The “I”s have it

Development of a framework for implementing Learning Analytics

Abstract

Learning Analytics are increasingly becoming commonplace in tertiary institutions and there are many frameworks and implementation strategies that have been developed to assist institutions in effective take up. Most of these are aimed at an institutional level and at strategic development, often with a key aim of improving student retention. This paper briefly discusses and compares these frameworks and introduces an alternative, complementary framework that is aimed at a practical level of implementation for groups or teams, be this a discipline group or a project team. The framework is built on 6 “I”s – impetus, input, interrogation, intervention and impact, all within an institutional context.