Call For Proposals for LAP25 – due April 17, 2025
REMINDER: The second Learning Analytics in Practice event will take place online from June 17-19, 2025 (depending on where in the world you are located (specific start and end times will be posted as schedules are made). Kick-off is tentatively scheduled for June 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM AEST (Sydney). The Society for Learning Analytics ResearchContinue reading →
Reimagining Learning Analytics: Join us for a Group Concept Mapping Activity
Learning analytics is both an academic field and commercial marketplace which has taken rapid shape over the last decade. As a research and teaching field, Learning Analytics sits at the convergence of Learning (e.g. educational research, learning and assessment sciences, educational technology), Analytics (e.g. statistics, visualization, computer/data sciences, artificial intelligence), and Human-Centered Design (e.g. usability, participatory design, sociotechnical systems thinking). ItContinue reading →
SoLAR Awards Nominations – Now Open!
Once again, SoLAR is calling for nominations for two award categories by region – Emerging Scholars and Outstanding Community Work! Outstanding Community Work: The SoLAR Awards Committee is calling for nominations for outstanding community work in the field of learning analytics. People can nominate themselves or nominate others. We are specifically looking for nominations coveringContinue reading →
The Future of LAK Proceedings
LAK Proceedings Publishing OptionsOver the course of several months, the SoLAR Executive team with close collaboration from the JLA editors and LAK25 Program Chairs have been working to discuss the options for the future of the LAK proceedings publication.We would like to encourage all of our members and LAK authors to read this options paperContinue reading →
2025 SoLAR Executive Committee Nominees
Current SoLAR Executive Committee for 2025 President – Bart Rienties, The Open University, UK Vice President: Blaženka Divjak, University of Zagreb, Croatia Treasurer: Abhinava Barthakur, University of South Australia, AUS Member at Large – Marie Reid, EduLearn Connect, Bahamas Member at Large – Namrata Srivastava, Vanderbilt University, USA Student Member – Maurice Boothe, New YorkContinue reading →
2025 Call for SoLAR Executive Committee Nomination
The SoLAR Executive Committee is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the 2025-2026 Executive Committee. Executive Committee members serve a two year term. Nominations are open for six member at-large positions. If you are interested in shaping and guiding how SoLAR continues to serve the growing learning analytics community please fill out thisContinue reading →
2024 SoLAR Executive Committee Student Member Nominees – Special Election
Current SoLAR Executive Committee for 2024 President – Bart Rienties, The Open University, UK Vice President – Blaženka Divjak, University of Zagreb, Croatia Vice President – Olga Viberg, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Secretary – Ioana Jivet, FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany Treasurer – Abhinava Barthakur, University of South Australia, Australia Member at Large – KathrynContinue reading →
Deadline Extended for Early Career Research Grant – due May 17, 2024
The SoLAR Executive Committee and ECR Grant Working Group is pleased to announce the deadline extension for the Early Career Research Grant. Applications are now due May 17, 2024 by 5pm EDT. Purpose The SoLAR ECR Research Grant serves to support promising early career researchers who demonstrate the potential to advance research and practice inContinue reading →
2024 Call for SoLAR Student Representative Nominations – Special Election
The SoLAR Executive Committee is pleased to announce the call for nominations for a special election for a student representative to the 2024-2025 Executive Committee. Executive Committee members serve a two year term. Nominations are open for one student representative. If you are interested in shaping and guiding how SoLAR continues to serve the growingContinue reading →
Register for the Next SoLAR Webinar, April 9 at 4 PM CEST
Title: Reframing thinking about and modeling learning through complex dynamical systems Learning is a highly individual process of change that emerges from multiple interacting components (e.g. cognitive, social) that occur at varying levels (e.g., individual, group) and timescales (e.g. micro, meso, macro) in constantly changing environments. Due to its complexity, the theoretical assumptions that describeContinue reading →