Expectations About Learning Analytics After the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Study of 7 Spanish Universities

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to present a study that explores the ideal and predicted expectations of academic staff to learning analytics implementation. The study is focused on teaching staff from seven Spanish universities. Results show that teachers valued positively the learning analytics services as an instrument to facilitate feedback to students, and provide access to accurate data that indicates learning progress, and that the institutions will provide the means to guide teachers in accessing student analytics. The aspect that generates the least interest refers to the obligation to act in support of students whose academic results show poor performance. Results also shows that the expectations observed in Spain are somewhat more optimistic than those observed in previous studies in Europe, but clearly more pessimistic than those conducted in Latinoamerica.