Learning analytics and WIL : pushing the boundaries with data

Learning analytics condenses learning practices into data that can be used to understand and improve learning and learning environments. Despite the expanding possibilities, many learning analytics tools seem out of reach to practitioners. What does learning analytics offer to students, teachers and program coordinators in the context of work integrated learning? More 'traditional' learning analytics approaches have focussed on collecting and analysing online footprints which are not necessarily appropriate in the WIL context. Together with participants, we would like to explore other possibilities and expand the horizons of learning analytics to incorporate rich data and analyses, including but not limited to writing analytics, student-collected datasets and data for tracking student outcomes that can assist in managing and extending partner relationships. The Roundtable aims to collaboratively expand the possibilities, identifying ways that data can be used to improve work-integrated learning experiences and partner relationships, measure the impact of work integrated learning, and ultimately contribute to student and partner satisfaction and employability.