Open Learning Analytics Platform (OpenLAP)

What Open Learning Analytics Platform (OpenLAP) is

Open Learning Analytics Platform (OpenLAP) is a free, open-source web platform for teachers, students, and researchers to design and implement learning analytics indicators without code. Its Indicator Specification Card Creator supports collaborative design of personalized, low-fidelity indicators. For more detailed indicators, the Indicator Editor lets users choose datasets, filters, analysis methods, and visualization techniques. The editor works with real xAPI-based learning activity data, and implementing high-fidelity indicators calls for knowledge of data analysis and visualization.

OpenLAP is organized around an Indicator Engine, an Analytics Framework, and components for data collection and management. The collection and management component handles xAPI-based data from learning sources and maintains data privacy policies. The site lists Learning Locker, Material UI, MongoDB, React, and Spring among the technologies used to build it.

The project is described as an open research project by the Social Computing Group at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Its headquarters are in Duisburg and Essen, Germany, and it was founded in 2003. OpenLAP offers API access. The project welcomes questions, feedback, and collaboration opportunities through its contact section.

Who it suits

OpenLAP suits teachers, students, researchers, and other learning analytics stakeholders who want to design indicators through a web platform. The card creator supports collaborative planning, while the editor is for users who can work with data analysis and visualization.

Limits

The Indicator Editor requires knowledge of data analysis and visualization to implement high-fidelity indicators.

Getting started

1. Visit the OpenLAP website.
2. Use the web platform to access the Indicator Specification Card Creator or Indicator Editor.
3. Use the card creator for collaborative design of personalized, low-fidelity indicators.
4. Use the editor to select datasets, filters, analysis methods, and visualization techniques for high-fidelity indicators.

Verdict

Choose OpenLAP if you want a free web platform for designing learning analytics indicators, including collaborative low-fidelity design and implementation with xAPI data. Its high-fidelity editor is better suited to users with data analysis and visualization knowledge.