Digitally Enhanced Active Reading in a Learning Analytics Enhanced Environment

Abstract

Active reading (AR) strategies have learners challenge reading through deep engagement with the content to foster their independence and develop their performance and skills in reading. A number of studies have been conducted to examine the effectiveness of AR, yet there is no research that uses logs obtained from reading activities to scaffold and promote AR learning. Therefore, this study proposes to investigate AR from Learning Analytics (LA) perspectives. An e-book called BookRoll (BR) was used, and the logs obtained from the learning were visualized and shared as feedback. As part of it, we designed and developed Active Reading Dashboard (AR-D). In the framework of our LA-enhanced AR called Digitally Enhanced Active Reading (DEAR), AR experiments in language classes were conducted to reveal its effects. As a result, it was found that the process of AR could be visualized from learning logs, and DEAR could be applied in formal and informal learning contexts. The AR-D was found to influence learners' attitudes or perceptions toward reflecting on their own learning and striving to improve their reading strategies. As future work, continual implementation and verifying its application in different learning contexts are suggested. We shall also consider the importance of stakeholders' engagement in learning environments.