Students endorsed descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive data points driven by a desire to understand study progress and act on it¶

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q2 i? Student choices of dashboard data points were driven by a desire to better understand their study progress and take appropriate action, spanning descriptive (assignment scores, VLE engagement), predictive (score prediction), and prescriptive (recommendations, contact information) data. → Herodotou 2025

Evidence¶

Herodotou 2025¶

Herodotou, C., Shrestha, S., Comfort, C., Andrews, H., Mulholland, P., Bayer, V., Maguire, C., Lee, J. & Fernandez, M. (2025). A Participatory Approach to Designing a Student-Facing Dashboard for Online and Distance Education. Journal of Learning Analytics, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.18608/jla.2025.8481

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In six focus groups, 20 students sorted and rated data points by usefulness; frequency tables and thematic analysis showed endorsement of assignment scores, credits passed, forecasts, and recommendations. The article states choices were "driven by a desire to better understand their study progress and take appropriate action."

"Student choices of data points were driven by a desire to better understand their study progress and take appropriate action."

Discussion¶

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