LAK 2021 - International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK21)

The 2021 edition of The International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK21) will take place in Newport Beach, California! LAK21 is organised by the Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR) with location host University of California, Irvine. LAK21 is a collaborative effort by learning analytics researchers and practitioners to share learning analytics research and practice.
The theme for the 11th annual LAK conference, “The impact we make: The contributions of learning analytics to learning”. As academic fields concerned with the human condition develop and mature, their impact on advancing scientific understanding and practical application becomes an important marker of success. As an integrated and multi-disciplinary research topic, learning analytics is presented with questions regarding its contributions in two areas: 1. the respective fields from which it draws, 2. its own development as a research domain.
Given the rapid global adoption of technology and online learning, due to COVID-19, we are additionally soliciting learning analytics research related to the classroom, teaching, learning, and organizational impact of this transition. The areas of research could include learning design practices, faculty and student response, and the role of learning analytics in supporting and informing the move to online for all stakeholders involved.
The LAK conference is intended for both researchers and practitioners. We invite both researchers and practitioners of learning analytics to come and join a proactive dialogue around the future of learning analytics and its practical adoption. We further extend our invite to educators, leaders, administrators, government and industry professionals interested in the field of learning analytics and related disciplines. We are closely monitoring the COVID-19 global situation and are planning for multiple scenarios including face to face, blended or fully online.
CONFERENCE THEME AND TOPICS
We welcome submissions from both research and practice, covering different theoretical, methodological, empirical and technical contributions to the learning analytics field. Specifically, this year, we invite contributors to think about how learning analytics is contributing to our understanding of learning and learning processes. Learning research occurs in many distinct academic fields, including psychology, learning sciences, education, neuroscience, and computer science. Since its inception, LA has reflected a tight coupling between research and practice. What has been the impact of the methods, the approaches, the studies, and related outputs of the LA field?
For our 11th Annual conference, we encourage authors to address some of the following questions:
How is LA contributing to our understanding of learning?
What does impact mean in the context of online, blended, and in-classroom learning analytics?
How have learning-related discoveries and research by the LA field influenced learning practices?
What are the practical and scholarly implications of the presented work for the future?
What are the challenges of the presented work we need to address to improve its impact in the future?