Multimodal Learning Analytics: enabling the future of learning through multimodal data analysis and interfaces

Abstract

Project-based learning has found its way into a range of formal and
informal learning environments. However, systematically assessing these
environments remains a significant challenge. Traditional assessments,
which focus on learning outcomes, seem incongruent with the
process-oriented goals of project-based learning. Multimodal interfaces and
multimodal learning analytics hold significant promise for assessing
learning in open-ended learning environments. With its rich integration of
a multitude of data streams and naturalistic interfaces, this area of
research may help usher in a new wave of education reform by supporting
alternative modes of learning