Updates and Activities
Conferences and events, publications and press, and news and updates related to the ABLE project
Forthcoming Conferences and Events
Transforming the Student Experience
The Role of Learner analytics in the Modern University Date: 21/6/2017 Location: Nottingham, UK Attendees: Ed Foster (EF), Rebecca Edwards (RE) We will be presenting and attending at the symposium which will explore two key themes: key lessons learnt from NTU's...
read moreEFYE 2017
Date: 28/6/2017-30/6/2017 Location: Birmingham, UK Attendees: Ed Foster(EF), Rebecca Edwards (RE) We will be presenting and taking part in three sessions at this event. See below for details of the three sessions: Preconference session: Using learning analytics...
read morePast Conferences and Events
“No, not in the car!” The “student dashboard”: An Exploration
Date: 3/06/2016
Location: KU Leuven, Belgium
Attendees: Sven Charleer
Sven presented the first design of a dashboard supporting the live interaction between a study advisor and a student. The attendees were student advisors of KU Leuven.
read moreLearning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK)
Date: 25/04/2016 – 29/04/2016
Location: Edinburgh, UK
Attendees: Sven Charleer (KUL), Rebecca Edwards (NTU), Ed Foster (NTU)
Ed Foster gave a presentation entitled “The NTU Student Dashboard: Implementing a Whole Institution Learning Analytics Platform to Improve Student Engagement”.
read moreLAK 2017 – 7th International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge
Date: 13/03/2017 – 17/03/2017
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
The LAK17 conference is organised by the Society for Learning Analytics Research (SOLAR) and will be hosted by Simon Fraser University (SFU), Canada’s leading community-engaged research university.
read moreEuropean First Year Experience (EFYE)
Date: 04/04/2016 – 06/04/2016
Location: Ghent, Belgium
Attendees: Sven Charleer (KUL), Tinne De Laet (KUL), Rebecca Edwards (NTU) Ed Foster (NTU), Sarah Lawther (NTU), Maartje van de Bogaard (UL)
Maartje van den Bogaard, Tinne De Laet, Rebecca Edwards and Sarah Lawther conducted a pre-conference session entitled “Using learning analytics to improve student retention”
read moreThe Implications and Opportunities of Learning Analytics for European Educational Policy
Date: 16/03/2016
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Attendees: Ed Foster (NTU)
Ed Foster was one of the experts invited to contribute to a joint LAEP/ LACE project event looking at the future of learning analytics.
read moreLearning Metrics, Learning Analytics: Using Data to Improve the Student Experience (LMLA)
Date: 10/12/2015
Location: Nottingham, UK
Attendees: Ed Foster (NTU), Sarah Lawther (NTU)
National Multiplier Event 2015
read moreInside Government. Effectively Utilising Higher Education Data
Date: 26/11/2015
Location: London, UK
Attendees: Ed Foster (NTU)
Ed Foster presented a case study at the Effectively utilising higher education data conference exploring the relationship between engagement data in the Dashboard and both progression and attainment data.
read moreLACE SoLAR Flare
Date: 09/10/2015
Location: Milton Keynes, UK
Attendees: Ed Foster (NTU)
Ed Foster presented one of the lightning presentations and took part in discussions about the future of learning analytics in the European HE sector.
read morePublications and Press
How universities are using data to stop students dropping out.
This article discusses how universities are using student data to support student and/or improve student outcomes, and some of the issues that are raised around this practice. Ed discusses the motivations for using learning analytics at NTU....
read moreLearning analytics in higher education: A review of UK and international practice.
This report documents the emerging uses of learning analytics in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom. Through a series of eleven case studies it presents an overview of the evidence currently available of the impact that analytics are having on...
read more‘From Bricks to Clicks’. The potential of data and analytics in higher education.
The NTU Student Dashboard is one of the case studies used in this UK report on learning analytics (Pg 28-30) http://www.policyconnect.org.uk/hec/research/report-bricks-clicks-potential-data-and-analytics-higher-education Authors: The Higher Education Commission, with...
read moreHEi-think: Learning analytics can transform the student experience.
In this blog post Ed outlines the challenges faced by institutions developing learning analytics. How will having more data available improve student outcomes and how do institutions effectively use the data provided?...
read moreWhat’s the right tool for reading the future?
In this guest post Ed asks what it will take for institutions to benefit from the use of learning analytics to support student retention and engagement. http://www.laceproject.eu/blog/whats-the-right-tool-for-reading-the-future/ Author: Ed Foster...
read moreTransforming the Student Experience
The Role of Learner analytics in the Modern University Date: 21/6/2017 Location: Nottingham, UK Attendees: Ed Foster (EF), Rebecca Edwards (RE) We will be presenting and attending at the symposium which will explore two key themes: key lessons learnt from NTU's...
EFYE 2017
Date: 28/6/2017-30/6/2017 Location: Birmingham, UK Attendees: Ed Foster(EF), Rebecca Edwards (RE) We will be presenting and taking part in three sessions at this event. See below for details of the three sessions: Preconference session: Using learning analytics...
How universities are using data to stop students dropping out.
This article discusses how universities are using student data to support student and/or improve student outcomes, and some of the issues that are raised around this practice. Ed discusses the motivations for using learning analytics at NTU....
Learning analytics in higher education: A review of UK and international practice.
This report documents the emerging uses of learning analytics in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom. Through a series of eleven case studies it presents an overview of the evidence currently available of the impact that analytics are having on...
‘From Bricks to Clicks’. The potential of data and analytics in higher education.
The NTU Student Dashboard is one of the case studies used in this UK report on learning analytics (Pg 28-30) http://www.policyconnect.org.uk/hec/research/report-bricks-clicks-potential-data-and-analytics-higher-education Authors: The Higher Education Commission, with...
HEi-think: Learning analytics can transform the student experience.
In this blog post Ed outlines the challenges faced by institutions developing learning analytics. How will having more data available improve student outcomes and how do institutions effectively use the data provided?...
What’s the right tool for reading the future?
In this guest post Ed asks what it will take for institutions to benefit from the use of learning analytics to support student retention and engagement. http://www.laceproject.eu/blog/whats-the-right-tool-for-reading-the-future/ Author: Ed Foster...
“No, not in the car!” The “student dashboard”: An Exploration
Date: 3/06/2016
Location: KU Leuven, Belgium
Attendees: Sven Charleer
Sven presented the first design of a dashboard supporting the live interaction between a study advisor and a student. The attendees were student advisors of KU Leuven.
Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK)
Date: 25/04/2016 – 29/04/2016
Location: Edinburgh, UK
Attendees: Sven Charleer (KUL), Rebecca Edwards (NTU), Ed Foster (NTU)
Ed Foster gave a presentation entitled “The NTU Student Dashboard: Implementing a Whole Institution Learning Analytics Platform to Improve Student Engagement”.
LAK 2017 – 7th International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge
Date: 13/03/2017 – 17/03/2017
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
The LAK17 conference is organised by the Society for Learning Analytics Research (SOLAR) and will be hosted by Simon Fraser University (SFU), Canada’s leading community-engaged research university.