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Lecture Series: Data Science in Action

Professor Ifenthaler will present a lecture on 20 October 2022 titled „Adoption of Learning Analytics – Data-driven vs. Data-demand“. Mannheim Center for Data Science and engage.eu jointly offer this new lecture series on the topic of “Data Science in Action” in fall semester 2022. Lectures will be held in English online via zoom every Thursday from 12 to 1.30 pm.

Registration for the lecture series is available here: https://www.uni-mannheim.de/en/datascience/details/vortragsreihe-data-science-in-action/

Abstract for 20 October 2022

Recent research focussing on the adoption of learning analytics reports high interest among educational organisations. At the same time, the maturity level of available organisation-wide learning analytics systems is still low; i.e., organisations are aware of learning analytics and start experimenting with dashboards for students and teachers. However, they are far from organisational transformation. Accordingly, learning analytics remains an interest for educational organisations rather than a major priority. In this presentation, current research findings regarding the effectiveness of learning analytics are critically examined and implications for organisational change as well as pedagogical practice will be provided. Examples of actionable frameworks and adoption models for successful integration of learning analytics systems into educational organisations will be presented, and challenges enco­untered during the adoption of learning analytics in educational organisations will be highlighted.

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