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Call for participation: Learning and technologies research VISTAS

Call for participation: Learning and technologies research VISTAS –  Visions, Inspiration, Synergy and Transformation across IAALDE societies. A colloquium series The International Alliance to Advance Learning in the Digital Era (IAALDE – www.alliancelss.com ) invites researchers to apply for the Learning and Technologies Research VISTAS Colloquium Series to encourage Vision, Inspiration, Synergy, and Transformation AcrossContinue reading →

LAK23 Announcement – Location & Date Change!

Dear Learning Analytics Community, COVID-19 continues to cause severe social, economic and educational disruptions. We have been managing the impacts from these disruptions on our members and moved major events such as LAK and LASI fully online since 2020. At this time, the majority of educational conferences are running hybrid events which acknowledges the challengesContinue reading →

2022 SoLAR Executive Committee Nominees

Current SoLAR Executive Committee for 2022 President – Maren Scheffel, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB), Germany Vice President – Yi-Shan Tsai, Monash University, Australia Secretary – Ioana Jivet, TU Delft, Netherlands Member at Large – Anouschka van Leeuwen, Utrecht University, Netherlands Member at Large – Roger Azevedo, University of Central Florida, USA Member at Large – ShibaniContinue reading →

2022 Call for Executive Committee Nominations

The SoLAR Executive Committee is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the 2022-2023 Executive Committee. Executive Committee members serve a two year term. Nominations are open for four 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 →

The 2nd CSEDM Data Challenge, in cooperation with SoLAR is happening now!

We invite you to participate in the 2nd CSEDM Data Challenge, an event held in cooperation with SoLAR! Participants will compete to develop new modeling techniques to predict students’ outcomes in CS/programming classrooms, based on their code submissions to prior programming problems. Overview & Dataset: The challenge is designed to bring together researchers from acrossContinue reading →

Register now for the August webinar with Dr. María Jesús Rodríguez-Triana

We are pleased to announce our next webinar with Dr. María Jesús Rodríguez-Triana which will take place on August 31, 2021 at 3pm CEST (9am EDT, 2pm BST, 10pm JST). This webinar will provide an overview of how analytics proposals can enhance awareness and reflection about learning design practices. You can join us by registeringContinue reading →

New podcast episode on “Learning Analytics Practitioners and Practice”

The new episode of the SoLAR Spotlight podcast series features Leah Macfadyen and Danny Liu as guests, hosted by Shibani Antonette. They converse about the importance of learning analytics practitioners and the pragmatisms in translating learning analytics research into real classroom practice. Listen to it here: https://soundcloud.com/user-916492194/episode-12-learning-analytics-practitioners-and-practice What is your takeaway of this podcast? WhatContinue reading →

2021 SoLAR Executive Committee Nominees

Current SoLAR Executive Committee for 2021 President – Maren Scheffel, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB), GER Member at Large – Simon Buckingham Shum, University of Technology, Sydney, AUS Member at Large – Bodong Chen, University of Minnesota, USA Member at Large – Nia Dowell, University of California, Irvine, USA Member at Large – Isabel Hilliger, Pontificia UniversidadContinue reading →

2021 Call for Executive Committee Nominations

The SoLAR Executive Committee is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the 2021-2022 Executive Committee. Executive Committee members serve two year terms. Nominations are open for six member at-large positions and one student member. If you are interested in shaping and guiding how SoLAR continues to serve the growing learning analytics community pleaseContinue reading →

LAK21 Moves Fully Online

Special Announcement from LAK21 Organizers Dear Learning Analytics Community, Given the current realities of the global pandemic due to COVID-19, there continues to be uncertainty of international travel and mass gatherings for the foreseeable future. Taking these concerns into consideration, the LAK21 organizers and the Society for Learning Analytics Research have made the decision to hostContinue reading →