Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR)

Interested in joining us for a lap around the world? #LAP25 kicks off June 17, 2025 at 8am AEST and will provide a continuous 24-hour #LearningAnalytics program. Is your organization implementing Learning Analytics in practice? There's still time to submit! DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MAY 4, 2025 at 11:59pm AOE. It's a super, simple submission process! More information is available on the event website here: https://lnkd.in/gSFFnaMX

Calling those interested in #LearningAnalytics to share your thoughts about what characterizes LA. After 15 years of LA, it is timely for the Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR) to revisit the definition to ensure it still holds true as the field has grown alongside other advancements. This will help authors and reviewers of the Journal of Learning Analytics (JLA) and the International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference (LAK) determine what is in or out of scope in journal and conference submissions. SoLAR’s LA Taskforce invites community input in a Group Concept Mapping exercise to determine how LA should be characterized. To participate, please fill out this simple google form with your email and country. These exercises will take place in two parts. Part One is going on now through April 4, 2025 11:59 PM AOE and Part Two will take place April 7 - April 11, 2025. More information about participating will be sent once you’ve filled out the interest form.  https://lnkd.in/eP7CeQRi

In anticipation of #LAK25, join us next Monday for our upcoming webinar where Rogers Kaliisa and Mohammed Saqr will present the work that received the Best Paper Award at #LAK24. The presenters will synthesize the findings of studies that investigated the impact of learning analytics dashboards on students' learning outcomes, participation, motivation, and attitudes, but also discuss the current status of evidence and whether it supports the notion that LADs are effective or can improve students' learning. To register, visit our website: https://lnkd.in/ejgRp5QM!

Call for Editors - Journal of Learning Analytics Editorship of the Journal of Learning Analytics (Impact Factor 3.9) is an important responsibility that helps steer the direction of the field by setting benchmarks and defining quality standards for the publication content. Editors make key contributions towards defining a future-oriented vision of the field and shaping research efforts towards the envisioned goals while also engaging in high-level management to ensure a smooth editorial review process that leads to timely publications. Members of SoLAR are invited to apply for the position of Editor-in-Chief, to join Dr. Vitomir Kovanovic (University of South Australia, Australia), Dr. Olga Viberg (KTH Royal Institute of Technology), and Dr. Hassan Khosravi (The University of Queensland) in leading the Journal of the Learning Analytics. We thank Rebecca Ferguson for her service as EIC which will continue through September 2025 as we onboard our new JLA Co-Editor-in-Chief! Members of SoLAR are invited to individually apply for the position by 6 December 2024. To read more about the role responsibilities, application information, selection criteria and more, please review the announcement on the JLA website found here: https://lnkd.in/gkjWFMcc

Don't forget to send in your nominations to join the SoLAR Executive Committee! The deadline for nominations is December 3, 2024, 5 PM Eastern Time. Join our current team in guiding the future of our #learninganalytics community - Bart Rienties, Blaženka Divjak, Ioana Jivet, Namrata Srivastava, Olga Viberg, Kathryn Bartimote, Lisa-Angelique Lim, PhD, Maurice Boothe Jr., Marie Reid, Mohammad Khalil, Abhinava Barthakur, Rogers Kaliisa #learninganalytics #academicsociety #lak25 #highereducation

Registration for #LAK25 will be opening very soon! We can't wait to see our international colleagues in Dublin, Ireland in March! Our PC chairs (Xavier Ochoa, Jelena Jovanovic, Alejandra Martinez Monés and Caitlin Mills) and senior reviewers are busy working on the final program right now - stay tuned for our accepted papers list at the end of November! #learninganalytics #generativeAI #multimodal #datascience #academicconference #dataconference