Applying learning analytics to the scholarship of teaching and learning

In this article we report on the findings of a project funded by the Australian Office
for Learning and Teaching and entitled BLearning Analytics: Assisting Universities with
Student Retention.^ While this project was primarily focused on retention as a potential
outcome of learning analytics, its application could be related to the broader concept of student
success. Student success allows for a focus on pedagogy and the use of learning analytics for
the improvement of learning and teaching with a firm scholarly evidence base. The data
gathered for the project provide the background for a discussion about the potential of learning
analytics to inform the practice of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. A case study