Register for the Next SoLAR Webinar, June 25 at 4 PM CEST
Title: Learning and Regulating with ChatGPT: What an Experimental Study Tells Us The advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have profoundly transformed and will continue to influence the workforce by automating numerous tasks across various sectors. Consequently, it is vital for students and professionals to develop the capability to “learn and work with AI,” a focusContinue reading →
2024 SoLAR Executive Committee Student Member Nominees – Special Election
Current SoLAR Executive Committee for 2024 President – Bart Rienties, The Open University, UK Vice President – Blaženka Divjak, University of Zagreb, Croatia Vice President – Olga Viberg, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Secretary – Ioana Jivet, FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany Treasurer – Abhinava Barthakur, University of South Australia, Australia Member at Large – KathrynContinue reading →
Deadline Extended for Early Career Research Grant – due May 17, 2024
The SoLAR Executive Committee and ECR Grant Working Group is pleased to announce the deadline extension for the Early Career Research Grant. Applications are now due May 17, 2024 by 5pm EDT. Purpose The SoLAR ECR Research Grant serves to support promising early career researchers who demonstrate the potential to advance research and practice inContinue reading →
2024 Call for SoLAR Student Representative Nominations – Special Election
The SoLAR Executive Committee is pleased to announce the call for nominations for a special election for a student representative to the 2024-2025 Executive Committee. Executive Committee members serve a two year term. Nominations are open for one student representative. If you are interested in shaping and guiding how SoLAR continues to serve the growingContinue reading →
Register for the Next SoLAR Webinar, April 9 at 4 PM CEST
Title: Reframing thinking about and modeling learning through complex dynamical systems Learning is a highly individual process of change that emerges from multiple interacting components (e.g. cognitive, social) that occur at varying levels (e.g., individual, group) and timescales (e.g. micro, meso, macro) in constantly changing environments. Due to its complexity, the theoretical assumptions that describeContinue reading →
2024 SoLAR Executive Committee Nominees
Current SoLAR Executive Committee for 2024 President – Bart Rienties, The Open University, UK Secretary – Ioana Jivet, Goethe University Frankfurt & DIPF, Germany Member at Large – Kathryn Bartimote, University of Sydney, Australia Member at Large – Rogers Kaliisa, University of Oslo, Norway Member at Large – Mohammad Khalil, University of Bergen, Norway Member at Large -Continue reading →
Important LAK24 Update from the SoLAR Executive Committee
Dear Learning Analytics Community, We write to inform you that the SoLAR Executive Committee has made the difficult decision to cancel the integrated virtual component of LAK24 scheduled for March 18 -22, 2024. The number of virtual submissions and registrations for LAK24 is extremely low (i.e., 4.6% of LAK paper presenters have requested online presentation,Continue reading →
New Podcast Episode – Learning Analytics & AI: Opportunities & Challenges
The SoLAR Communications team is pleased to present episode 20: Learning Analytics & AI: Opportunities & Challenges of the SoLAR Spotlight podcast. This episode of the SoLAR Spotlight podcast series features Dr Aneesha Bakharia, University of Queensland, Australia and Professor Barbara Wasson, University of Bergen, Norway as guests, hosted by Shibani Antonette & Rogers Kaliisa.Continue reading →
2024 Call for SoLAR Executive Committee Nomination
The SoLAR Executive Committee is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the 2024-2025 Executive Committee. Executive Committee members serve a two year term. Nominations are open for four member at-large positions. If you are interested in shaping and guiding how SoLAR continues to serve the growing learning analytics community please fill out thisContinue reading →
Upcoming Webinar on November 8, 12pm CST. Register now!
It is our pleasure to invite you to our next SoLAR Webinar in partnership with the Master program in Educational Psychology – Learning Analytics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison “Modeling Learning in the Age of Chat GPT” with faculty director David William Shaffer. This talk looks at what ChatGPT and AI models are really doing,Continue reading →