If you are attending OLC Innovate next week in Denver, Colorado or virtually online, be sure to come listen to Dr. Matt Crosslin’s presentation on Thursday morning at 8:45 AM on the current work at the LINK Research Lab on making chatbots and AI more student-centered: “How can teachers utilize chatbots and artificial intelligence in…
Several LINK Lab researchers presented posters at LAK 19: the 9th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference. These included: Matt Crosslin, Justin T. Dellinger, Nikola Milikic, Igor Jovic, and Kim Breuer. Determining Learning Pathway Choices Utilizing Process Mining Analysis on Clickstream Data in a Traditional College Course Goutam Sarker, Lisa Berry, Shanna Banda, and George…
Dr. Matt Crosslin of the LINK Research Lab was interviewed recently by Dr. LeighHall of Teaching Academia: “Want to make the online learning experience more customized for our students? You can! Dr. Matt Crosslin from the Univ. of Texas, Arlington shares how you can incorporate customizable pathways into your courses and give students freedom to engage…
Researchers at the LINK Research Lab have initiated a new research project that will look to combine chatbot technology with game theory to improve educational options for learners in online courses. The first stage will begin by looking at finding ways to help learners get answers to frequently asked questions in our Learning Analytics courses.…
The Learning Analytics in Higher Education MOOC is launching November 19, 2018. It is still not too late to sign up to learn about this important topic in the growing field of learning analytics. This course gives an overview of learning analytics in higher education and introduces the SHEILA framework that can be used to support strategy…
The Knowledge Inference and Structure Discovery for Education MOOC launches today! It is still not too late to sign up to learn about this important topic in the growing field of learning analytics. In this course, you will learn key methods for discovering how content can be divided into skills and concepts and how to measure…
The LINK Lab sponsored open educational resource Creating Online Learning Experiences: A Brief Guide to Online Courses, from Small and Private to Massive and Open is now available as an affordable print version from Lulu. You can order a softcover version for cost as a print-on-demand option. The digital version is still available for free…
The Feature Engineering for Improving Learning Environments MOOC is launching September 2, 2018. It is still not too late to sign up to learn about this important topic in the growing field of learning analytics. How can data-intensive research methods be used to create more equitable and effective learning environments? In this course, you will learn how data…
The Natural Language Processing and Language Understanding in Educational Research MOOC is launching September 2, 2018. It is still not too late to sign up to learn about this important topic in the growing field of learning analytics. This course offers an overview of natural language processing (NLP) and natural language understanding (NLU) for educational practitioners, leaders, and…
Justin T. Dellinger recently celebrated his fourth anniversary with the LINK Research Lab at the University of Texas at Arlington, where he currently serves as Associate Director and project lead for a new series of learning analytics courses in edX. Prior to his time in LINK, Justin worked in the Division of Digital Teaching and…