International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK)
The International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge is the premier research forum in the field, providing common ground for all stakeholders in the design of analytics systems to debate the state of the art at the intersection of Learning and Analytics — including researchers, educators, instructional designers, data scientists, software developers, institutional leaders and governmental policy makers.
The conference is held in cooperation with ACM in association with ACM SIGCHI and SIGWEB, with the double-blind, peer-reviewed proceedings archived in the ACM Digital Library. The ACM Digital Library (DL) is the world's most comprehensive database of full-text articles and bibliographic literature covering computing and information technology. This renowned repository includes the complete collection of ACM publications plus an extended bibliographic database of core works in computing from scholarly publishers. This guarantees that the proceedings will be available to the widest possible audience of computing professionals. ACM has an enlightened copyright policy with liberal author rights: authors may self-archive their own papers as Open Access Preprints, as long as they carry the specified ACM statement.
The Tenth International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK20)
Dates: March 23 – March 27, 2020
Location: Frankfurt, Germany
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Theme: “Celebrating 10 Years of LAK: Shaping the Future of the Field”
Keynote Speakers:
- Shane Dawson, University of South Australia, Australia
- Milena Tsvetkova, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
- John Dunlosky, Kent State University, USA
Organizing Committee:
- Hendrik Drachsler, DIPF Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education & University of Frankfurt, GER
- Christoph Rensing, Technische Universitat Darmstadt, GER
- Nina Seidenberg, Studiumdigitale University of Frankfurt, GER
- Grace Lynch, Society for Learning Analytics Research, AUS
- Nicole Hoover, Society for Learning Analytics Research, USA
Program Chairs:
- Vitomir Kovanovic, University of South Australia, AUS
- Niels Pinkwart, Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin, GER
- Katrien Verbert, KU Leuven, BEL
- Maren Scheffel, Open University, NL
Practitioner Track Chairs:
- Jocelyn Manderveld, passion4learning, NL
- Bart Rientes, Open University, UK
- Craig Thompson, University of British Columbia, CAN
Workshop and Tutorial Chairs:
- Mar Perez-Sanagustin, Paul Sabatier University Toulouse, FR
- Tobias Ley, Tallinn University, ET
- Pedro J. Munoz-Merino, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, ES
Doctoral Consortium Chairs:
- Simon Buckingham Shum, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
- Marcus Specht, TU Delft & LDE Centre for Education and Learning, NL
- Stephanie Teasley, University of Michigan, USA
- Barbara Wasson, University of Bergen, NO
- Michael Brown, Iowa State University, USA
Posters and Demonstrations Chairs:
- Jan Schneider, DIPF Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education, GER
- Daniel Spikol, Malmö University, SE
Publicity Chairs:
- Yi-Shan Tsai, University of Edinburgh, UK
- Daniele Di Mitri, Open University, NL
Sponsorship Chair:
- Jelena Jovanovic, University of Belgrade, RS
Website Manager:
- Tim Steuer, Technische Universitat Darmstadt, GER
Proceeding Editors:
- Atezaz Ahmad, DIPF Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education, GER
- Ioana Jivet, Open University, NL
The Ninth International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK’19)
Dates: March 4 – March 8, 2019
Location: Tempe, AZ, USA
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Theme: “Learning Analytics to Promote Inclusion and Success”
Keynote Speakers:
- Ryan Baker, University of Pennsylvania, USA: “Some Challenges for the Next 18 Years of Learning Analytics”
- Lise Getoor, University of California at Santa Cruz, USA: “Scalable Collective Reasoning for Richly Structured Socio-Behavioral Data”
- Shirley Alexander, University of Technology Sydney, Australia: “The Data-Intensive University: A Field Guide”
Organizing Committee:
- Sharon Hsiao, Arizona State University, USA
- Jim Cunningham, EdPlus and Arizona State University, USA
- Katie McCarthy, Georgia State University, USA
- Grace Lynch, Society for Learning Analytics Research, Australia
- Nicole Hoover, Society for Learning Analytics Research, USA
Program Chairs:
- Christopher Brooks, University of Michigan, USA
- Rebecca Ferguson, Open University, UK
- Ulrich Hoppe, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Practitioner Track Chairs:
- Ani Aghababyan, McGraw-Hill Education, USA
- Sweet San Pedro, ACT Inc., USA
Workshop and Tutorial Chairs:
- Hiroaki Ogata, Kyoto University, Japan
- Laura Allen, Mississippi State University, USA
Doctoral Consortium Chairs:
- Simon Buckingham Shum, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
- Bruce McLaren, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
- Katrien Verbert, Leuven University, Belgium
- Tiffany Barnes, NC State University, USA
Posters and Demonstrations Chairs:
- Vitomir Kovanović, University of South Australia, Australia
- Elle Yuan Wang, ActionLab, EdPlus, Arizona State University, USA
Publicity Chairs:
- Robert Bodily, Brigham Young University, USA
- Danielle Hagood, University of California Davis, USA
Sponsorship Chair:
- Mike Sharkey, Arisona State Univeristy and Data & Graphs, USA
Website Manager:
- Yancy Vance Paredes, Arizona State University, USA
Proceeding Editors:
- David Azcona, Dublin City University, Ireland
- Rick Chung, Arizona State University, USA
The Eight International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK’18)
Dates: March 5 – March 9, 2018
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Theme: “Towards User-Centred Analytics”
Keynote Speakers:
- David Williamson Shaffer, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA: “The Importance of Meaning: Going Beyond Mixed Methods to Turn Big Data into Real Understanding”
- Cristina Conati, University of British Columbia, Canada: “Towards User-Centred Analytics: User-Adaptive Visualizations”
- Neil Selwyn, Monash University, Australia: “The Promises and Problems of ‘Learning Analytics’”
Organising Committee:
- Abelardo Pardo, The University of Sydney, Australia
- Kathryn Bartimote-Aufflick, The University of Sydney, Australia
- Brooke Fuz, The University of Sydney, Australia
- Grace Lynch, Society for Learning Analytics Research, Australia
Program Chairs:
- Simon Buckingham Shum, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
- Rebecca Ferguson, Open University, UK
- Agathe Merceron, Beuth University of Applied Sciences, Germany
- Xavier Ochoa, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Ecuador
Practitioner Track Chairs:
- John Whitmer, Blackboard Inc., USA
- Cassandra Colvin, University of South Australia, Australia
Workshop and Tutorial Chairs:
- Linda Corrin, The University of Melbourne, Australia
- Niels Pinkwart, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Germanny
Doctoral Consortium Chairs:
- Ani Aghababyan, McGraw-Hill Education, USA
- Judy Kay, The University of Sydney, Australia
- Lori Lockyer, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
- Bart Rienties, Open University, UK
- Kalina Yacef, The University of Sydney, Australia
Posters and Demonstrations Chairs:
- Catherine Spann, University of Texas at Arlington, USA
- Michael Eagle, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Social Media Chairs:
- Marianna Koulias, The University of Sydney, Australia
- Maren Scheffel, Open Universiteit Nederland, The Netherlands
- Quan Nguyen, Open University, UK
The Seventh International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK’17)
Dates: March 13 – March 17, 2017
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Theme: “Understanding, Informing and Improving Learning with Data”
Keynote Speakers:
- Sanna Järvelä, University of Oulu, Finland: “Big Data From the Little Person? Using Multimodal Data to Understand the Regulation of Learning”
- Timothy McKay, University of Michigan, USA: “Turning a University into a Learning Laboratory”
- Sidney D’Mello, University of Notre Dame, USA: “Multimodal Classroom Analytics”
General Conference Chairs:
- Alyssa Wise, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Phil Winne, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Grace Lynch, Society for Learning Analytics Research, Australia
Program Chairs – Research Track:
- Xavier Ochoa, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Ecuador
- Inge Molenaar, Radboud University, The Netherlands
- Shane Dawson, University of South Australia, Australia
Program Chairs – Practitioner Track:
- Shady Shehata, Desire2Learn, Canada
- Jennifer Pei-Ling Tan, National Institute of Education, Singapore
Proceedings Chair:
- Marek Hatala, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Workshop and Tutorial Chairs:
- Kirsty Kitto, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
- Simon Knight, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Demonstrations and Poster Chairs:
- Leah Macfadyen, University of British Columbia, Canada
- Nia Dowell, University of Memphis, USA
Doctoral Consortium Chairs:
- Rebecca Ferguson, Open University, UK
- Bodong Chen, University of Minnesota, USA
- Ani Aghababyan, McGraw-Hill Education, USA
- Joris Klerkx, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Publicity and Social Media Chairs:
- Doug Clow, Open University, UK
- Roberto Martinez-Maldonado, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
The Sixth International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK’16)
Dates: April 25 – April 29, 2016
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Theme: “Enhancing Impact: Convergence of Communities for Grounding, Implementation and Validation”
Keynote Speakers:
- Mireille Hildebrandt, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium: “Learning as a Machine. Cross-overs Between Humans and Machines”
- Paul A. Kirschner, Open University of the Netherlands, The Netherlands: “Learning Analytics: Utopia or Dystopia”
- Robert J. Mislevy, ETS and University of Maryland, USA: “A Dispatch from the Psychometric Front”
General Conference Chairs:
- Dragan Gašević, The University of Edinburgh, UK
- Grace Lynch, Society for Learning Analytics Research, Australia
Program Chairs – Research Track:
- Shane Dawson, University of South Australia, Australia
- Hendrik Drachsler, Open University of the Netherlands, The Netherlands
- Carolyn Penstein Rosé, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Program Chairs – Practitioner Track:
- Rebecca Ferguson, Open University, UK
- Negin Mirriahi, The University of New South Wales, Australia
- Mike Sharkey, Blue Canary, USA
Local Organization Chairs:
- Vitomir Kovanović, The University of Edinburgh, UK
- Srećko Joksimović, The University of Edinburgh, UK
Workshop Chairs:
- Jeremy Knox, The University of Edinburgh, UK
- Leah P. Macfadyen, University of British Columbia, Canada
Demonstrations and Poster Chairs:
- Christopher Brooks, University of Michigan, USA
- Jennifer Pei-Ling Tan, National Institute of Education, Singapore
Hackathon Organizers:
- Paul Bailey, Jics, UK
- Alan Berg, Apereo Foundation, USA
- Ian Dolphin, Apereo Foundation, USA
- Niall Sclater, Jisc, UK
- Michael Webb, Jisc, UK
Sponsorship Chairs:
- Josh Baron, Marist College, USA
- Erik Duval, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
- George Siemens, University of Texas at Arlington, USA
Publicity and Social Media Chairs:
- Bodong Chen, University of Minnesota, USA
- Simon Knight, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Organizing Committee:
- Siân Bayne, The University of Edinburgh, UK
- Dragan Gašević, The University of Edinburgh, UK
- Jeff Haywood, The University of Edinburgh, UK
- Srećko Joksimović, The University of Edinburgh, UK
- Vitomir Kovanović, The University of Edinburgh, UK
- Grace Lynch, Society for Learning Analytics Research, Australia
The Fifth International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK’15)
Dates: March 16 – March 20, 2015
Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
Theme: “Scaling up: Big Data to Big Impact”
Keynote Speakers:
- Charles Severance, University of Michigan, USA: “The Trials and Tribulations of Predicting the Future for Learning Technology”
- Belinda Tynan, Open University, UK: “Learning Analytics = (Problem+Question) X (Data+Analysis) / (Ethics+Intervention)”
- Danielle McNamara, Arizona State University, USA: “Getting a Big Picture From Big Data: Use Your Words!”
Conference Organizing Co-Chairs:
- Josh Baron, Marist College, USA
- Grace Lynch, Society for Learning Analytics Research, Australia
- Nicole Maziarz, Marist College, USA
Conference Program Co-Chairs:
- Paulo Blikstein, Stanford University, USA
- Agathe Merceron, Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin, Germany
- George Siemens, University of Texas, Arlington, USA
Practitioner Chair:
- Alan Berg, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Workshops and Tutorials Chairs:
- Christopher Brooks, University of Michigan, USA
- Negin Mirriahi, University of New South Wales, Australia
Demonstrations and Posters Chairs:
- Gregory Dyke, Université de Lyon, France
- Marcelo Worsley, Stanford University, USA
Doctoral Consortium Chairs:
- Katherine Maillet, Institut Mines-Télécom, Télécom Ecole de Management, France
- Simon Buckingham Shum, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
- Daniel Suthers, University of Hawaii, USA
- Stephanie Teasley, University of Michigan, USA
The Fourth International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK’14)
Dates: March 24 – March 28, 2014
Location: Indianapolis, USA
Theme: “Intersection of learning analytics research, theory and practice”
Keynote Speakers:
- Art Graesser, University of Memphis, USA: “Scaling Up Learning by Communicating with AutoTutor, Trialogs, and Pedagogical Agents”
- Nancy Law, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong: “Is Learning Analytics a Disruptive Innovation?”
- Scott Klemmer, University of California San Diego, USA: “Design at Large”
Conference Co-Chairs:
- Mattew Pistilli, Purdue University, USA
- James Willis, Purdue University, USA
- Drew Koch, John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education, USA
- Kimberly Arnold, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Program Chairs:
- Stephanie Teasley, University of Michigan, USA
- Abelardo Pardo, The University of Sydney, Australia
Workshop and Tutorial Chairs:
- Kalina Yacef, The University of Sydney, Australia
- Hendrik Drachsler, Open University of the Netherlands, The Netherlands
Demonstrations and Poster Chairs:
- Zach Pardos, University of California at Berkeley, USA
- Anna de Liddo, Open University, UK
Social Media Chair:
- Sean Goggins, Drexel University, USA
Webmaster Chair:
- Krista Galyen, University of Missouri, USA
Publicity Chairs:
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- Jenni Swenson, Lake Superior College, USA
Tricia Leggett, Zane State College, USA
Local Chair:
- James Willis, Purdue University, USA
Volunteer Chair:
- Vic Borden, Indiana University, USA
The Third International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK’13)
Dates: April 8 – April 12, 2013
Location: Leuven, Belgium
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Keynote Speakers:
- Marsha Lovett, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
- Roy Pea, Stanford University, USA
- Abelardo Pardo, The University of Sydney, Australia
General Chairs:
- Erik Duval, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
- Xavier Ochoa, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Ecuador
Program Chairs:
- Dan Suthers, University of Hawaii, USA
- Katrien Verbert, University of Leuven, Belgium
Workshop and Tutorial Chairs:
- Ulrich Hoppe, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
- Nikos Manouselis, Agro-Know, Greece
- Alyssa Wise, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Doctoral Consortium Chairs:
- Katherine Maillet, Institut National des Télécommunications, France
- Ralf Klamma, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
- Ravi Vatrapu, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Awareness, Interaction and Memory Chairs:
- Tony Hirst, Open University, UK
- Doug Clow, Open University, UK
Local Chair:
- Joris Klerkx, University of Leuven, Belgium
The Second International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK’12)
Dates: April 29 – May 2, 2012
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Keynote Speakers:
- Barry Wellman, University of Toronto, Canada: “Networked Individualism: How the Personalized Internet, Ubiquitous Connectivity, and the Turn to Social Networks Can Affect Learning Analytics”
- Katy Börner, Indiana University, USA: “Visual Analytics in Support of Education”
- George Siemens, Athabasca Univeristy, Canada: “Learning Analytics: Envisioning a Research Discipline and a Domain of Practice”
Conference Chairs:
- Shane Dawson, University of British Columbia, Canada
- Caroline Haythornthwaite, University of British Columbia, Canada
Program Chairs:
- Dragan Gašević, Athabasca University, Canada
- Simon Buckingham Shum, Open University, UK
Workshops Chair:
- Rebecca Ferguson, Open University, UK
Steering Committee:
- Linda Baer, Gates Foundation, USA
- Ryan Baker, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
- John Campbell, Purdue University, USA
- Kenneth Chung, The University of Sydney, Australia
- Gráinne Conole, Open University, UK
- Dave Cormier, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada
- Maarten de Laat, Open University of the Netherlands, The Netherlands
- Jon Dron, Athabasca University, Canada
- Erik Duval, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
- Tony Hirst, Open University, UK
- Michael Kouritzin, University of Alberta, Canada
- Cyprien Lomas, University of British Columbia, Canada
- Phil Long, University of Queensland, Australia
- George Siemens, Athabasca University, Canada
- Martin Weller, Open University, UK
- David Wiley, Brigham Young University, USA
- Martin Wolpers, Fraunhofer-Institut fur Angewandte Informationstechnik FIT, Germany
The First International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK’11)
Dates: February 27 – March 1, 2011
Location: Banff, AB, Canada
Keynote Speakers:
- Tony Hirst, Open University, UK: “Pragmatic Analytics: Insight, Representation and Structure”
- Xavier Ochoa, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Ecuador: “Learnometrics: Metrics for Learning (Objects)”
- Erik Duval, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium: “Attention Please!”
- Caroline Haythornthwaite, University of British Columbia, Canada: “Learning Networks, Crowds and Communities”
Conference Chairs:
- George Siemens, Athabasca University, Canada
- Phillip Long, University of Queensland, Australia
Program Chairs:
- Dragan Gašević, Athabasca University, Canada
- Grainne Conole, Open University, UK
Conference Publicity Chair:
- Milan Stanković, Hypios, France
Steering Committee Members:
- Jon Dron, Athabasca University, Canada
- Erik Duval, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
- David Wiley, Brigham Young University, USA
- John Campbell, Purdue University, USA
- Dave Cormier, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada
- Tony Hirst, Open University, UK
- Grainne Conole, Open University, UK
- Martin Weller, Open University, UK
- Shane Dawson, University of British Columbia, Canada
- Dragan Gašević, Athabasca University, Canada
- Michael Kouritzin, University of Alberta, Canada
- Simon Buckingham Shum, Open University, UK
- Linda Baer, Gates Foundation, USA
- Martin Wolpers, Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Informationstechnik FIT, Germany
- Caroline Haythornthwaite, University of British Columbia, Canada
- Ryan S.J.d. Baker, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
- Cyprien Lomas, University of Queensland, Australia