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Learning Analytics
Definition
The collection, analysis, and reporting of data about learners and their learning contexts to understand and optimize learning outcomes. Learning analytics leverages data from LMS platforms, xAPI statements, and other sources to provide actionable insights for improving training effectiveness.
Where it fits in the SDI system
Define the skills, leadership, practice, information, and specialist support people need to perform, not merely complete learning activity.
SDI practitioner lens
From definition to decision
Learning analytics should help someone make a better capability or performance decision. Useful analysis connects participation and practice evidence to role context, workplace behavior, and outcomes while respecting identity, consent, access, and interpretation limits.
01 / Decision it should inform
Begin with the decision and intervention the data must support, then collect the smallest governed set of signals that can credibly inform it.
02 / What to watch for
Dashboards that maximize activity counts without a decision owner turn available data into reporting theater and invite causal claims the evidence cannot support.
Related ideas, client examples, and next steps
Move from a skill need to readiness people can demonstrate.
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What would “Learning Analytics” change in your organization?
Clara can translate the definition into ownership, evidence, and the next question worth asking without treating the term as a solution.