Objective
- Fostering the highest standards of academic research in learning analytics;
- Creating opportunities for the diverse stakeholders in learning analytics to communicate, collaborate, debate and support the implementation and adoption of learning analytics;
- Promoting the development of open educational resources in learning analytics;
- Raising awareness of learning analytics amongst policy and decision-makers in educational institutions, professional and government contexts.
Thematic focus
Exploring the role and impact of analytics on teaching, learning, training, and development.
Activities
- organizing the International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK) and the Learning Analytics Summer Institute (LASI)
- launching multiple initiatives to support collaborative and open research around learning analytics
- promoting the publication and dissemination of learning analytics research
- advising and consulting with state, provincial, and national governments.
