Call for papers: Applications of Learning Analytics in Latin America

[Rodrigo Lins Rodrigues]

Dear all,

The call for papers for the special section of the British Journal of
Educational Technology about Applications of Learning Analytics in Latin
America
<https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/14678535/homepage/bjet_special_issues.htm#apps>
is now open. We invite all researchers to submit a one-page abstract
(excluding references, single line spacing and Times New Roman 12),
including authors and institutions, to taciana...@gmail.com, by *August
15th 2019*.

Please find the full call for papers below:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/14678535/homepage/bjet_special_issues.htm#apps

Applications of Learning Analytics in Latin America

Guest editors: 

Dr. Taciana Pontual Falcão, Dr. Rafael Ferreira de Mello,
Dr. Rodrigo Lins Rodrigues, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE - Brazil)

With the growing availability of digital resources for educational
purposes, and the generation of large amounts of data related to
institutional management and student performance, the use of learning
analytics (LA) for understanding and optimising learning processes and the
environments where they occur gains increasing attention worldwide. In
Latin America, LA has become an appealing approach to help institutions
understand and overcome essential challenges such as fairly high indices of
failure and dropout, and improve the overall quality of education.

However, from an institutional point of view, the implementation of LA
approaches and tools effectively is not straightforward and demands the
engagement of different stakeholders. The institutional adoption of LA
processes in Latin America remains mostly fragmented and isolated. In most
cases, datasets about students are largely unexplored and their potential
untapped.

For effective LA policies to take place, in addition to the level of
maturity of the institution, there are aspects related to infrastructure to
be considered, as well as cultural and socio-economic aspects that have a
direct impact on students' achievements and possibilities. These local
aspects highlight the importance of creating learning analytics
applications that take into consideration not only student achievement but
also the needs and context that surround the learning process.

For this special section of BJET, we are seeking submissions that present
applications of LA developed in Latin America at all levels of education,
within formal or informal learning environments, from a wide range of
domains such as: institutional policies and management; frameworks;
teaching methods; delivery of feedback; visualisation of information; and
forms of interaction and communication mediated by digital tools.

*IMPORTANT DATES:*

*- Abstracts must be sent to: taciana...@gmail.com
<taciana...@gmail.com> by August 15th, 2019*

*- Submissions through BJET system (for accepted abstracts): December 2nd,
2019*

*- Acceptance notification: March 2020*

*- Publication: May 2020 (expected)*



We look forward to receiving your proposals.

Best regards,

Taciana, Rafael & Rodrigo

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