An introductory presentation at the Second International Workshop on Discourse-Centric Analytics (DCLA14), held as part of the Learning Analytics and Knowledge conference 2014 (LAK14). The presentation introduces five questions for discussion.

1. Discourse-centric learning
analytics: five questions
Rebecca Ferguson
The Open University, UK
DCLA14: Indianapolis

2. Building on the past
What research are we building on?

3. Geology, not mining
What do we expect to find, and why?

4. Pedagogy
Are we building on learning theory?

5. Once we have data and analysis
What is the actionable intelligence?

6. Discourse-centric analytics
What are the ethical implications?

7. What research are we building on?
What do we expect to find, and why?
Are we building on learning theory?
What is the actionable intelligence?
What are the ethical implications?