Learning analytics has become increasingly present in educational settings. Whenever information technologies are used for educational purposes, there is a trail of evidence of the activities and behaviors of both learners and instructors. Over time, the analysis of this evidence, be it real-time data or data stored in database systems, may help better understand and improve educational processes. Learning analytics covers a wide variety of analysis techniques over multiple-sourced data (content repositories, interactive systems, multimedia streams) and technologies (learning management systems, educational games, virtual settings, mobile devices), ranging from data mining to data visualizations, and focusing on different aspects of […]