On 17 September 2025, the Community of Practice for Digital Education, Learning and Teaching (DELT CoP) hosted its second Lunch & Learn webinar under the theme Learning Analytics in South African Higher Education in the Age of AI. The session unpacked the field of learning analytics, educational data mining, and student analytics, breaking down complex concepts into accessible insights.

Participants engaged with analytics at the micro (individual student), meso (course/programme/faculty), and macro (institutional) levels, exploring how these can be applied to address challenges within South African universities.

Dr Nicola Pallitt, Senior Lecturer and Educational Technology Specialist at the Centre for Higher Education Research, Teaching and Learning (CHERTL) at Rhodes University, facilitated this session.

Presentations covered a range of perspectives, including contextual frameworks, implementation strategies, and ethical considerations in data use:

You can watch the recordings of other DELT CoP webinars below.

DELT CoP Lunch and Learn – Free AI tools

DELT CoP Lunch and Learn: Learning analytics

Digital Literacies in the Age of AI