SOLAR’s new Learning Analytics in Practice (LAP) event focuses on lightning talks and short form presentations
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 are running a new online practitioner focused event called LAP on June 18th-20th 2024). NYU is a sponsor and membership to SOLAR is free!
Is this an opportunity for me?
The LAP event is fully online, running for a 24 hour period with participants in every timezone across the world. The focus is on hearing about what practitioners in the learning analytics space are doing. The format is mostly short-form, as is the proposal. Are you working on a new GenAI tool that provides student feedback? Are you analyzing the impact of an ed tech tool on student engagement or outcomes? Deploying a new tool with faculty or students? Share your work with other practitioners across the world.
Types of Presentations
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60-minute Panel
- This should provide 3-5 panelists plus a moderator on a specific topic relevant to Learning Analytics in Practice
- For example, you may see a panel from a featured SoLAR institutional member with panelists who are stakeholders at different levels or areas of their institution and how they implemented certain strategies to implement Learning Analytics.
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LAP Showcase / Demo (20 minutes)
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Lightning Talk (10 minutes)
- These would be very short talks about an idea or innovative project. The aim could be to look for collaborators in a certain area of expertise or to brainstorm with the group. Presenters are encouraged to have a “call to action” to further discussions after their short discussion.
- Lightning talks are not required to fill out the ‘Full Presentation Description’
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LAP Challenges
- List practical questions and problems and ask for solutions and ideas
- 5 minutes for elaborating the problem and 10 minutes for discussion
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Other:
- Tell us your ideas, this form is meant to be agile.
Questions or Collaborations
If you’re looking for presentation partners, or you’re interested in group presentation types like a Panel or LAP Challenges presentation, please reach out to learning.analytics@nyu.edu. We’d love to help.