Why are universities are almost universally poor at implementing learning analytics? asks Colin Beer. To get at the answer he appeals to the theory of situational awareness (SA), and specifically, how "SA is core to framing the purpose component of PIRAC (Purpose, Information, Representation, Affordances, Change)." The standardised approaches employed by universities do not respond to variations across these dimensions. They "treat analytics as static reporting tools rather than decision-support systems... Enterprise systems reflect managerial priorities of control, predictability and standardisation, whereas universities thrive on diversity, autonomy and emergence."
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