Handbook of Learning Analytics
Chapter 22
Global Perspectives on Learning Analytics in K12 Education
Cecilia Aguerrebere, Hao He, Michael Kwet, Mikko-Jussi Laakso, Charles Lang, Cecilia Marconi, Detra Price-Dennis, & He Zhang
Abstract
The utilization of learning analytics within K12 education has expanded over the last ten years. The availability of new software for both administering school systems and tools for teaching has increased and with it the amount of data collected and analyzed. However, each country is on a different path with respect to how it navigates the availability of these new technologies and the data they produce. Given the heterogeneity of systems, practices and cultures, rather than attempt to comprehensively document learning analytics the following chapter asked six scholars involved in K12 learning analytics research to document what they see as the key benefits and concerns associated with learning analytics within their country. The countries represented are China, Finland, South Africa, Uruguay and The United States of America. Although each is clearly different, a common theme emerges around the difficulties and dangers of moving education systems from data collection to data utilization.
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Title
Global Perspectives on Learning Analytics in K12 Education
Book Title
Handbook of Learning Analytics
Pages
pp. 223-231
Copyright
2022
DOI
10.18608/hla22.022
ISBN
978-0-9952408-3-4
Publisher
Society for Learning Analytics Research
Authors
Cecilia Aguerrebere
Hao He
Michael Kwet
Mikko-Jussi Laakso
Charles Lang
Cecilia Marconi
Detra Price-Dennis
He Zhang
Editors
Charles Lang
Alyssa Friend Wise
Agathe Merceron
Dragan Gašević
George Siemens