Learning Environments with embedded learning analytics have potential to enhace teaching and student learning experience through personalized learning, fast and targeted support, formative assessment for feedback and improvement, and increase in learner's self awareness. Moreover it helps the policymakers to help teachers and schools to improve teaching and curriculum design that ensures effectiveness aligned with global standards. However, digital learning environment comes with challenges. Not all learners have equal access to devices may not be digital literate. Concerns about data privacy may arise and analytics may reflect cultural biases. Teachers readiness and workload needs to be checked as well as additional training tends to be overwhelming.

Example of a learning and assessment environment that offers learning analytics

Moodle is a digital learning and assessment platform widely used in schools and universities. It integrates instruction, assessment, and embedded learning analytics in one environment. It can help the teachers by uploading lessons, quizzes and assignments Students can interact with their classmates, submit their output and take assessments online. The system can generate reports, dahboards and alerts to identify student at risk. The disadvantage of this platform as it raises data privacy concerns and risk in over reliance on numbers ignoring context behind student behavior.