Connecting pattern-based learning designs with analytics: the case of the PyramidApp

Abstract

This paper presents preliminary work aiming to identify learning analytics that can be presented to teachers or learning designers to support (re)use or (re)design of learning scenarios based on the pyramid (a.k.a. snowball) pattern by using the PyramidApp. A pattern-based analytics approach considers teacher´s metacognition in three levels, the pedagogical intent, pedagogical method/structure of a CLFP pattern and the practicalities to implement a learning scenario. Learning analytics are proposed to inform these three dimensions. A case scenario where N = 38 secondary school students in a face to face classroom used the PyramidApp was analyzed from the log files of the App. The recommended analytics for teachers are visualized in such a way that are hypothesized to foster decision making for customization of specific design elements of the pyramid pattern.