Learning Analytics Tools for Enhancing Students’ Performance: A Global Perspective

Universities across the world use different policies in data collection thus, some have different ways of using Learning Analytics (LA) to assist in improving students’ performance. The purpose of this paper was to investigate the perceptions of LA as a tool for enhancing students’ performance. 1,395 lecturers in 12 countries, spread through 5 continents participated in the survey picked randomly to ensure diversity in this research. The findings revealed that the majority of the lecturers are aware of LA and their institutions use a variety of LA tools. The study also found that most lecturers use these novative tools in their institutions. However, there are challenges such as skills development, incompatible institutional policies and lack of resources, which hindered the full implementation and use of LA tools in higher educational institutions.