Learning Analytics

Educational Data Mining is an emerging discipline, concerned with developing methods

for exploring the unique types of data that come from educational settings, and using those
methods to better understand students, and the settings which they learn in. [8]

Some examples of the types of applications that can result from Educational data mining are [9]:

Analysis and visualisation of data

Providing feedback for supporting instructors
Recommendations for students
Predicting student performance
Student modelling
Detecting undesirable student behaviours
Grouping students
Social network analysis
Developing concept maps
Constructing courseware
Planning and scheduling

Application 1: Elective/Major selection

Success of the student mainly depends on the interest of the student towards the course.
Course selection is essential for every student to decide his career

Understand the determining factors in course/major selection

What could be the features and what could be the tools/methods

Application 2: Alumni attitude survey analysis

Understand the determining factors in course/major selection

What could be the features and what could be the tools/methods

Application 3: Predictive assessment analysis

To understand how students will perform based on past data.

Understand the determining factors

What could be the features and what could be the tools/methods

Application 4: How to improve curriculum?

Understand the determining factors

What could be the features and what could be the tools/methods

Application 5: How to improve learning resources?

Understand the determining factors

What could be the features and what could be the tools/methods

Application 6: How to improve teaching methods?

Understand the determining factors

What could be the features and what could be the tools/methods