Construction on learning analytics object for sharing and interoperation of educational big data

Abstract

Educational Big Data (EBD) come from various types of Educational Systems such as LMS, CMS, ITS, SLS, and MOOCs. How to share and interoperate Educational Big Data for Learning Analytics (LA) has garnered a lot of research attention. In the paper, we probe into the process of Learning Analytics, outline the dataflow of EBD, define the Learning Analytics Object, and propose a new data format model for the Learning Analytics object to actualize the sharing and interoperability of Learning Analytics.