The Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework analyzes and describers the need for various instructor, student and content 'presences' in learning. Learning analytics and knowledge (LAK) is the use of data to study learners and learning design. This article (13 page PDF) explores the intersection between the two fields by means of a formal literature review. It identifies three major types of data employed: "text data from discussion forums, log data reflecting online learner behaviors, and data from CoI surveys." Also, two major types of analysis: "conventional statistical methods such as ANOVA, correlation analyses, and content analysis. The second approach was the use of network analysis such as SNA and ENA." Methodologies were limited to descriptive and prescriptive analytics, which to me suggests most of the studies were shallow. It was interesting that a lot of the research didn't explicitly reference CoI as a 'framework' even while drawing on related concepts. "Future research should go beyond LAK to inform research design and contribute new perspectives to existing theories."
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