DesignLAK24: Operationalising the Learning Design and Learning Analytics Connection

Objectives

The primary objective of DesignLAK24 is to explore the ways in which the LDLA Map can guide stakeholders in the development of LDLA projects, including (but not limited to) design-aware learning analytics applications, professional learning programs for different stakeholder groups, and LDLA-related research projects. Getting participants to work with the map will provide insights into the extent to which the map can help in operationalising the LD/LA connection. The workshop activities will be interactive and collaborative, giving participants the opportunity to build networks and potentially identify ways to work together into the future. Participants will be asked to come to the workshop with ideas for authentic LDLA projects in their context, and by collaborating with others on initial project designs, they will receive valuable feedback from their peers on these designs. 

Workshop Design

The DesignLAK24 workshop is designed to be delivered in a face-to-face format as a half-day event. The schedule of activities will include opportunities to apply the LDLA map to an authentic context, to discuss and critique its design and application, and to provide feedback and build networks with peers on projects connecting LD and LA. 

Part 1: Introduction 

Introduction to the workshop aims and outcomes, as well as an icebreaker activity to allow participants to get to know each other and why they chose to engage in this LD/LA conversation. 

Part 2: Discussion 

A discussion will be led by the workshop team to the LDLA Map, its evolution over the past two years, and the intended uses of the map.

Part 3: The LD-LA map

Participants will have a chance to work in groups to o work through how to apply the map to their individual project ideas. 

Part 4: Integrated Framework Feedback 

Groups will be encouraged to spend time on each of their members’ project ideas and to also note down anything that arises from these conversations where the map may be missing critical elements. At key points through this activity the whole group will come back together to discuss any challenges encountered and to give feedback on the utility of the map for operationlising the LD/LA connection in the context of their projects.

Part 5: Future Directions 

The workshop will close with a group reflection activity where participants will be encouraged to consider next steps for their own projects as well as to make recommendations for future development and dissemination of the LDLA Map.