Professor Divjak @ a conference on transforming education in the Persian Gulf countries

On 5 and 6 November 2024, a conference on Challenges in Transforming Education and Enhancing the Future of Education in the Gulf Countries, organized by the Gulf Arab States Educational Research Center, was held in Kuwait.

The conference, for the…

TRUELA project meeting and workshop

From 18 till 20 September 2024, back-to-back with the 35th Central European Conference on Information and Intelligent Systems (CECIIS) organized by the Faculty of Organization and Informatics, several TRUELA project activities were held in Varaždin.

First, the TRUELA International Research Group met on a project meeting…

Upcoming TRUELA workshop on trustworthy LA and AI algorithms

The workshop on trustworthy learning analytics and AI algorithms, as part of the TRUELA research project, will be held back-to-back with the 35th Central European Conference on Information…

Study visit by Dr Abhinava Barthakur from UniSA

On Monday, 9 September 2024, the Faculty of Organization and Informatics hosted a study visit by Dr Abhinava Barthakur, a researcher from the University of South Australia in Adelaide. Dr Barthakur's research is focused on the development of novel human-centered assessment models for measuring complex competencies, based on learning analytics. This visit was part of the ongoing cooperation of prof.…

Professor Divjak @ University of Pretoria

From 17 till 29 August 2024, Professor Blaženka Divjak visited the University of Pretoria in South Africa.

Most importantly, Professor Divjak held a very well-accepted invited lecture at the 10th Flexible Futures conference. In the lecture, entitled Reimagining Assessment: Leveraging Learning Analytics and Learning Design in the AI Era, she discussed the role of AI in education, the roles of…

Professor Divjak @ AIED2024

Professor Blaženka Divjak held a keynote speech at the 25th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED2024), taking place from 8 till 12 July 2024 in Recife, Brazil, with the theme of "AI in Education for a World in Transition".

The keynote, titled “Navigating Strategic Challenges in Education in the Post-Pandemic AI Era”, provided an innovative angle on the most current developments affecting the world of…

Study visit by Dr Mladen Raković from Monash University in Australia

On Wednesday, 12 June 2024, Faculty of Organization and Informatics hosted Dr Mladen Rakovic, a researcher in the area of learning analytics and self-regulated learning, from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.

The visit was a continuation of the cooperation with the research team of the Center for Learning Analytics at Monash, which has been developed for several years by Professor Blaženka Divjak and the members of FOI’s Learning Analytics…

Building Collaborative Pathways for Research and Industry in LA panel @ LAK24 Kyoto

On Friday, 22 March 2024, Professor Blaženka Divjak participated as one of the panelists in the discussion on Building Collaborative Pathways for Research and Industry in LA within the LAK24 conference in Kyoto. The panel also included Professor Dragan Gašević (Monash University), Dr Alina von Davier (Duolingo), Associate Professor Srećko Joksimović (University of South Australia), and Dr Kristen DiCerbo (Khan Academy).

The speakers…

Assess workshop @ LAK24 Kyoto

On Tuesday, 19 March 2024, Professor Divjak participated in the organization of another pre-conference workshop of the Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference (LAK24) in Kyoto, Japan. The whole-day workshop was held by a team of international academics and LA experts, including also Professor Dragan Gašević (Monash University), Assistant Professor Yoon Jeon Kim (University of Wisconsin) and Dr Abhinava Barthakur (University of South Australia).

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InnovateDesign workshop @ LAK24 Kyoto

On Monday, 18 March 2024, within the pre-conference program of this year's Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference (LAK24) in Kyoto, Japan, Professor Blaženka Divjak, with Professor Bart Rienties (Open University) and Professor Dragan Gašević (Monash University), held a workshop on the development of innovative learning design. It was a sequel of the last year's LAK23 workshop, but with a new angle, looking at the intersection of…