Intersecting Learning Analytics and Measurement Science in the Context of ICT Literacy Assessment

Abstract

This chapter reviews the state-of-play in overlap between learning analytics (LA), specifically data mining and exploratory analytics, and the field of measurement science. First, some basic ideas are introduced in a broad way. Then a current definition of LA is introduced, and main ideas of the area are discussed. Second, the logic of measurement science is reviewed, as instantiated through the BEAR Assessment System (BAS; Wilson, Constructing measures: an item response modeling approach. Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc, Mahwah, 2005), and illustrated in the context of an LA example. An example based in the context of ICT Literacy is presented, showing how complex digital assessments can be designed..