Workshop to be held at LAK25: The 15th International Learning Analytics & Knowledge Conference

Tuesday 4th March 2025 - 1:30pm

Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Dublin 

Do you find it hard to engage audiences when talking about your learning analytics work?

Can crafting a story around your research findings seem difficult?

Are your presentations of your learning analytics work not having the impact you would like?

Presenting research in complex interdisciplinary fields such as Learning Analytics (LA) to diverse audiences can often be challenging. Despite the fact the field is full of innovation and ideas that can spark collaboration, new ideas, and development opportunities, sometimes these outcomes are not as impactful as they could have been due to how they were presented to the audience. Opportunities to develop better presentation skills and improve how the story of the research can be constructed and presented are rare in the LA field. Therefore, the aim of this half-day, face-to-face workshop is to inspire researchers and practitioners to rethink how they design and deliver presentations of learning analytics research so that they can better engage their audience and increase the ongoing impact of their work. 

This interactive workshop will include creative activities designed to explore a range of strategies for making presentations of LA research more effective, impactful, and engaging. The workshop team will draw on key literature on effective science communication, presentation design, and delivery, to create a safe space for participants to play with different presentation structures, make effective use of visual aids, and deliver their LA research outcomes in ways that can be memorable and impactful. 

Workshop Facilitators

Register for the workshop at https://www.solaresearch.org/events/lak/lak25/