Keynote 4: Towards Highly Informative Learning Analytics

Keynote 4: Towards Highly Informative Learning Analytics

Thursday 08/06 09:00-10:00

Plenary Hall

Abstract.

Hendrik will be presenting the latest research outcomes on the Highly Informative and Learning Analytics (HILA) research program. In his presentation, he will discuss the effectiveness of HILA and the potential of data-enriched learning activities to provide highly informative feedback. The research has shown that feedback has a powerful effect on learning success, and HILA provides even higher effects than traditional feedback methods. HILA will offer actionable feedback that goes beyond correct or wrong replies, providing suitable conditions for effective metacognitive control of the learning process. In the past, providing HILA in class was time-intensive and not possible at large-scale university lectures due to a lack of personnel. However, with the help of computers and other digital devices, we will be able to design data-enriched learning activities that open up far-reaching possibilities to provide HILA. During the talk, Hendrik will demonstrate how data-enriched learning activities are designed with domain experts, how the group curates a knowledge base on effective learning analytics indicators, and how the data-enriched learning activities will be researched in experimental settings. We are excited about the potential of HILA and data-enriched learning activities to improve learning outcomes, provide valuable feedback to students and to introduce ecological valid units of learning for research.

About the speaker.

Hendrik Drachsler, Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education – DIPF, Germany. Hendrik is a Full Professor of Educational Technologies and Learning Analytics affiliated with DIPF, the Goethe-University Frankfurt, and the Open University of the Netherlands. He is also the Scientific Director of the central Technology-Enhanced Learning Innovation unit at the Goethe-University Frankfurt. His research interests include Educational Technology, Trusted Learning Analytics, Recommender Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Feedback and the impact of these fields on individual learners, learning organisations, and society.
In the past, Hendrik was an elected board member of the Society of Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR) as well as a member of the board of the European Association of Technology-Enhanced Learning (EATEL). He has been the principal investigator and scientific coordinator of various national and EU projects.