Learning Analytics and Messy Learning: Can it be Teacher and Student Centered?

Is learning analytics essentially or especially about large scale, institutional level or higher, views of learning, or can it be situated closer to the learning experience, in the hands of teachers and students?

http://21k12blog.net/2012/11/05/learning-analytics-and-messy-learning-can-it-be-teacher-and-student-centered-cfhe12/