Keynote at International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK13)

1. F H Mira flickr.com
Int. Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge 2013
Leuven, 11 April 2013
Bridging the Middle Space
with Learning Analytics
Abelardo Pardo @abelardopardo
School of Electrical and Information Engineering
slideshare.net/abelardo_pardo

2. derpunk flickr.com
Middle My journey to the Research
space middle space projects
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3. derpunk flickr.com
Middle
space
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4. tochis flickr.com
Dialectics in learning analytics
Dialectic: a way of discovering what is true by
considering opposite theories
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5. NASA Marshall Space Flight Center flickr.com
Educational
theory and
practice
Tools
Middle space
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6. C. G. P. Grey flickr.com
This will apply to ...
If I could know ...
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7. apasciuto flickr.com
Tools, technology,
algorithms
Educational design,
pedagogical strategies
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8. Tanaka Juuyoh flickr.com
Tight feedback loop
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9. derpunk flickr.com
Middle
space
My journey to the
middle space
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10. Garry Knight flickr.com
Born “tooler”, but captivated by practice
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11. orangebrompton flickr.com
Tech for learning
My teaching
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12. neilspencerbruce flickr.com
My view of learning
technology 10 years ago
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13. toolstop flickr.com
My view of teaching 10 years ago: focus on subject
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14. Ed Yourdon flickr.com
Focus on...
Self
Course topic
Student as receptive
Student as active
Student as independent
(Kugel, 1993)
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15. Sanadreas flickr.com
Design a course
with a clean slate
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16. Dreaming in the deep south flickr.com
Design stages
Program objectives
Specific objectives
Project on course
Design activities
Course agenda
(Valero, 2003)
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17. quinet flickr.com
Expected result
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18. Richard Cocks flickr.com
ACTIVITY
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19. brewbooks flickr.com
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20. basykes flickr.com
Observe students while
they work
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21. kurafire flickr.com
Intervene and adapt
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22. Wade Morgen flickr.com
Students observe themselves
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23. ahisgett flickr.com
Learning analytics
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24. derpunk flickr.com
Middle My journey to the
space middle space
Research
projects
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25. dianetell Flickr
Dogfooding
Wider impact
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26. Flickrmor flickr.com
Activities occur outside the LMS
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27. Chef Cooke Flickr.com
Observe while
working on
course
activities
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28. Kevin Davies flickr.com
A clearly identified
environment within
your computer
(Pardo & Delgado Kloos, 2011)
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29. Instrumentation
Personal Computer Student Instructor
Virtual Computer
Computer
Tool Computer
Tool 1
Computer Act
Tool Computer
Tool 2
Infer
Computer
Tool
Computer
Tool 3 Report
Computer
Tool
Computer Event Personal
Tool 4 Dataset Data
Computer
Tool Authenticated
Encoding
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30. Horia Varlan flickr.com
Tool usage vs performance
(Romero-Zaldívar et al., 2012)
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31. Chiot’s Run Flickr.com
Collect URLs Compare with Detect new
course notes resources
(Romero-Zaldívar et al., 2011)
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32. Axel Rouvin flickr.com
Group activity Detect most Relate to
steps frequent activities
(Scheffel et al., 2011)
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33. Al HikesAZ flickr.com
n-gram + Key actions Characterize
ranking activities
(Scheffel et al., 2012)
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34. Learning glass
(Crespo et al. 2012, Leony et al., 2012)
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36. again Show
correct
Show Show
question solutions
Show
again incorrect
Transitions are recorded
(Pardo et al., 2012)
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37. Just in time teaching
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38. Browser add-in
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39. Instructor analytics
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40. Prepare and participate
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41. Adventures in Librarianship flickr.com
Detect engagement
while writing
(Calvo et al., 2011, Liu et al., 2013)
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42. Eleaf Flickr.com
Automatic question generation
What evidence is provided to ...?
What are the strengths and
limitations of ...?
(Liu et al., 2010)
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43. Facial expressions
Detect emotions
(Monkaresi et al., 2012)
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44. spike55151 flickr.com
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45. NASA Marshall Space Flight Center flickr.com
Educational
theory and
practice
Tools
Middle space
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46. Ciccio Pizettaro flickr.com
Blue pill: live in your own illusion
Red pill: face the reality
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47. Ciccio Pizettaro flickr.com
Toolers: let the needs of practicioners drive the
design and adoption of the tools
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48. Ciccio Pizettaro flickr.com
Practicioners: LA is here to stay, it has big potential,
make it work for you!
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49. F H Mira flickr.com
Int. Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge 2013
Leuven, 11 April 2013
Bridging the Middle Space
with Learning Analytics
Abelardo Pardo @abelardopardo
School of Electrical and Information Engineering
slideshare.net/abelardo_pardo

50. References
Kugel, P., 1993
How Professors Develop as Teachers
Studies in Higher Education, 18(3), pp. 315-328
Valero M., 2003
Memoria del Proyecto Docente
Unpublished manuscript
Pardo, A., Delgado Kloos, C., 2011,
Stepping out of the box. Towards analytics outside the Learning Management System
International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge, pp, 163-167, ACM New York, USA
Romero-Zaldívar, V.A., Pardo, A., Burgos, D., Delgado Kloos, C., 2012
Monitoring Student Progress Using Virtual Appliances: A Case Study
Computer & Education, 58(4):10580–1067, 2012
Romero-Zaldívar, V.A., Crespo García, R., Burgos, D., Delgado Kloos, C., Pardo, A., 2012
Automatic Discovery of Complementary Learning Resources
European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, 2011
Scheffel, M., Niemann, K., Pardo, A., Leony, D., Friedrich, M., Schmidt, K., Wolpers M., Delgado Kloos C.,
2011
Usage Pattern Recognition in Student Activities
European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, 2011
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51. References II
Scheffel, M., Niemann, K., Leony, D., Pardo, A., Schmitz, H-Ch., Wolpers M., Delgado Kloos C., 2012
Key Action Extraction for Learning Analytics
European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, 2012
Leony, D., Pardo A., De la Fuente Valentín, L., Sánchez de Castro, D., Delgado Kloos, C. 2012
GLASS : A Learning Analytics Visualization Tool
International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge, pp. 162-163, ACM Press.
Crespo García, R.M., Pardo, A., Delgado Kloos, C., Niemann, K., Scheffel, M., Wolpers, M., 2012
Peeking into the black box: visualising learning activities.
International Journal on Technology Enhanced Learning, 4(1/2), 2012
Pardo, A., Pérez-sanagustín, M., Parada G., H., Leony, D., 2012
Flip with care.
Southern Solar Flare Conference, 2012
Liu M., Calvo, R.; Pardo, A., 2013
Visualizing the effect of actions in personal informatics systems
Workshop on Personal Informatics, CHI’13
Calvo, R., O’Rourke, S.T., Jones, J., Yacef, K., Reimann, P., 2011
Collaborative Writing Support Tools on the Cloud
IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 4(1):88–97
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52. References III
Liu M., Calvo, R.; Rus, V., 2010
Automatic Question Generation for Literature Review Writing Support
Intelligent Tutoring Systems 2010
Monkaresi, H., Hussain, M. S., Calvo, R., 2012
A dynamic approach for detecting naturalistic affective states from facial videos during HCI
Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Sydney, Australia. LNAI, Springer 2012, pp.170-181
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