diff --git a/mod/data/classes/event/field_updated.php b/mod/data/classes/event/field_updated.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eb808907e54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mod/data/classes/event/field_updated.php
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+<?php
+// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+/**
+ * The mod_data field updated event.
+ *
+ * @property-read array $other {
+ *      Extra information about event.
+ *
+ *      @type string fieldname the name of the field.
+ *      @type int dataid the id of the data activity.
+ * }
+ *
+ * @package    mod_data
+ * @copyright  2014 Mark Nelson <markn@moodle.com>
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+namespace mod_data\event;
+
+defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
+
+class field_updated extends \core\event\base {
+
+    /**
+     * Init method.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function init() {
+        $this->data['objecttable'] = 'data_fields';
+        $this->data['crud'] = 'u';
+        $this->data['edulevel'] = self::LEVEL_TEACHING;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return localised event name.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function get_name() {
+        return get_string('eventfieldupdated', 'mod_data');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns description of what happened.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function get_description() {
+        return 'The field ' . $this->objectid . ' belonging to the data activity ' . $this->other['dataid'] . ' has been updated.';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the legacy event log data.
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function get_legacy_logdata() {
+        return array($this->courseid, 'data', 'fields update', 'field.php?d=' . $this->other['dataid'] .
+            '&amp;mode=display&amp;fid=' . $this->objectid, $this->objectid, $this->contextinstanceid);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Custom validation.
+     *
+     * @throws \coding_exception when validation does not pass.
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function validate_data() {
+        parent::validate_data();
+
+        if (!isset($this->other['fieldname'])) {
+            throw new \coding_exception('The fieldname must be set in $other.');
+        }
+
+        if (!isset($this->other['dataid'])) {
+            throw new \coding_exception('The dataid must be set in $other.');
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/mod/data/field.php b/mod/data/field.php
index ac121989eec..210311a88c3 100644
--- a/mod/data/field.php
+++ b/mod/data/field.php
@@ -160,9 +160,6 @@ switch ($mode) {
             /// Update the templates.
                 data_replace_field_in_templates($data, $oldfieldname, $field->field->name);
 
-                add_to_log($course->id, 'data', 'fields update',
-                           "field.php?d=$data->id&amp;mode=display&amp;fid=$fid", $fid, $cm->id);
-
                 $displaynoticegood = get_string('fieldupdated','data');
             }
         }
diff --git a/mod/data/lang/en/data.php b/mod/data/lang/en/data.php
index 82902bf7397..bb6d03e850b 100644
--- a/mod/data/lang/en/data.php
+++ b/mod/data/lang/en/data.php
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ $string['emptyadd'] = 'The Add template is empty, generating a default form...';
 $string['emptyaddform'] = 'You did not fill out any fields!';
 $string['eventfieldcreated'] = 'Field created';
 $string['eventfielddeleted'] = 'Field deleted';
+$string['eventfieldupdated'] = 'Field updated';
 $string['fileencoding'] = 'Encoding';
 $string['entries'] = 'Entries';
 $string['entrieslefttoadd'] = 'You must add {$a->entriesleft} more entry/entries in order to complete this activity';
diff --git a/mod/data/lib.php b/mod/data/lib.php
index 1b31770ed7a..56cedc9463c 100644
--- a/mod/data/lib.php
+++ b/mod/data/lib.php
@@ -214,6 +214,18 @@ class data_field_base {     // Base class for Database Field Types (see field/*/
         global $DB;
 
         $DB->update_record('data_fields', $this->field);
+
+        // Trigger an event for updating this field.
+        $event = \mod_data\event\field_updated::create(array(
+            'objectid' => $this->field->id,
+            'context' => $this->context,
+            'other' => array(
+                'fieldname' => $this->field->name,
+                'dataid' => $this->data->id
+            )
+        ));
+        $event->trigger();
+
         return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/mod/data/tests/events_test.php b/mod/data/tests/events_test.php
index e5892e68674..74d8bbb03be 100644
--- a/mod/data/tests/events_test.php
+++ b/mod/data/tests/events_test.php
@@ -74,6 +74,43 @@ class mod_data_events_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
         $this->assertEventLegacyLogData($expected, $event);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Test the field updated event.
+     */
+    public function test_field_updated() {
+        $this->setAdminUser();
+
+        // Create a course we are going to add a data module to.
+        $course = $this->getDataGenerator()->create_course();
+
+        // The generator used to create a data module.
+        $generator = $this->getDataGenerator()->get_plugin_generator('mod_data');
+
+        // Create a data module.
+        $data = $generator->create_instance(array('course' => $course->id));
+
+        // Now we want to create a field.
+        $field = data_get_field_new('text', $data);
+        $fielddata = new stdClass();
+        $fielddata->name = 'Test';
+        $fielddata->description = 'Test description';
+        $field->define_field($fielddata);
+        $field->insert_field();
+
+        // Trigger and capture the event for updating the field.
+        $sink = $this->redirectEvents();
+        $field->update_field();
+        $events = $sink->get_events();
+        $event = reset($events);
+
+        // Check that the event data is valid.
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('\mod_data\event\field_updated', $event);
+        $this->assertEquals(context_module::instance($data->cmid), $event->get_context());
+        $expected = array($course->id, 'data', 'fields update', 'field.php?d=' . $data->id . '&amp;mode=display&amp;fid=' .
+            $field->field->id, $field->field->id, $data->cmid);
+        $this->assertEventLegacyLogData($expected, $event);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Test the field deleted event.
      */