Let’s not forget: Learning analytics are about learning

TechTrends

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 64-71

  Gašević, Dragan ^a   Dawson, Shane ^b   Siemens, George ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational research; Learning analytics; Learning sciences; Learning technology; Self regulated learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929463814     PISSN: 87563894     EISSN: 15597075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11528-014-0822-x     Document Type: Article

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