  This conceptual paper reviews the current status of goal setting in the area
of technology enhanced learning and education. Besides a brief literature
review, three current projects on goal setting are discussed. The paper shows
that the main barriers for goal setting applications in education are not
related to the technology, the available data or analytical methods, but rather
the human factor. The most important bottlenecks are the lack of students goal
setting skills and abilities, and the current curriculum design, which,
especially in the observed higher education institutions, provides little
support for goal setting interventions.
