Learning analytics dashboards are single displays that combine different indicators about learners, the learning process and/or the learning context into one or multiple visualisations.
Besides the well-documented benefits of learning analytics, serious concerns and challenges are associated with the application of these data-driven systems. Most notably, empirical evidence regarding privacy issues such as for learning analytics is next to nothing.
As Big Data and analytics become increasingly central to the management of both the academic and bureaucratic arms of postsecondary institutions, it’s critical for leaders to deal with issues around algorithmic bias, transparency, data ownership and more.