As Jacqueleen A. Reyes puts it in her 2015 article for TechTrends “The skinny on big data in education”, “When learners interact in online academic environments…they leave a trail of breadcrumbs…” These breadcrumbs, when analyzed, can provide educators and policy makers with valuable information about skill mastery, engagement and the like. Access to datasets might help instructors improve time on task and measure active learning. Reyes goes on to say “ultimately, LA has the capacity of driving improvement in a student’s learning process and procuring academic success.”