SoLAR Episode 21: Re-Imagining Learning Analytics

About this episode

The episode discusses the evolution and redefinition of Learning Analytics with key members of a newly launched Task Force.

This episode of the SoLAR Spotlight podcast features Assistant Professor Catherine Manly (Fairleigh Dickinson University), Full Professor Blazenka Divjak (University of Zagreb), and Professor Emerita Rebecca Ferguson (The Open University), hosted by Rogers Kaliisa (University of Oslo) and Maurice Boothe Jr. (New York University). They discuss why, after 15 years of rapid growth in research and commercial practice, the SoLAR Executive launched a Task Force to revisit and redefine Learning Analytics. Our guests, all key members of this Task Force, reflect on how the field has evolved at the intersection of learning, analytics, and human-centred design, and what a renewed definition means for the community. What is your takeaway from this episode? And which “lie” did Catherine, Blazenka, and Rebecca tell in the two truths and a lie game? Let us know using the hashtag #SoLARspotlight on LinkedIn. Learn more at solaresearch.org or contact us at solar.spotlight.podcast@gmail.com.

People in this episode

Host: Rogers Kaliisa

Guests: Catherine Manly, Blazenka Divjak, Rebecca Ferguson

Topics covered

• Learning Analytics
• Human-Centred Design
• Education

Keywords

• SoLAR
• Task Force
• research
• commercial practice

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Learning Analytics

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• Episode 19: Multimodal Learning Analytics: Opportunities & Challenges · April 24, 2023 · 41 min
• Episode 18: Explainable models for Learning Analytics · October 17, 2022 · 32 min
• Episode 17: The Intersection of Learning Analytics and Learning Sciences · August 17, 2022 · 33 min
• Episode 16: Bias · May 31, 2022 · 39 min
• Episode 15: Learning Analytics in Schools · May 6, 2022 · 24 min