[edm-announce] Webinar Invitation: "Designing Learning Analytics for Humans with Humans," Prof. Alyssa Wise, NYU on Oct 16, 2019

From: Stephen Fancsali <sfancsali@xxxxxxxxx>
To: edm-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 13:58:27 -0400

[on behalf of Vitomir Kovanovic]

Hi all,

I have a pleasure to invite you to SoLAR's Webinar with Professor Alyssa Wise
from NYU *"Designing Learning Analytics for Humans with Humans"*. See the
details of Dr Wise's talk below.

*To register, go to*
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/designing-learning-analytics-for-humans-with-humans-prof-
alyssa-wise-registration-73251177243

Time and date: *Wednesday 16 October 2019*, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Eastern US
time* (*16 October 2019 at 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm London, UK)
Location: *Zoom* (meeting URL provided in the registration email*)*

(Also, make sure you follow *SoLAR's Eventbrite page*
<https://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/society-for-learning-analytics-research-solar-21953992681>
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We are looking forward to seeing you at the webinar!

*Designing Learning Analytics for Humans with Humans*

Wed., 16 October 2019

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time *(via Zoom)*

*Abstract*:
Learning analytics (LA) is a technology for enabling better decision-making
by teachers, students, and other educational stakeholders by providing them
with timely and actionable information about learning-in-process on an
ongoing basis. To be effective LA tools must thus not only be technically
robust but also designed to support use by real people. One powerful
strategy for achieving this goal is to involve those who will (hopefully!)
use the learning analytics in their design. This can be done by observing
existing (pre-analytic) teaching and learning practices, gathering
information from intended users, or directly engaging them in participatory
design. Such attention to people and context contributes to the development
of Human-Centered Learning Analytics (see the recent special section in JLA
6(2)).

In this webinar, I'll present a diverse set of examples of the ways that
NYU's Learning Analytics Research Network (NYU-LEARN) is including
educators and students in the process of building and implementing learning
analytics. We'll look at examples of how to: involve students in the
creation and revision of learning analytics solutions for their own use;
work with instructors to align analytically available metrics with valued
course pedagogy; and partner with an educational team to design and
implement interventions based on at-risk students predictions. Webinar
attendees will gain a sense of both the conceptual issues and practical
concerns involved in designing learning analytics for humans with humans.

*Biography*:
Dr. Alyssa Wise is Associate Professor of Learning Sciences and Educational
Technology at New York University and the Director of LEARN, NYU's
pioneering university-wide Learning Analytics Research Network. She holds a
Ph.D. in Learning Sciences and an M.S. in Instructional Systems Technology
from Indiana University and a B.S. in Chemistry from Yale University. Dr.
Wise’s research is situated at the intersection of learning and educational
data sciences, focusing on the design of learning analytics systems that
are theoretically grounded, computationally robust, and pedagogically
useful for informing teaching and learning. Dr. Wise serves as
Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Learning Analytics is a Co-Editor of
the Handbook of Learning Analytics.

Kind regards,

Vita

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Dr Vitomir Kovanović

Research Fellow,* School of Education, University of South Australia*

Data Scientist,* Teaching Innovation Unit, University of South Australia*

Visiting Researcher,* LINK Lab, University of Texas Arlington, USA*

Secretary,* Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR)*

Academic Editor (Education, Pedagogy),* PLOS One*

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[edm-announce] Webinar Invitation: "Designing Learning Analytics for Humans with Humans," Prof. Alyssa Wise, NYU on Oct 16, 2019

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