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…
The LINK Lab had a busy spring and summer with researchers collaborating internationally on a number of studies and presenting at national and international conferences. In March, Dr. Catherine Spann, James Schaeffer, and Justin T. Dellinger took part in the 7th International Learning Analytics & Knowledge Conference (LAK17) in Vancouver, British Columbia. Dr. Spann presented…
For Academic Year 2017-2018, the Professional Learning Communities will be a part of the University of Texas at Arlington’s Quality Enhancement Plan. For more information on the call for applicants and new program details, please visit http://www.uta.edu/qep/news/index.php. The deadline to apply is September 22, 2017. Please contact Dr. Andrew Clark, QEP Director, if you would…
We have posted a link to the recording of David Wiley’s talk on Open Educational Resources on the LINK website at: https://mattcrosslin.com/archives/linklab/e…/guest-speakers/dr-david-wiley/. If you couldn’t join us, check it out! Also, if you have missed a previous LINK Lab event, we have recorded many of them and they are available at https://mattcrosslin.com/archives/linklab/events/previous/ or https://mattcrosslin.com/archives/linklab/events/videos/
The LINK Research Lab and UTA Libraries are excited to co-sponsor a presentation by David Wiley titled “Unlocking the Classroom: Maximizing the Potential of Open Educational Resources.” The event will be held in the UTA Central Library 6th Floor Parlor and reservations are encouraged due to limited space. David Wiley is a pioneer and prominent…
We are currently in day two of our Professional Learning Communities Virtual Mini-Conference and we invite you to check out this year’s projects. There is a lot of great work and we would love to get some feedback about our research going forward. Please check out the link below! https://mattcrosslin.com/archives/linklab/plc-2017miniconference/ For more information about our…
LINK kicked off the new year with media coverage in both online and television outlets. Dr. George Siemens sat down for an interview with Campus Technology on technology, data-centric models, and the equity of information. Dr. Siemens addressed the defining question of LINK throughout his interview: What does it mean to be human in a digital age? He highlighted that…
Dr. Geoff Woolcott, LINK’s current visiting scholar, is excited to host an informal presentation on Connectivity and Systems Approaches to Educational Research on Wednesday, February 1, 2016, at noon in the LINK Research Lab. Dr. Woolcott is an Associate Professor of Mathematics and Science Education in the School of Education at Southern Cross University, Australia.…
Last Wednesday, scholars filled LINK with some of the latest technology in virtual reality during the latest Virtual Reality Users Group meeting. Hosted by Matt Crosslin, Learning Innovation Coordinator for the LINK Lab, faculty and researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) have been exploring virtual or augmented reality and had the opportunity to actually see…
Dr. Rory McGreal, UNESCO/Commonwealth of Learning Chairholder in Open Educational Resources and professor in the Centre for Distance Education at Athabasca University, will give a talk on Tuesday, December 20, 2016, at 12:00 p.m. in the LINK Research Lab. Dr. McGreal is also the director of the Technology Enhanced Knowledge Research Institute (TEKRI), co-Editor of…