This article analyzes the concerns surrounding analytics from a sociocritical perspective. I will use this article to examine potential benefits of as well as pitfalls associated with analytics as well as the six principles proposed to address ethical issues in analytics.

This news article is from a lesser known online publication, though the author is careful to provide links to well-known publications and government sources to support their points. The goal is to highlight the lack of security protocols by universities and schools managing student data and the potential hazards including hackers releasing student information

This article promotes the use of analytics in education. I will use this article as it looks at the positives of analytics and acknowledges the hurdles it will face in the future.

This article describes the history of analytics from the 1990's to the present. The article analyzes case studies of universities who have successfully used analytics. I will use it for these purposes as well as to examine the considerations and concerns that need to be made before the use of data analytics becomes more widespread in universities.

This article analyzes the constraints of analytics when used to improve student retention. I will use it for this purpose as well as its discussion on the lack of security associated with educational data.

This article highlights the expanding field of analytics in education. I will use it for a concise definition of learning analytics and the potential that it holds. The article also discussed what can be done to improve analytics as well as acknowledging its limitations.