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PhD Stage 3 Seminar: Sophie Abel – Towards Automated Feedback on Students’ Research Writing: Theory, Design and Evaluation

Thesis Title: Towards Automated Feedback on Students’ Research Writing: Theory, Design and Evaluation PhD candidate: Sophie Abel Abstract Please note that this is an open Stage 3 PhD seminar, in which the candidate will summarise her research, prior to a viva with reviewers. Your support and constructive feedback are most welcome!  Effective research writing skills are essential for Higher Degree Research (HDR) students. Research funding restructures and new university policy d...
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CIC@LAK24 Kyoto

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The International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK) is the annual conference of the Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR), and the premier forum for researchers and practitioners. LAK24 comes to Kyoto this year, and several of the CIC team and our alumni will be contributing next week. Catch us there, or get in touch if you want to know more!... To what extent do responses to a single survey question provide insights into students' sense of belonging? Srira...
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CIC celebrates 3 PhD graduates

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Last week, CIC celebrated 3 of our students as they graduate with their PhD.  Dr. Vanessa Echeverria Barzola Year of completion: 2020 (commenced 2016) Thesis title: 'Designing Feedback for Collocated Teams using Multimodal Learning Analytics' Supervisor/s: Prof. Simon Buckingham Shum & Dr. Roberto Maldonado Martinez Thesis access link: https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/handle/10453/140936 Dr. Vanessa Echeverria Barzola is now a Postdoctoral Fellow at Monash University, Austra...
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New CIC publication explores the intersection between big data and educational theory

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Using causal models to bridge the divide between big data and educational theory A new journal paper by Kirsty Kitto, Ben Hicks and Simon Buckingham Shum has just been published in the British Journal of Educational Technology: Abstract: With the proliferation of data in educational settings it is becoming even more important to ensure analytical results are grounded in reality. Ideally we would like to embed our theoretical concepts from the learning sciences in our data products ...
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Belonging Analytics

       Towards Learning Analytics for Belonging was a new workshop launched by CIC at ALASI22 that formally charted a new direction in the field of learning analytics — student sense of belonging. While students' sense of belonging has long been recognised as a significant factor in their ability to thrive in an academic environment, this concept is not well-understood. The lack of clarity has implications on the way belonging is measured, tracked, and supported. Facilitated by Lisa-Angeli...
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ALASI22

Welcome to ALASI22 University of Technology Sydney, 8-9 Dec. 2022 Building 11, Broadway, Ultimo, NSW 2007 We are delighted to announce that the 2022 Australian Learning Analytics Summer Institute (ALASI22) will be held face-to-face, in Sydney! This national gathering convenes as part of the international network of LASI events sponsored by the Society for Learning Analytics Research. After the 2 year ALASI hiatus, it will be fantastic to connect with each other again, welcome new ...
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Australian Learning Analytics Summer Institute (ALASI22)

Australian Learning Analytics Summer Institute (ALASI22) University of Technology Sydney, 8-9 Dec. 2022 Building 11, Broadway, Ultimo, NSW 2007   We are delighted to announce that the 2022 Australian Learning Analytics Summer Institute (ALASI22) will be held face-to-face, in Sydney! After the 2 year hiatus, it will be fantastic to connect with each other again, welcome new people into the community, to share our know-how and know-who to build the Learning Analytics community’s capab...
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State-of-the-art reports published on Learning Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Education

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CIC contributes to new reports on the state of the art of Learning Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Education Australia is fortunate to have some of the leading researchers in Learning Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Education,some of them being founders of these fields. Over the last year, CIC’s senior researchers Kirsty Kitto and Simon Buckingham Shum have been working with colleagues across the country on a series of research articles, documenting the state of play, and the ...
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CIC@Pharmacy Life Long Learning 2021

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CIC's long term work with Cherie Lucas (School of Pharmacy) was the focus of a workshop last week at the 13th International Conference on Life Long Learning in Pharmacy, joint with Efi Mantzourani (Cardiff U.) sharing what we have been learning about the effective use of AcaWriter's automated feedback to support reflective writing. Full details below, including the slides. Lucas, C., Buckingham Shum, S. & Mantzourani, E. (2021). The Art of Reflection: Provisions and Companions in our Profes...
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LAK21 Workshop: Engineering Learning Analytics Technology Environments (ELATE): Understanding iteration between data and theory, and design and deployment

Date April 13, 2021 - 4PM to 7 PM PST (according to LAK pre-conference schedule) Abstract Learning analytics (LA) researchers often fail to collect the necessary data to answer research questions due to a lack of understanding of what types of data they need. This workshop aims to advance understanding of the necessities of iterative processes in data collection and analysis to address the issue. The workshop includes panel talks by the organizers, who have experience in data collec...
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