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Session 3 (Weeks 5-6): Emerging eLearning Trends in Higher Education

S ession 3 focused on eLearning trends in higher education. E-learning is becoming increasingly prominent in tertiary education. The learning environment in the higher education has enlightened and renowned by learning analytics, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), mLearning, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Makerspaces and eAssessments. Learning analytics It involves measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of data about the progress of learners and the contexts in which learning takes place. Learning analytics promotes learning environment using big dataset around learner activity and digital footprints left by student activity (https://www.jisc.ac.uk/reports/learning-analytics-in-higher-education). Learning analytics can improve learning practice by transforming the ways we support learning processes. The University of the South Pacific (USP) has been utilizes Dashboard and Business Intelligence System (DIBS) as a learning analytics system. USP is a regional university...