AIM ANALYTICS

The field of learning analytics is an interdisciplinary field that brings together researchers from education, learning sciences, computational sciences and statistics, and all discipline specific forms of educational inquiry. Michigan has a rich history being a leader in this field through activities such as cross-disciplinary laboratories (e.g. the Learning Education and Design (LED) Lab), the Student Learning and Analytics at Michigan (SLAM) seminar series arranged by CRLT, and the Michigan Data Science Initiative. Despite this, there are gaps in the support of UM learning analytics researchers with respect to the building of technical skills, sharing knowledge of educational datasets, and facilitating collaborative investigations... The AIM Analytics workshop series brings together faculty, researchers, and graduate students from across departments to build hands on skills with datasets, methodologies, and technologies in the study of learning analytics.