Learning Analytics for Latin America (LALA) SIG

This SIG emerges as a continuation of the activities and efforts of the LALA project (http://lalaproject.org/). The LALA project is funded by the European Commission and its main objective is to build capacity for learning analytics adoption in Latin America.

SIG Goals:
The main goal of this SIG is to promote good research and practice of LA in Latin America. Specifically, we
aim to:

  1. Facilitate knowledge exchange among Latin American and international communities related to
    learning analytics (maintain the LALA community),
  2. Support local initiatives of learning analytics,
  3. Enable the exchange of best practices and guidelines for learning analytics research, and
  4. Advance learning analytics research and practice.

Organizing Committee:

  • Chair: Isabel Hilliger, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile (ihillige@ing.puc.cl)
  • Vice chair: Mar Pérez-Sanagustín, Universite Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, France
  • Treasurers:
    • Eliana Scheihing. Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile
    • Tom Broos, KU Leuven, Belgium
  • Communication Team:
    • Yi-Shan Tsai, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom,
    • Margarita Ortiz, Escuela Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), Ecuador,
    • Jorge Maldonado, Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador
    • Pedro J. Muñoz-Merino, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), Spain
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Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR)