Please join us for a presentation by Dr. Quan Nguyen, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Educational Data Science at the University of Michigan School of Information, on January 17 in the LINK Research Lab (12:30-1:30pm). Dr. Nguyen will speak on using temporal analytics to detect inconsistencies between learning design and student engagement. Lunch will be provided!…
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…
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…
You may have heard some discussion about bias in analytics, but what exactly is it? And surely we have fixed it by now? Human beings build analytic models and algorithms – and therefore, human bias will make it into the code of these models and algorithm in various ways. This article takes a look at four causes…
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 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…
LINK Research Lab, EdX, and the University of Texas at Arlington will be offering several online learning analytics courses over the next few months. All of these courses are free for anyone to join and learn as much as they would like, or a paid certificate option is available in each course for those that…