19/10/2017 – Learning Analytics

Matthieu Brinkhuis gave an exciting lecture on data analysis of the dynamic maths learning platform maths garden. A great discussion ensued about the details of the models used and their connection to the real world:

Announcement:

In this MSDSlab meeting, we’ll have a guest lecture by our member Matthieu Brinkhuis,  Assistant Professor at Computer Science / Information Science.  He will talk about his work on Learning Analytics: data science on student’s learning. If you want to have a bit of context, consider the recent whitepaper by SURFnet (PDF, March 2016, Dutch only, 12 pages):

how data can improve the quality of higher education

Interactive component: We’ll try to answer some of Matthieu’s questions together.

Preparation: None 🙂