacy, learning prediction, educational intervention, student self-regulation, game-based learning

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