Attention Please!
Learning analytics
for visualization & recommendation

SURF seminar
Utrecht, 29 August 2011




Erik Duval
http://erikduval.wordpress.com and @ErikDuval


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Thanks-merci-gracias-dank u-köszönöm-
       σας ευχαριστώ-obrigado-
                   -Vielen dank - 谢谢


          MANY thanks


            for the invitation !
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http://www.slideshare.net/erik.duval




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My team:

       technology enhanced
    learning, music & research

    and language technologies
      & computer graphics
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What?
“Analytics offers
leaders, teachers, learners, policy makers
with meaningful and actionable data
and analysis of the learning experience,
displayed through user-controlled
visualizations.”
[Siemens et al.]
learning analytics
=
attention management



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track where attention goes...




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And so what?




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Visualization: dashboard




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Govaerts, Sten; Verbert, Katrien; Klerkx, Joris; Duval, Erik. Visualizing activities for self-reflection and awareness,
ICWL10: International Conference on Web based Learning, LNCS, Vol. 6483, pp. 91-100, 2010.


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http://research.uow.edu.au/learningnetworks/seeing/about/index.html
link with goals


or: the power of feedback loops




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That’s it?




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Recommend




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Govaerts, Sten; El Helou, Sandy; Duval, Erik; Gillet, Denis. A federated search and social recommendation
widget, 2nd International Workshop on Social Recommender Systems (SRS 2011) in conjunction with the 2011
ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2011), pp. 1-8, 2011
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Also important for research




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http://www.teleurope.eu/pg/groups/9405/datatel/
awareness in research




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6rU-TJOtTY
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bigger picture...




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but?




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     http://www.venderbosch.com/blog/?p=728
http://www.thefilterbubble.com/
Text
my answer: open!




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1.Property
2.Mobility
3.Economy
4.Transparency
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http://google.com/takeout
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walled garden...




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in the end...
learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning
is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is
learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning
is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is
learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning
is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is
learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning
is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is
learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning
is life is learning is life is life is learning is life is learning is
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in conclusion




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Attention management
visualization, link with goals
recommendation
data based research
dangers - so what ;-) ?


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https://lirias.kuleuven.be/bitstream/123456789/315113/1/la2.pdf
Questions?
http://erikduval.wordpress.com/
       twitter: @ErikDuval
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Attention Please! Learning analytics for visualization & recommendation