Learning Analytics: the good, the bad and the ugly – University of Plymouth Digital Learning Day

Last week I had the privilege of invited to be the opening keynote at the University of Plymouth’s annual learning and teaching event.  The first day of the the two day celebration of learning and teaching was devoted to digital learning developments. The day had a strong focus on learning analytics and digital capabilities.

My talk focused on the experiences we have had a GCU in developing our learning analytics which have, and continue to be, good, bad and ugly – often simultaneously!

In terms of the Western theme, I think that worked quite well too.  Data is often talked  about as new (black) gold, so I started my talk by taking a quick look back into the history of the Californian gold rush.