This piece on the website of The Guardian by Rebecca Ferguson is quite interesting. From online forum debates to predictive essay writing software, data showing how students learn can help universities adapt their teaching.
“Our students need to leave education with detailed knowledge of their specialist subject, and with the skills necessary to carry on learning and developing throughout their lives. They need critical skills to assess new situations and information, reflective skills to consider and develop their activity, and networking skills to function as effective team members or team leaders. Learning analytics should help them to develop these skills.”