SoLAR Spotlight - Conversations on Learning Analytics

This episode of the SoLAR Spotlight podcast series features Dr Aneesha Bakharia, Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland in Australia, and Professor Barbara Wasson, Director of the Centre for The Science of Learning and Technology (SLATE), University of Bergen, Norway as guests, hosted by Shibani Antonette & Rogers Kaliisa. They converse about the recent advances in generat

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the field of multimodal learning analytics (MMLA), which focuses on collecting data from physical & online teaching contexts by analysing learning artefacts, traces, and natural human signals, such as gestures and facial expressions. However, despite advances in MMLA, there remain many conceptual, theoretical, methodological, an

This episode of the SoLAR Spotlight podcast series features Judy Kay and Giora Alexandron as guests, hosted by Shibani Antonette. They talk about the distinctive needs for explainable algorithmic models in education and ways to deploy them for learning analytics. What is your takeaway of this podcast? What is the lie that Judy and Giora tell in the 'two truths and a lie' game? Let

Learning analytics is about learning, but what does learning means? How do researchers in the learning analytics community and those in the learning sciences community understand learning? What approaches do they take to investigating learning? In this episode, we spoke to A/Prof Jason Lodge and Prof Nancy Law about the intersection of learning analytics and learning sciences. Wha

This episode is all about bias. Our hosts Maren Scheffel and Nia Dowel talk to Shamya Karumbaiah and Rene Kizilcec about bias in learning analytics and some of the work they are doing in that area. What do you think is Shamya's lie? And which of Rene's statements wasn't true? Let us know on twitter using the hashtag #SoLARspotlight. If you want to know more about SoLAR, get in to

This episode of the SoLAR Spotlight podcast series features Andrew Krumm as guest, hosted by Shibani Antonette and Rogers Kaliisa. They converse about the implementation of learning analytics in schools - where we are now, what challenges we face and how we can look toward the future. What is your takeaway of this podcast? What is the lie that Andy tells in the 'two truths and a l

Dashboard is a prominent artefact that users interact with when it comes to learning analytics. What is a learning analytics dashboard ? Who is it for? What is the key to effective adoption of learning analytics dashboard? Listen to Martin Hlosta and Fabio Campos sharing their experience in supporting the use of learning analytics dashboard on a large scale. Can you guess the lies

This episode is all about SoLAR's Executive Committee (or "exec" for short). Four current members of the executive board Yi-Shan Tsai, Rogers Kaliisa, Nia Dowell, and Roger Azevedo talk about their experience of serving on the Executive Committee. Are you also interested in joing SoLAR's Executive? The call for nomination opens every November as executive members serve two-year te

This 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. What is your takeaway of this podcast? What is the lie that Leah and Danny tell in the 'tw

In this episode, we discussed the role of feedback in learning and how learning analytics can help scaffolding a feedback process. What is feedback to learners? What role can learning analytics play in feedback processes? Listen to Professor David Carless (University of Hong Kong) and Dr Lisa Lim (University of Technology Sydney) sharing their thoughts on this topic and some intere