Institutional Members
SoLAR currently has 16 institutional members from all over the world: Australia, United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Chile, Norway and the Netherlands.
If you are interested in becoming a 2026 or 2027 Institutional member, please review our institutional member benefits and contact membership@solaresearch.org.
2025 Institutional Members:
- University of South Australia
- University of British Columbia
- University of Michigan
- University of Texas - Arlington
- Utrecht University
- New York University
- University of California, Irvine
- University of Zagreb
- Open University UK
- Monash University
- DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education
- University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Southern New Hampshire University
- Universidad Autonoma de Chile
- University of Bergen
- FernUniversität in Hagen
University of South Australia, UniSA/ Teaching Innovation Unit and Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning (C3L)
SoLAR member from 2013
Strengths
UniSA has attracted many of the worlds’ leading researchers in learning analytics. The strength of our research lies in the breadth of research that is achievable through access to large scale organizational data sets. In particular we have strengths in models of organizational adoption, networked learning, social network analysis, machine learning, data mining, assessment and feedback, cognitive science, computational linguistics, and education. As such, our work is wide ranging and applied covering development of predictive models, optimizing feedback, student and teacher sensemaking, analytic dashboards, video analytics and networked models of learning, to name a few. Our approach to learning analytics revolves around the need to address challenges experienced by learners and teachers. Hence, our work first seeks to develop and test learning analytics innovations. The outcomes of this work are then piloted in practice for further evaluation and assessment of the factors that may impede adoption. The outcomes are then translated at scale for organizational adoption.
Initiatives that UniSA is proud of...
UniSA has led the field of learning analytics in a number of key areas. Key initiatives have been a review of the state of learning analytics in Australian higher education. The developed methodology and outcomes was adopted by the SHEILA project for the European context. UniSA also developed the OnTask software to provide personalized feedback at scale. A number of foundational LA research has been informed through the use of OnTask and how such feedback impacts student learning. UniSA also developed the open source video annotation tool OVAL. This work has demonstrated the value of socially shared annotations and reflective practice in developing self-regulated learning proficiency. More recently, our focus has shifted to the use of learning analytics to address the challenges associated with re-training and re-skilling displaced workforces. Our work to develop machine learning models for aligning industry based employability skills with program outcomes will have substantial impact on how UniSA provides more personalized education for an increasingly diverse cohort.
