For learners, with learners: Identifying indicators for an academic advising dashboard for students

  • Isabel Hilliger
  • , Tinne De Laet
  • , Valeria Henríquez
  • , Julio Guerra
  • , Margarita Ortiz-Rojas
  • , Miguel Ángel Zuñiga
  • , Jorge Baier
  • , Mar Pérez-Sanagustín

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Abstract

Learning Analytics (LA) dashboards aggregate indicators about student performance and demographics to support academic advising. The majority of existing dashboards are targeted at advisors and professors, but not much attention has been put into students’ need for information for their own academic decision-making. In this study, we identify relevant indicators from a student perspective using a mixed methods approach. Qualitative data was obtained from an open-ended online questionnaire answered by 31 student representatives, and quantitative data was collected from a closed-ended online questionnaire answered by 652 students from different cohorts. Findings point out relevant indicators to help students choose what courses to take in an upcoming academic period. Since this study is part of a large research project that has motivated the adoption of academic advising dashboards in different Latin American universities, these findings were also contrasted with indicators of these advising dashboards, informing future developments targeting students.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAddressing Global Challenges and Quality Education - 15th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2020, Proceedings
EditorsCarlos Alario-Hoyos, María Jesús Rodríguez-Triana, Maren Scheffel, Inmaculada Arnedillo-Sánchez, Sebastian Maximilian Dennerlein
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages117-130
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)9783030577162
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Event15th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2020 - Heidelberg, Germany
Duration: 14 Sep 202018 Sep 2020

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume12315 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference15th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2020
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityHeidelberg
Period14/09/2018/09/20

Keywords

  • Academic advising
  • Higher education
  • Learning analytics
  • Learning dashboards

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