The Use of Learning Analytics in Online Learning Environments: a Systematic Literature Mapping
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https://doi.org/10.5753/rbie.2022.2664Keywords:
Learning Analytics, Online Learning Environments, Data Visualization, Prediction of Students at Risk, Online education, Systematic Literature MappingAbstract
In recent years, there has been a great increase in the number of researches and application possibilities for an area of Learning Analytics, with regard to the measurement, collection, analysis and communication of data from students and their contexts in education. This study assesses the current state of the field of learning analytics through the analysis of scientific articles that address its use in online learning educational environments. Following a planning/protocol and conducting with the help of the Sumarize platform, a systematic mapping was carried out that resulted in 38 final studies that focus on the objective of understanding how Learning Analytics is used to help identify students who are facing difficulties in online courses. The studies were analyzed in detail based on the main objective mentioned above and the other defined research objectives. The results provided an overview of the area of Learning Analytics and the different problems that can be solved through its use, highlighting the identification of students with difficulties, in an attempt to solve the problem of failure and dropout in distance learning.
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