Current Issues in Emerging eLearning

Article Title

Logging in to Learning Analytics

Authors

Edna J. Pressler, Education Development Center

Abstract

According to the most recent Higher Education Editions of the Horizon Report (Johnson et al., 2013; Johnson, Adams, & Cummins, 2012; Johnson, Smith, Willis, Levine, & Haywood, 2011), learning analytics (LA) is an emerging technology that will be widely adopted within the next few years. In this article, I use the McKinsey 7S Model (Waterman, Peters, & Phillips, 1980) as a way to organize a review of the learning analytics (LA) literature, in order to help organizational leaders assess and increase an organization’s readiness for LA. More specifically, I identify the 7 areas of an organization that need to be aligned for optimal performance; and explain what suggestions and cautions the current LA literature offers in relation to each of the 7 areas.

Keywords

learning analytics, organizational assessment, McKinsey 7S, higher education, online education

Recommended Citation

Pressler, Edna J. (2014) "Logging in to Learning Analytics," Current Issues in Emerging eLearning: Vol. 1: Iss. 1, Article 6.
Available at: https://scholarworks.umb.edu/ciee/vol1/iss1/6