Beyond just following data: How does visualization strategy facilitate learning analytics design?

Jiaxin CAO, Yanjie SONG

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Abstract

In this poster, we reviewed 38 articles on learning analytics research, focusing on the data visualization interface designs. After examining the original ideas their interface design, a new visualization strategy was proposed to categorize and characterize them premised on their principles and approaches in four types, namely, (1) directly-presented, (2) outcome-oriented, (3) process-oriented, and (4) theory-oriented. Then, how these types of the visualization strategy could help facilitate learning analytics design and make data interpretable by users was presented. Copyright © 2019 Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 27th International Conference on Computers in Education
EditorsMaiga CHANG, Hyo-Jeong SO, Lung-Hsiang WONG, Fu-Yun YU, Ju-Ling SHIH
Place of PublicationTaoyuan, Taiwan
PublisherAsia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education
Pages372-374
Volume1
ISBN (Print)9789869721431
Publication statusPublished - 19 Nov 2019

Citation

Cao, J., & Song, Y. (2019). Beyond just following data: How does visualization strategy facilitate learning analytics design? In M. Chang, et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Computers in Education (Vol. 1, pp. 372-374). Taoyuan, Taiwan: Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education.

Keywords

  • Visualization strategy
  • Learning dashboard
  • Design principle
  • Learning analytics

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