First call for contributions
LAK13: Third International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge
8-12 April, Leuven, Belgium
Doctoral Consortium, Poster and Workshop Participation Submissions due January 31, 2013
The International Learning Analytics & Knowledge Conference, now in its
third year, is a venue for reporting and advancing research at the nexus of
two emerging societal phenomena. First we are witnessing the rapid expansion
of the use of technologies in supporting learning, not only in established
institutional contexts and platforms, but also in the emerging landscape of
free, open, social learning online. Second, the unprecedented availability
of data that learners generate in the process of accessing learning
materials, interacting with educators and peers, and creating new content in
these technological settings, coupled with advances in analytics and data
mining, knowledge modeling and representation and open data offer great
potential for research into how learning takes place in socio-technical
settings and the development of new forms of analytics that can inform
learners and educators. Learning Analytics research brings these technical,
pedagogical, and social doma!
ins into dialogue with each other to ensure that interventions and
organizational systems serve the needs of all stakeholders.
THEME: Dialectics in Learning Analytics The first two conferences have
established the range of issues and approaches of concern in leveraging the
availability of data about learning with powerful computational,
representational and visualization techniques. This third conference will be
designed to consolidate the field by bringing these many voices into
dialogue in a "middle space" under the overarching theme of "Dialectics in
Learning Analytics", which has these facets:
The Middle Space: The conference will explore the middle space within which
Learning and Analytics intersect, and seeks proposals for papers and events
that explicitly connect analytic tools to theoretical and practical aspects
of understanding and managing learning.
Productive Multivocality: Learning analytics is multidisciplinary, drawing
on theories and methods from diverse research traditions. Our community
includes educators, learning scientists, computer scientists,
administrators, and policy makers, among others. The middle space serves as
a topical "boundary object", enabling productive discourse between these
many voices.
The Old and the New: We are facing a centuries old problem: to improve
learning, but we are trying to solve it using a new set of tools, not
available before. We address these problems in the city of Leuven: centuries
old, lively new.
TOPICS
We invite submissions on topics including but not limited to the following:
* Conceptual
-- New models of learning enabled by analytics
-- Personalization and adaptation in the learning process through analytics
-- Learner modeling
-- The analysis of emotion, flow, and affective data in learning
environments
-- Ethical considerations (e.g., privacy and ownership)
-- Learning analytics for accreditation
-- The influence of analytics on designing for learning
-- Learning analytics patterns
-- Organizational dynamics and adoption strategies
-- Educational research methods and learning analytics
-- Learning analytics in relationship to other fields (e.g., educational
research, educational data mining, web science, etc.)
* Technical Innovations for Sensemaking
-- Network analysis methods for understanding learning
-- Visualization techniques
-- Attention metadata for learning
-- Data mining and machine learning techniques in learning analytics
-- Natural language processing and text mining in learning analytics
-- The role of knowledge representation and ontologies in learning analytics
-- The semantic web and linked data applied to learning analytics
-- Analytic tools that could be used for learning
-- "Big Data" applications and opportunities in learning and education
-- Learning environments enhanced with analytics
-- Architecture of learning environments and implications for learning
analytics
-- Recommendation Engines
-- Interfaces for learning analytics
-- Decision-support systems for learning
* Applications and Use Cases
-- Interventions based on analytics
-- Visualizations to support awareness and reflection
-- Social and technical systems to manage information abundance
-- Personalization and adaptation of the learning process
-- Corporate and higher education case studies of learning analytics
-- Learning analytics for intelligent tutoring systems
-- Open data and data access for learners
-- Harmonizing individual learning with organizational learning
-- Organizational learning and knowledge sharing models
-- Use of learning analytics in centralized (learning management systems)
and decentralized (personal learning environments) settings
-- Planning, deploying, and evaluating enterprise-wide learning analytics
SUBMISSION TYPES
Primary Participation
Full and Short Papers, Design Briefings, and the abstracts for Panels,
Workshops and Tutorials will be published in the main proceedings.
Submissions in these categories are due November 1, 2012.
-- Full Papers
Use a full paper to share substantial conceptual, technical and empirical
contributions, following the advice to authors given above. Submit up to 10
pages in the conference paper format.
-- Short Papers, Design Briefings, and Formal Demonstrations Use a short
paper to share preliminary conceptual, technical and empirical
contributions, or substantial contributions that can be reported briefly.
Short papers can also share a design concept or tool that addresses a
challenge of interest to interface designers, system architects and
programmers. A formal demonstration of interactive software or tools may
also be proposed: such submissions should include at least one link to a
current demo movie. Submit up to 5 pages in the conference paper format.
-- Panels
Panels provide the chance for delegates to hear a range of speakers address
a topical issue, e.g. diverse approaches to a problem, or a debate a hot
topic. Submit up to 4 pages in the conference paper format suitable for
publication in the proceedings, including an introduction to the nature and
importance of the issue to be addressed and panelists' position statements.
Submit 2 additional pages (not to be published in the proceedings) with the
names and qualifications of confirmed panelists and discussants and a
summary of how your panel format will ensure that there is interaction
between panelists rather than consisting of a collection of disconnected
talks.
-- Workshops
Workshops (8-9 April, 2013) provide the opportunity to explore learning
theory, analytics, methods and tools in depth. Workshops should be designed
to take advantage of the interactivity afforded by this format, and should
not consist merely of a day of talks. They may include for example,
experience sharing and brainstorming, interactive demonstrations, data
analysis by multiple analysts, problem solving sessions, and a few short
and/or enlightening presentations. The length of the workshop sessions can
range from a half to a full day (consisting of two to four 1.5 hour blocks
between breaks). See web site for submission format.
-- Tutorials
Tutorials (also 8-9 April, 2013) provide the chance to take participants
deep into a specific tool or technique in which you are experienced, or an
introduction to a topic/class of tools. The time could range from a 1.5 hour
session to a full day (consisting of two to four 1.5 hour blocks between
breaks). Please use the workshop/tutorial template for submissions.
Secondary Participation
Submissions for the following forms of participation are due January 31,
2013.
-- Doctoral Consortium
A one-day consortium will be organized for doctoral students who are about
to defend or have recently defended their proposals. Participating students
will have the opportunity to present their proposed research to reputable
faculty in learning analytics and obtain valuable advice. Other professional
development and social networking activities will be included. Details for
submission requirements will be forthcoming in a future call.
-- Informal Demonstrations
A space (table top surface) and designated times for informal demonstrations
of relevant software will be provided at the conference. Submit one page
that includes a 1-line title, name of presenter, and an abstract limited to
100 words suitable for printing in the conference guide. Demonstrators
should be prepared to interact with several conference participants at a
time in an interactive and not excessively scripted manner.
-- Posters
Posters are suitable for describing late-breaking results or for engaging
conference participants in discussion of preliminary ideas or findings.
Submit a 1-line title, the name(s) of the presenter(s), and an abstract
limited to 100 words suitable for printing in the conference guide. This
should be followed with up to two pages describing the concept or results to
be presented, the expected interactions with conference participants, and
the poster format that will support these interactions. (If available, a
high-resolution image of the poster provided as the second page can fulfill
this requirement, and is preferred. Easily visible graphics and large brief
texts are encouraged rather than small text.)
-- Workshop Participation
LAK workshops will provide conference participants with opportunities to
interact intensively on a topic of shared interest. Workshop calls for
participation will be distributed shortly after the December 14th workshop
acceptance notification date. January 31st will be the uniform date for
priority submissions for participation in workshops, although we encourage
workshops to accept later submissions on a space-available basis. Workshop
organizers will specify submission requirements.
SUBMISSION FORMAT AND PUBLICATION
LAK 2011 and LAK2012 were published in the ACM Digital Library International
Conference Proceedings Series. We plan to do the same following the granting
of ACM In-Cooperation status to the conference. Author guidelines are
available at http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates
(option 1).
RELEVANT DATES
November 8: Paper, Workshop, and Tutorial Proposals Due
December 14: Notification for Papers, Workshops, and Tutorials
January 31: Workshop Participation, Poster, and Informal Demonstration Submissions Due
February 15: Workshop, Poster, and Demonstration Notification
February 15: Final Papers Due
March 1: Early Registration Deadline
April 8-12: Conference
CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS
General Chairs
-- Erik Duval, Belgium
-- Xavier Ochoa, Ecuador
Program Chairs
-- Dan Suthers, USA
-- Katrien Verbert, Belgium
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