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“It’s getting to be an understatement that learning analytics are exploding as an area of interest. Attention to data and analytics appeals to a fairly broad spectrum – research, K-12, universities, administrators, and startups.
While we are getting dangerously close to hype-level, the quality and breadth of literature on learning analytics and educational datamining is improving as well. A few recent resources that I’ve come across may be of interest:
The State of Learning Analytics in 2012:A Review and Future Challenges (.pdf). An excellent report by Rebecca Ferguson, providing an overview of LA as well as challenges going forward.
http://kmi.open.ac.uk/publications/pdf/kmi-12-01.pdf
Analytics in Higher Education: Establishing a Common Language (.pdf) Self explanatory by title alone 
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http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI3026.pdf
Enhancing Teaching and Learning through Educational Data Mining and Learning Analytics (.pdf). A report by US Dept of Education. Details analytics processes and provides important challenges to consider if the field of LA is to progress.
http://evidenceframework.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/EDM-LA-Brief-Draft_4_10_12c.pdf
And finally, last week I presented, “Eli 2012 Sensemaking Analytics,” to EDUCAUSE’s online conference on learning analytics. Slides are below:
http://www.slideshare.net/gsiemens/eli-2012-sensemaking-analytics
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