Learning analytics

For large organizations, or at least those with large numbers of learners, learning analytics are a valuable tool for providing additional layers of insight into the behavior of their learners. How are learners accessing the content? When? How much time do they spend in each course? Are they entering the course multiple times? And so on. With these insights organizations can refine their content and delivery to make it more effective, more widely available, and even to better account for differences in learner capabilities.

The organization I work for has the technical expertise to design and implement a learning analytics program. In fact, our core competency lies in the collection, retrieval, and analysis of large amounts of data. However, given the very small amount of training that we do, there is really no need for us to conduct these types of analysis. Even if we did, the organization's leadership would have no interest in the information and the insights gained from it. So while I can think of several companies I have worked for in the past that would benefit from the use of learning analytics, this is one case where I do not think it would be worth the effort.