ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book explains about measuring the practices of education in ways that can make a genuine difference to learning. It examines the current state-of-play in the field of learning analytics using an example of contemporary practice as a comparative term of reference for the emergent feedback approach. Academic analytics a process for providing higher education institutions with the data necessary to support operational and financial decision making. The Course Signals program works best when instructors want to provide individual feedback but especially in large enrollment classes. One of the most difficult areas of current analytics work surrounds the ethics of analyzing personal data. The book describe a matrix of organizational transformations required to become an emergent feedback organization (EFO) and the way the field of learning analytics can be an agent for change in progressing a transformation.
