Get involved with the field of Learning Analytics: SOLAR membership discounts & opportunities

 

What is SoLAR?

The Learning Analytics Service in RIT pays for NYU’s institutional membership to the Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR). This organization manages a peer-reviewed journal for learning analytics researchers and practitioners that includes long-form, short-form and practitioner focused research papers. They also run a yearly international conference called LAK, and an online practitioner focused conference called LAP (the first instance of this being in June 2024). Additionally, SoLAR shares newsletters and opportunities to join in new analytics projects with its members that represent learning and professional development opportunities to students and professionals.

How can the LA service help me?

For LAK 24, important registration deadline dates include:

Early-bird Registration	Jan. 29th, 2023	Student cost: $315, Regular cost: $625
Registration	Mar. 22nd, 2023	Student cost: $390, Regular cost: $740

Through our institutional membership, students save $100 between membership and registration, and faculty/staff save around $240. There are also other perks that include attendance at institutional member functions, as well as free registration for online events such as the Learning Analytics Practitioner conference.

How do I become a member through our membership?

Students, Faculty, and Staff can become a member of SoLAR through their online registration form. You will need to contact learning.analytics@nyu.edu to get our unique NYU institutional membership code to add in the discount code box. Membership runs yearly, so those interested in joining do this each year around December or January. To fill out the form, you’ll need the discount code, as well as basic email information for your NYU email account.

Click Here for steps on how to fill out the registration form