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Journal of Computing in Higher Education

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24.01.2023

Wild brooms and learning analytics

verfasst von: Benjamin A. Motz, Anastasia S. Morrone

Erschienen in: Journal of Computing in Higher Education | Ausgabe 1/2024

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In this commentary we present an analogy between Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe’s classic poem, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, and institutional learning analytics. In doing so, we hope to provoke institutions with a simple heuristic when considering their learning analytics initiatives. They might ask themselves, “Are we behaving like the sorcerer’s apprentice?” This would be characterized by initiatives lacking faculty involvement, and we argue that when initiatives fit this pattern, they also lack consideration of their potential hazards, and are likely to fail. We join others in advocating for institutions to, instead, create ecosystems that enable faculty leadership in institutional learning analytics efforts.

Vorheriger Artikel Introduction to special section: learning analytics as part of the higher education ecosystem

Nächster Artikel Learning analytics as data ecology: a tentative proposal

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Titel: Wild brooms and learning analytics
verfasst von: Benjamin A. Motz
Anastasia S. Morrone
Publikationsdatum: 24.01.2023
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Journal of Computing in Higher Education / Ausgabe 1/2024
Print ISSN: 1042-1726
Elektronische ISSN: 1867-1233
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12528-023-09353-6

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