March 14, 2023 4pm -7 pm CST/5pm-8pm EST
Data Storytelling in Learning Analytics
at LAK 2023
A Half-day Virtual Workshop to Explore the Power of Storytelling in Learning Analytics
Data storytelling has seen exponential growth in real-world demand in recent years. Its growing interest in the field of learning analytics (LA) is not an exception. In order for the learning analytics product to make real impacts, LA researchers and practitioners need to be equipped with the competence to construct coherent, unbiased, and compelling stories for various types of LA stakeholders. In recent years, there are emerging themes of data storytelling in the community of LA research and practices. Many LA-related data stories have been created, shared, and reflected on. Research processes and products have been explored around data storytelling. In this workshop, we will invite LA researchers and practitioners to create, share and reflect on their own LA stories and think critically and creatively about data storytelling in LA:
What does a good LA story look like?
What are the patterns of effective LA stories?
What are the success and failure stories of storytelling in LA?
How we could train LA researchers and practitioners to be better storytellers?
This workshop will bring together researchers and practitioners in learning analytics and data storytelling to explore the strategies and tactics for telling effective LA data stores and the related challenges and opportunities.
The goal of this workshop is to bring together learning analytics researchers and practitioners to learn, share and reflect on the data storytelling process and product
Intended Audiance
This workshop welcomes participants from multiple disciplines who are interested in exploring the power of data storytelling in LA, regardless of their experience level in data storytelling. This group could include LA researchers and practitioners as well as those engaged in data storytelling-related disciplines such as learning science, computer science, data science, information visualization, communication science, and human-centered design.
Organizer
Lujie Karen Chen
Assistant Professor
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Jiaqi (Jackey) Gong
Associate Professor
University of Alabama
Louise Yarnall
Senior Research Social Scientist
SRI International
John Fritz
Assoc. VP, Instructional Technology
University of Maryland Baltimore County
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