Thoughts for the ALASI 2017 Panel: Exploring practical impacts of learning analytics on student learning and pedagogical design

1. Simon Buckingham Shum
Connected Intelligence Centre • University of Technology Sydney
@sbuckshum • http://utscic.edu.au • http://Simon.BuckinghamShum.net
Panel: Exploring practical impacts of learning analytics on student learning and pedagogical design
http://itali.uq.edu.au/alasi2017
On moving from a theory to a learning analytics application:
Automated feedback on reflective writing as an example

2. Educational/Learning
Sciences researcher
System Architects/
Programmers
Algorithm
Learner
Learning Outcomes
Learning Theory
Learning Analytics
Researcher
User Interface
Educator
Educational Insights
The complex chain from a theory to an analytics system for
learner/educator feedback
Software, Hardware
Data
http://simon.buckinghamshum.net/2016/03/algorithmic-accountability-for-learning-analytics

3. Conceptual Framework from the scholarship of teaching and learning reflective writing
Elegant analytical framework, but too complex for the end-user: need a simpler user model…
Gibson, A., Aitken, A., Sándor, Á., Buckingham Shum, S., Tsingos-Lucas, C. and Knight, S. (2017). Reflective Writing Analytics
for Actionable Feedback. Proceedings of LAK17: 7th International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge, March 13-
17, 2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada. (ACM Press). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3027385.3027436. [Preprint] [Replay]

4. Conceptual Framework from the scholarship of teaching and learning reflective writing
Elegant analytical framework, but too complex for the end-user: need a simpler user model…

5. Conceptual Framework from the scholarship of teaching and learning reflective writing
Elegant analytical framework, but too complex for the end-user: need a simpler user model…
For details see https://utscic.edu.au/tools/awa (LAK17 paper)

7. Integrating AWA into meaningful assessment: guide
students through a writing exercise workflow (AWA Tutor)
Shibani, A., Knight, S., Buckingham Shum, S., & Ryan, P. (2017). Design and Implementation of a Pedagogic Intervention Using Writing Analytics.
In W. Chen et al. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Computers in Education, New Zealand. http://antonetteshibani.com/research