«Learning Analytics initiatives and policies in Estonia»
Adolfo Ruiz CallejaUniversity of Tallinn
Abstract
This presentation will describe the current situation of Learning Analytics (LA) in Estonia. Estonia is a small and technically advanced country in which continuing education initiatives are especially promoted. Therefore, Estonian institutions are not only interested in evaluating the learning processes that take place in the classroom, but also those that occur in other learning contexts and the transitions between different contexts. Several LA projects were recently started in Estonia in order to assess and understand these learning processes. The presentation will describe some projects that are representative of the wide range of contexts in which LA can be applied in Estonia, such as primary education, higher education or on-the-job training. Even if most of these projects are still in a preliminary phase, the presentation will highlight the anticipated challenges and policies needed to scale up these types of projects at the institutional or national level.
Bio
Adolfo Ruiz Calleja received his master’s and doctorate in telecommunications engineering from the University of Valladolid, Spain, in 2007 and 2013 respectively. Currently he works as a researcher at the Center for Educational Technology at Tallinn University. His research interests include distributed systems, data management, learning analytics, and their application in formal and non-formal education.
