Learning analytics is predicted to be the next leap forward in improving learning. In 2011, the EDUCAUSE Horizon Report reported that learning analytics as a technology application is likely to have a large impact in the coming years.

So, what exactly is learning analytics? It is the technology-aided collection and interpretation of data produced by students themselves, and using this data in way that allows schools to optimise student and school performance.

Learning analytics can facilitate the feedback process in classrooms, the key to effecting enhancing student learning outcomes. It provides a new level of depth and rigor to evidenced based decision making process,, allowing schools, or clusters of schools to collect and use learner-generated data to reflect the current progress of the current cohort of students.