Teaching Analytics with xAPI: Learning Activity Visualization with Cross-platform Data

Abstract

This study explored the possibility of teaching analytics utilizing daily learning log data recorded in xAPI format for class activity visualization. A junior high school reading activity designed to utilize several ICT tools distributed among multiple platforms was visualized. The visualized class activity was shown to a learning designer of the reading activity unit and then asked what she realized when revising the class activity design. As a result, we found that the integrated learning logs processed from the xAPI could visualize the differences in the actual activities compared with the lesson plan and how active the learners were. In addition, when the learning designer saw this visualization, she expressed her desire to change the activity design to reduce the transition of activities during class. Based on these results, we concluded that the daily learning log data recorded in the xAPI could visualize the time and content of the activities performed by the learners. The results show the possibility of capturing and visualizing the progress of a class by cross-platform analysis using xAPI instead of using multiple special sensors.