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T4E 2019 Workshop

Prof Kumar will present a workshop on the Calculus of Causation, the general case of the traditional randomized controlled trial (RCT) which allows to infer causality from observational data. Workshop: Causal Inferencing with Observational Data for Evidence-based Pedagogy – Adopting AI to Education

Assessing Learning Analytics Impact on Coding Competence Growth – ICALT 2019

On July 17, 2019, Prof Kumar presented a paper at the international conference on Advanced Learning Technologies and Technology-enhanced Learning organized by the IEEE Computer Society and the IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technology. This paper on Assessing Learning Analytics Impact on Coding Competence Growth can be found here: 10.1109/ICALT.2019.00057

Shedding Light on the Automated Essay Scoring Process – EDM 2019

David Boulanger presented a poster at the Educational Data Mining Conference 2019 aiming at Shedding Light on the Automated Essay Scoring Process, a subject of high interest by researchers in the field.

First Workshop on Intelligent Textbooks at AIED 2019

On June 25, 2019, David Boulanger presented ‘An Overview of Recent Developments in Intelligent e-Textbooks and Reading Analytics’ at the AIED first workshop on Intelligent Textbooks. You will find details on this event along with David’s presentation, paper and the workshop’s proceedings in clicking on the respective links below. Workshop detailsPresentationPaperProceedings

Learning Analytics: exploring the knowledge boundary

On March 14, 2019, Professor Kumar gave a presentation on Learning Analytics (LA) and how LA caters with the strategic research orientation at AU. You will find the presentation available via the link below. https://athabascau.adobeconnect.com/ppii8o4hchai/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal

ICSLE 2019 Tutorial

‘Inferring Causal Effects from Learning Analytics: Discovering the Nature of Bias’. You are invited to take a look at the tutorial material that has been given at the ICSLE 2019 on March 18-20, 2019 at the University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA.

Future of Training

Please encourage our research endeavours at AU by viewing the video titled ‘Future of Training’ posted on the NSERC’s website and on the YouTube channel. This video, which has been produced by our research team, has qualified in the top entries in the Science, Action! contest held by NSERC. Please share this message with your…
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ICSLE 2019

Come to hear Prof Kumar present a tutorial and a paper at the ICSLE 2019 conference at the University of North Texas on March 18 and 19! Tutorial: Observational Studies and Learning Analytics Paper: Challenges in recruiting and retaining participants for smart learning environment studies Conference Program

T4E 2018 Workshop

You are invited to take a look at the material shared during a workshop in the setting of the 9th International Conference on Technology for Education (T4E 2018) in IIT Madras, Chennai, India during December 10-13, 2018. More details here.

What our research group has to say on Learning Analytics…

Our research group met on April 18, 2018 to discuss four questions related to Learning Analytics: Question 1 – What is unique about Learning Analytics (LA) with respect to Academic Analytics (AA), Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS), Educational Data Mining (EDM), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Data Science (DS)?   Question 2 – How do you see Learning…
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