Research Professorship of Learning Analytics in Higher Education

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Supporting student success with learner data

• Focus of the research professorship

  The group’s research focuses on three directions, all related to the life-cycle of developing student feedback systems.

  1. Information needs and data sources—Arguably, one of the most important aspects of feedback design is choosing relevant and meaningful information to provide as feedback. We investigate data sources and key indicators for student-facing learning analytics that are essential for effective learning and are perceived as valuable by students, ensuring a balance of pedagogical grounding, human-centered design, and technical feasibility.

  2. Delivery and sense-making—Computed relevant learning analytics indicators are nothing without an appropriate way of delivering this information to its users. It is crucial that students and teachers can easily unpack and make sense of the information provided. Here, we explore design features that support student sense-making, be it with LA dashboards or text generated with LLMs, but also how we can keep the inner workings of our systems transparent to the students.

  3. Reflection and action — Once a feedback system is in place, it is essential to understand how the system is being used by students, what insights they extract from the provided feedback, and who benefits the most from the system. With this information at hand, we explore effective reflection triggers and how support for reflection and action can be embedded into the student-facing learning analytics for the students who need it.

  In each of these three directions, we also aim to understand how student skills, goals, and cultural values influence expectations, needs, concerns, and the adoption of learning analytics, allowing us to personalize the systems.

• Team

  Jun.-Prof. Dr. Ioana Jivet Photo: Hardy Welsch	Maria Efstathiadou Assistence oft the research professorship Learning Analytics Email: maria.efstathiadou Phone: +49 2331 987-4678 PRG, Room B 113 (1st Floor)
  Dr. Kamila Misiejuk : Photo: Hardy Welsch	Volkan Yücepur Photo: Hardy Welsch

• Publications

  2025

  Journals

  • Misiejuk, K., Samuelsen, J., Kaliisa, R., & Prinsloo, P. (2025). Idiographic learning analytics: Mapping of the ethical issues. Learning and Individual Differences, 117, 102599. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2024.102599

  2024

  Journals

  • Cardenas Hernandez, F. P., Schneider, J., Di Mitri, D., Jivet, I., & Drachsler, H. (2024). Beyond hard workout: A multimodal framework for personalised running training with immersive technologies. British Journal of Educational Technology.

    Gombert, S., Fink, A., Giorgashvili, T., Jivet, I., Di Mitri, D., Yau, J., Frey, A., & Drachsler, H. (2024). From the Automated Assessment of Student Essay Content to Highly Informative Feedback: a Case Study. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 1–39.

    Karademir, O., Di Mitri, D., Schneider, J., Jivet, I., Allmang, J., Gombert, S., Kubsch, M., Neumann, K., & Drachsler, H. (2024). I don’t have time! But keep me in the loop: Co-designing requirements for a learning analytics cockpit with teachers. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12997

    Misiejuk, K., Kaliisa, R., & Scianna, J. (2024). Augmenting assessment with AI coding of online student discourse: A question of reliability. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, 6, 100216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2024.100216

    Seidenberg, N., Jivet, I., Scheffel, M., Kovanović, V., Lynch, G., & Drachsler, H. (2024). Learning At and From a Virtual Conference. Journal of Learning Analytics, 11(2), 281–296. https://doi.org/10.18608/jla.2024.8247

    Viberg, O., Kizilcec, R. F [Rene F.], Jivet, I., Monés, A. M., Oh, A., Mutimukwe, C., Hrastinski, S., & Scheffel, M. (2024). Cultural differences in students’ privacy concerns in learning analytics across Germany, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, and the United States. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 14, 100416. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2024.100416

    Viberg, O., Kizilcec, R. F [René F.], Wise, A. F., Jivet, I., & Nixon, N. (2024). Advancing equity and inclusion in educational practices with AI ‐powered educational decision support systems (AI ‐ EDSS ). British Journal of Educational Technology, 55(5), 1974–1981. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjet.13507

    Weidlich, J., Fink, A., Jivet, I., Yau, J., Giorgashvili, T., Drachsler, H., & Frey, A. (2024). Emotional and motivational effects of automated and personalized formative feedback: The role of reference frames. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.13024

  Conferences

  • Giorgashvili, T., Jivet, I., Artelt, C., Biedermann, D., Bengs, D., Goldhammer, F., Hahnel, C., Mendzheritskaya, J., Mordel, J., Onofrei, M., Winter, M., Wolter, I., Horz, H., & Drachsler, H. (2024). Exploring Learners’ Self-reflection and Intended Actions After Consulting Learning Analytics Dashboards in an Authentic Learning Setting. In R. Ferreira Mello, N. Rummel, I. Jivet, G. Pishtari, & J. A. Ruipérez Valiente (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Vol. 15159, Technology Enhanced Learning for Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education: 19th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2024, Krems, Austria, September 16–20, 2024, Proceedings, Part I (1st ed. 2024, pp. 135–151). Springer Nature Switzerland; Imprint Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-72315-5_10

    Kaliisa, R., Misiejuk, K., López-Pernas, S., Khalil, M., & Saqr, M. (2024). Have Learning Analytics Dashboards Lived Up to the Hype? A Systematic Review of Impact on Students' Achievement, Motivation, Participation and Attitude. In LAK '24: Proceedings of the 14th Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference.

    Menzel, L., Jivet, I., Gombert, S., Schmitz, M., Giorgashvili, T., & Drachsler, H. (2024). 2nd Workshop on Highly Informative Learning Analytic (HILA). In Companion Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge.

    Misiejuk, K., & Khalil, M. (2024). The Co-design Process of an Instructor Dashboard for Remote Labs in Higher Education. In P. Zaphiris & A. Ioannou (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Learning and Collaboration Technologies (pp. 65–76). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61672-3_5

    Misiejuk, K., López-Pernas, S., Kaliisa, R., & Saqr, M. (2024). Learning together: Student-AI interactions to generate learning resources. (in press). In Proceedings of the 12th Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality Conference.

  • Prieto, L. P., Viberg, O., Rodriguez-Triana, M. J., Jivet, I., Chen, B., & Scheffel, M. (2024). Culture and Values in Learning Analytics: A Human-Centered Design and Research Approach. In Companion Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge. https://www.solaresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/LAK24_CompanionProceedings.pdf

  Chapters in Edited Books

  • López-Pernas, S., Misiejuk, K., Kaliisa, R., Conde-González, M. Á., & Saqr, M. (2024). Capturing the Wealth and Diversity of Learning Processes with Learning Analytics Methods. In M. Saqr & S. López-Pernas (Eds.), Learning Analytics Methods and Tutorials (pp. 1–14). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54464-4_1

    López-Pernas, S., Misiejuk, K., Tikka, S., Kopra, J., Heinäniemi, M., & Saqr, M. (2024). Visualizing and Reporting Educational Data with R. In M. Saqr & S. López-Pernas (Eds.), Learning Analytics Methods and Tutorials (pp. 151–194). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54464-4_6

  2023

  Journals

  • Egetenmeier, A., & Jivet, I. (2023). Ten years of learning analytics in the german-speaking space: Success, failure and lessons learned. Workshopband Der 21. Fachtagung Bildungstechnologien (DELFI), 13–16.
  • Ferguson, R., Khosravi, H., Kovanović, V., Viberg, O., Aggarwal, A., Brinkhuis, M., Buckingham Shum, S., Chen, L. K., Drachsler, H., Guerrero, V. A., Hanses, M., Hayward, C., Hicks, B., Jivet, I., Kitto, K., Kizilcec, R., Lodge, J. M., Manly, C. A., Matz, R. L., … Yan, V. X. (2023). Aligning the goals of learning analytics with its research scholarship: An open peer commentary approach. Journal of Learning Analytics, 10(2), 14–50. https://doi.org/10.18608/jla.2023.8197
  • Kaliisa, R., Jivet, I., & Prinsloo, P. (2023). A checklist to guide the planning, designing, implementation, and evaluation of learning analytics dashboards. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 20(1), 28.
  • Woitt, S., Weidlich, J., Jivet, I., Orhan Göksün, D., Drachsler, H., & Kalz, M. (2023). Students’ feedback literacy in higher education: An initial scale validation study. Teaching in Higher Education, 1–20.
  • Wollny, S., Di Mitri, D., Jivet, I., Muñoz-Merino, P., Scheffel, M., Schneider, J., Tsai, Y.-S., Whitelock-Wainwright, A., Gašević, D., & Drachsler, H. (2023). Students’ expectations of learning analytics across europe. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 39(4), 1325–1338.

  Conferences

  • Kizilcec, R. F., Viberg, O., Jivet, I., Martinez Mones, A., Oh, A., Hrastinski, S., Mutimukwe, C., & Scheffel, M. (2023). The Role of Gender in Students’ Privacy Concerns about Learning Analytics: Evidence from five countries. In LAK23: 13th International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge.

    Misiejuk, K., Khalil, M., & Wasson, B. (2023). Tackling the challenges with data access in learning analytics research: A case study of virtual labs. In Proceedings of the Technology-Enhanced Learning in Laboratories workshop (TELL 2023). CEUR Workshop Proceedings.

  Chapters in Edited Books

  • Viberg, O., Jivet, I., & Scheffel, M. (2023). Designing culturally aware learning analytics: A value sensitive perspective. In O. Viberg & Å. Grönlund (Eds.), Practicable learning analytics (pp. 177–192). Springer.

• Contact

  Maria Efstathiadou

  Assistence oft the research professorship Learning Analytics

  E-Mail: maria.efstathiadou

  Telefon: +49 2331 987-4678

  PRG, Room B 113 (1st Floor)