| | MAY 20208Empirical evidence is re-quired for theoretical frameworks to gain accep-tance. During the past decade, the information overload `Big Data' has led to the introduc-tion and integration of new processing approaches. Data is the new gold and ensuring it is `unpolluted' for analysis to de-rive insights is critical. Why is it so important in educational reform? Technology has revolution-ized all aspects of our lives and modern education is becoming extensively reliant on technol-ogy for the development of critical, deep thinking skills and data insights. Learning Analytics (LA) has the power to enhance teaching and create more effective environments. Imagine you have all this data on how a student has per-formed over the course. Now, will it not be great if the data somehow could help to predict learners' performance, provide insights that enabled the learn-ing curve of teachers without whose support talking of ed-ucation reform remains just so fragmentary. Empowering of teachers to make learning more effective is very core to educational reform.We track student data in many ways from the digital trail they leave but the question is how can we tell from the dig-ital profile if a student is learn-ing? Other sectors are forging ahead using learning analytics and data mining, while the ed-ucation sector is just get start-ed. Adaptive and personalized learning becomes much more realistic when you're able to de-rive so much from student data By Jimit Dattani, CIO, XSEED EducationWith 17+ years of experience developing products, transforming business and implementing enabling solutions, Jimit has a strong understanding of the key challenges facing competitive, global businesses today.THOUGHT LEADERSHIPLEARNING ANALYTICS & EDUCATIONAL DATA MINING
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