Workshops
Australian Learning Analytics Summer Institute
The Australian universities UTS; USyd; UNSW; Macquarie, UNE, UniSA and ascilite are partnering to host the first Australian Australian Learning Analytics Summer Institute (A-LASI) workshop event at our pre-conference workshop day on 1 December 2013.
The event follows on from the inaugural LASI held in the US in July 2013. The event hosted by the Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR) and Stanford University was designed to bring together researchers, government, and industry in order to define and advance the field of learning analytics (LA). The ascilite workshop continues the momentum created by this initiative.
The objective of the A-LASI is to engage university researchers and staff, government, and industry in the field of LA. The program event is designed to guide participants through the various disciplines that comprise LA. The program has been designed with special emphasis on interactivity and a predominance of workshops, tutorials and vast opportunities to engage with leading researchers and industry specialists.
The objective of A-LASI is to:
develop the necessary skills, knowledge and awareness of LA methodologies, tools and techniques, for participants to actively engage in future LA research, teaching and administration.
Participation
In order to maximise interaction among participants and to maintain the practical spirit of the activities in the workshops, the number of participants will be limited to 75. The cost of this full day institute is $330 (including GST), the standard workshop cost for ascilite 2013.
Format
The A-LASI objectives will be achieved through a combination of invited presentations; hands-on tutorials, group work and opportunity for informal interactions. If possible, please bring your own laptop for the hands-on tutorials (workshops A and B below).
Saturday, 30 November 2013 - Evening networking reception (complimentary for A-LASI participants)
6-8pm: Evening reception at Macquarie University (MGSM Conference Centre)
Sunday, 1 December 2013 - in conjunction with ascilite workshop day – tentative schedule
8:45am: Registration for 9am start
9:00am: Welcome & Keynote (Associate Professor Dragan Gašević )
10:00am Morning tea and time with Keynote
10:30am Workshop A – participants choose 1 from 3 below:
- Getting started in LA (Prof Lockyer, MQ, Dr. Tim Rogers, UniSA, A/Prof Shane Dawson, UniSA)
- Interfaces for learning data visualizations (Prof Judy Kay, USyd)
- Detecting and actioning at risk students (Gabrielle Gardiner, UTS)
12:00pm: Lunch and chat with interest groups/researchers/government/industry
1:00pm: Workshop B – participants choose 1 from 3 below:
- Multi-dimensional analytics (Dr. Abelardo Pardo)
- Sensemaking (A/Prof Gregor Kennedy, UMelb)
- Social network analysis (Suresh Sood, UTS)
2:30pm: Afternoon Tea
3:00pm: Update on OLT Commissioned Project on Learning Analytics
3:15pm: Panel – privacy and ethics discussion (Dr. Grace Lynch, UNE, Dr. Abelardo Pardo, USyd, & A/Prof Katina Michael, UoW)
4:00pm: Interest Group Discussions (participants choose 1 from 3 below)
- Learning Analytics Research
- Data sharing & access
- Issues and case studies
4:30pm: Conference Wrap-up – Next steps for learning analytics for Australia
Venue
Macquarie University. Specific location TBD.
Institute Leads
Shirley Alexander – University of Technology Sydney
Gabrielle Gardiner – University of Technology Sydney
Lori Lockyer – Macquarie University
Abelardo Pardo – University of Sydney
Grace Lynch – University of New England
Negin Mirriahi – University of New South Wales
Helen Carter – Macquarie University – Ascilite co-chair
John Hedberg – Macquarie University – Ascilite co-chair
Dragan Gasevic – Athabasca University
Shane Dawson – University of South Australia
Inquiries
Inquiries about participating in A-LASI may be emailed to Negin Mirriahi at negin.mirriahi@unsw.edu.au
