U-Behavior: Visual-Form Learning Analytics to Enhance Teaching and Learning

Abstract

Learning analytics have great potential to support students’ learning process and instructors’ learning design, specially when presented as a visualization, visual-form LA, designed in conjunction with student reflections. This presentation represents a multi-year mixed-methods study that collected students learning analytics from participation in retrieval practice activities, low-stake quizzes, and presented this data as visual-from LA to help students to be cognizant of and reflect on their learning practices in order to improve retention and recall by implementing high impact learning practices. Quantitative and qualitative data was collected, analyzed, and integrated to generate insights regarding the impact of the design on students’ study behaviors and students’ self-awareness of these behaviors. Findings suggest that the integration is successful in developing autonomous learners that more often recognize and implement effective learning behaviors.