Beluga Learning - 'LATTE' (Learning Analytics Through Touch-based Education)

在通过接触式教育进行学习分析(LATTE)项目中，将对用户反应和互动等学习指标的收集、整理和分析进行研究。这些指标将来自于从一个免费的学习应用程序收集的信息，该应用程序针对的是关键阶段2-4的数学教育。这款应用程序将为学习者提供基于触摸的、数学的、形成性学习活动。学习者对这些活动的相应响应和动作被报告给远程分析引擎。分析这些信息是为了提供广泛的衡量标准，以表征学习者在地方、区域、国家和国际范围内同龄人群体中的表现和能力。实现这一能力需要研究：1)面向分析的通用内容模型，它将被用作确定内容进展的基础(该模型必须能够反映为主题创建的任何内容)；2)将基于触摸的动作映射到通过内容呈现的相应学习活动所需的新算法；3)用于分析学习活动数据以确定学习者在学习目标和预期结果方面的优势和劣势的新算法(目的是寻找隐藏的相关性，包括从先前学习活动中获得的历史数据，确定与教学相关的测量，并展示相对于学习标准的学习进展)。关键交付内容将是概念验证(PoC)演示，以表明它是可能的：1)创建基于触摸的学习内容‘APP’，从中可以支持关键状态信息；2)分析数据并创建适当的度量，从中可以描述学习者的能力；3)分析数据，对照学习标准跟踪学习进度。

In the Learning Analytics Through Touch-based Education (LATTE) Project research will beundertaken into the collection, collation and analysis of learning metrics e.g. user responseand interactions. These metrics will be derived from information gathered from a free,learning ‘app’ targeted at Key Stages 2-4 education in Mathematics. The ‘app’ will presenttouch-based, Mathematical, formative learning activities to learners. The correspondingresponses and actions of the learners to these activities are reported to a remote analyticsengine. This information is analysed to provide a wide range of metrics to characterize theperformance and capabilities of the learner in the context of the peer group on a local,regional, national and international scale. The realisation of this capability requires researchinto:1) the analytics-oriented generic content model that will be used as the basis for determiningprogress through the content (the model must be capable of reflecting any content created forthe subject matter);2) the new algorithms that are required to map the touch-based actions into the correspondinglearning activities presented through the content;3) the new algorithms used to analyse the learning activity data to identify the strengths andweaknesses of the learner with respect to the learning objectives and expected outcomes (theaim is to look for hidden correlations, to include historic data acquired from prior learningactivities, to determine pedagogic relevant measurements and to demonstrate learningprogress against learning standards).The key deliverable will be a Proof-of-Concept (PoC) demonstration to show that it is possibleto:1) create a touch-based learning content ‘app’ from which key state information can bereported;2) analyse the data and create appropriate metrics from which it is possible to describe thecapabilities of the learner; and3) analyse the data to track learning progress against learning standards.