LASI-Nordic-17: Learning Analytics Summer Institute Nordic University of Bergen / Scandic Bergen City Bergen, Norway, September 28-29, 2017 |
Conference website | http://www.slate.uib.no/lasi-nordic2017 |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lasi-nordic_17 |
Submission deadline | August 18, 2017 |
We hereby invite PhD-students, academics, researchers, educators, learning entrepreneurs, and other learning professionals with interest in the Learning Analytics field to participate in our LASI-Nordic event over 2 days.
The LASI-Nordic draws together the Nordic learning analytics community to share research and experience, and to investigate if there is a Nordic approach to learning analytics. Over two days there will be keynote talks, workshops, tutorials, panels, a participatory data sprint, and a firehose & poster session, in which to participate., First and foremost, however, LASI-Nordic 2017 will be a chance for participants to share, discuss, and shape how the Nordic countries use/want to use Learning Analytics to improve learning and teaching. Furthermore, the aim is to facilitate collaboration and sharing of knowledge on learning Analytics within the Nordic community, and determine if there is interest in developing a Nordic Special Interest Group (SIG).
Submission Guidelines
Poster abstracts are 1-2 pages that describe the author's research in the area of learning analytics. Posters will be presented in a brief firehose presentation and a poster session at the end of Day 1.
All participants are highly encouraged to submit at least one poster and there is no restriction on the number of posters submitted by the same author. Please prepare an A0 poster for the poster session and one slide for the firehouse presentation (all firehouse slides will be put together in one presentation).
List of Topics
The theme of the poster sessions is Nordic Approaches to Learning Analytics. The LASI-Nordic highlights the need for devising learning analytics innovations that can provide timely support and feedback to learners and teachers in the greater Nordics. The theme aims to encourage LASI participants to think about this educational need in our increasingly complex everyday world and to consider the growing interest in real-world learning analytics.
Possible sub-themes (but not limited to):
- Learning analytics across digital and physical spaces
- Learning analytics in the workplace
- Engaging and communicating meaning to learners and teachers from learning analytics
- Challenges and successes for learning analytics in the Nordics
Organisers
Institutions
- Centre for the Science of Learning & Technology (SLATE) University of Bergen
- IT og LæringsDesign - Aalborg University
- Computational Media Lab & IoTaP - Malmö University
- University College of Northern Denmark
Organizing committee
- Barbara Wasson, University of Bergen, Norway
- Morten Misfeldt, Aalborg University, Denmark
- Daniel Spikol, Malmö University, Sweden
- Ulla Ringtvedt, University College of Northern Denmark
Invited Speakers
- Rebecca Fergurson, IET, Learning and Teaching Innovation portfolio, Open University, UK
- Weiqin Chen, Centre for the Science of Learning & Technology, University of Bergen, Norway
Venue
The conference will be held at:
Conference centre
Scandic Bergen City
Håkonsgaten 2-7
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to:
Barbara Wasson <barbara.wasson@uib.no> or Daniel Spikol <daniel.spikol@mah.se>