The Points Don't Matter

This Innovative Pedagogies series is based on the article Innovative Pedagogies of the Future: An Evidence-based Selection that offers “a set of innovative, evidence-based pedagogical approaches that have the potential to guide teaching practitioners and transform learning processes and outcomes.” The past few years have seen rapid adoption in educational technology, and this series offers ideas for changes in the practice of teaching and learning to accompany those technology advancements. There is a new approach in learning analytics called formative analytics . Formative analytics supports learners “to reflect on what is learned, what can be improved, which goals can be achieved, and how to move forward” ( Sharples et al., 2016 , p.32). This approach is essentially formative assessment supported by analytics techniques. The idea of formative analytics is to provide data directly back to students about the effectiveness of their learning process. A common example of formative analy