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"This is our Kodak moment" This provocation was posed by one participant at August's TEQSA expert forum. Over-dramatic? Not if universities lose the capacity to assure learning. Assessment Reform for the Age of Artificial Intelligence is a consultation report from the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), Australia’s independent national quality assurance and regulatory agency for higher education. CIC's Director Simon Buckingham Shum and IML's Director Jan McLean had the pr...
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In 2021, we convened an EdTech Ethics consultation, pioneering the principles of Deliberative Democracy as a process for university consultation. Building on this success, in late May 2023, we convened AI ethics workshops with 40 UTS students to share their perspectives on what the use of Generative AI and Predictive AI should look like in the future of UTS. The students were sampled from over 100 applicants, based on a range of diversity points. Out of this came two reports, co-authored with...
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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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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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On Friday 12th May, CIC hosted the official book launch for Dr. Kailash Awati (CIC Adjunct Fellow) and Alexander Scriven's new publication titled: 'Data Science and Analytics Strategy: An Emergent Design Approach'  By Dr. Kailash Awati and Alexander Scriven  Available via Routledge (https://www.routledge.com/Data-Science-and-Analytics-Strategy-An-Emergent-Design-Approach/Awati-Scriven/p/book/9781032196329). Publisher: CRC Press / Routledge - 2023 Abstract: This book describes ...
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Transitions through Lifelong Learning: Implications for learning analytics By Kirsty Kitto et al.  Available via the ScienceDirect (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666920X21000333?via%3Dihub) Published: 2021 The following abstract is extracted from the publication. The ability to develop new skills and competencies is a central concept of lifelong learning. Research to date has largely focused on the processes and support individuals require to engage in up...
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Associate Professor Dr. Kirsty Kitto from CIC was a panelist in a webinar held on April 27, 2023. The webinar, titled "Generative AIs and their Implications for the Future of Work and Employability," explored the potential of generative AIs such as ChatGPT 4 and DALL·E 2 in shaping our work futures and the skills and capabilities that will be required. Dr. Kitto, an expert in learning analytics joined Kim Flintoff, an educational transformation consultant, to discuss the implications of generati...
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After a 2-year hiatus, CIC had the pleasure of hosting the annual Australian chapter of the Learning Analytics Summer Institute as an in-person event over 8 and 9 December at UTS. This year’s event was organised by leaders in the learning analytics field from different Australian Universities including UTS, as well as a student representative. Considering how the pandemic had prevented the community – especially PhD students – from gathering together in person, the event was planned to be highl...
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Over the past few years, OnTask has been used by academics at UTS to create rule-based messages to personalise feedback and tailor communication to every student in their subject. What is their experience with using this novel personalised messaging tool, and how do they feel about the impact of their personalised communication with students? CIC interviewed a few academics to find out their perspective. OnTask is a tool that draws on learning analytics for personalising feedback. A key feature...
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