Abstract
The major purpose of this study was to determine the influence of learning analytics as a tool for
closing the assessment loop in business education programme in universities in Edo state, Nigeria.
The study adopted descriptive survey research design and was carried out in the universities in
Edo State, Nigeria. The population for the study was 17 Business Education lecturers and 257
final year students of Business Education in Ambrose Alli University, Igbenedion University, and
University of Benin. A structured 48 items questionnaire was used for data collection. The
questionnaire was face-validated by three experts and was structured on a four-point scale of
strongly agree, agree, disagree, and strongly disagree with values of 4, 3, 2, and 1 respectively.
The internal consistency of the items of the questionnaire was ascertained through Cronbach
Alpha technique which yielded a coefficient of 0.88 considered high enough for the study. The data
collected were analyzed using mean ( ) and standard deviation to answer the research questions
and t-test statistics to test the hypotheses. The study concluded that the adoption of learning
analytics has the significance of closing the assessment loop in business education programme in
universities. It was recommended amongst others that Business Education programme at all level
of higher education should utilize learning analytics to close the assessment loop in business
education programme.
Key words: Learning Analytics; Assessment Loop; Business Education Programme
Publication Date: 2016-12-14