Presentation given at PELARS Policy event, Brussles, 09.11.2016. A follow up op the first LACE Policy event in April 2015. Special focus is on the exploitation and sustainability activities for LACE in the SIG LACE SoLAR.

1. LACE – Project overview
Hendrik Drachsler| Open Universiteit
PELARS Policy event | 09 November 2016
#laceproject, @hdrachsler

2. Vision: Knowledge transfer
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K12 Workplace
HE § Community-building through events &
communica?on channels/social media
(cross-disciplinary HE, K12, Workplace)
§ Knowledge transfer & best prac?ce
§ Organized / Contributed 67 events (tutorials,
workshops, conferences, etc.)
European support acRon aimed at integrate communiRes working on LA from schools,
workplace and universiRes
– LACE @ PELARS POLICY event Brussels, 09 November 2016, @hdrachsler

3. LACE Goals and objecRves
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• ObjecRve 1 – Promote
knowledge creaRon and
exchange
• ObjecRve 2 – Increase the
evidence base
• ObjecRve 3 – Contribute to
the definiRon of future
direcRons
• ObjecRve 4 – Build
consensus on inter-
operability and data
sharing
Evidence Hub
EP4LA Workshops
Interoperability Studies
– LACE @ PELARS POLICY event Brussels, 09 November 2016, @hdrachsler

4. Who we are (80 Ass. Partners)
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LACE Network
LACE ConsorRum

5. Community Building
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• LACE events
(19/67/89– 700/3200/4670 contacts)
• LinkedIn members (213/343/544)
• Twi]er (170/616/815)
• LACE Review Ar?cles (2/8/12)
• Blog posts total (56/135/152)
• Key Events
• BETT (Jan. 2016, UK)
• LAEP Workshop (March 2016, NL)
• Assoc. Partner Mee?ng (April, 2016, NL)
• LAK16 (April 2016, UK)
• EDEN (June, 2016, HU)

6. – LACE @ PELARS POLICY event Brussels, 09 November 2016, @hdrachsler
Cross Domain Studies
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EFLA Framework
Evalua?on support
Vision of the Future
Available at laceproject.eu
Available at laceproject.eu

7. Data Interoperability
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• Big Picture Data Inter-operability for
LA (D7.3, D7.4)
• Coopera?on with various organiza?ons
(xAPI, IMS, ISO, Apereo)
– LACE @ PELARS POLICY event Brussels, 09 November 2016, @hdrachsler
Berg, A., Scheffel, M., Drachsler, H., Ternier, S. & Specht, M.
(2016). The Dutch xAPI Experience. Proceedings of the 6th
Interna?onal Conference on Learning Analy?cs and
Knowledge (LAK’16), April 25-29, 2016, Edinburgh, UK.
h]p://bit.ly/DutchXAPIreg
h]p://bit.ly/DutchXAPIspread

8. Evidence Hub
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evidencehub.laceproject.eu

9. Scheffel, M., Drachsler, H., de Kraker, J., Kreijns, K., Slootmaker, A., & Specht, M. (2016). Widget, widget on the
wall, am I performing well at all? IEEE Transac?ons on Learning Technologies, PP(99).

10. Evidence Hub – Evidence Flow map
10 – LACE @ PELARS POLICY event Brussels, 09 November 2016, @hdrachsler

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K12 Workplace
HE
Sector AcRviRes: WP4, 5, 6 - STOTA
• Awareness
raising
• Growing
number of
soluRons but
lidle use
• High demand
on privacy
• No systema?c
use of data
• Widespread interest (Management, Researchers, Teachers)
• Some substan?ve take-up
• More reporRng data than taking acRon on data
• Probably most advanced sector
• Bridging ind.
communi?es
• KPIs
• ConRnuous
improvement
& need for LA
• Process
standardisa?on
– LACE @ PELARS POLICY event Brussels, 09 November 2016, @hdrachsler

12. Fulfilling
the Vision
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Planning for
the future
Suppor?ng
roll-out
Ethical
prac?ce
Research:
Evidence Hub, EFLA Framework
Policy:
SoLAR Flare Events
Annual mee?ng @ BETT
New PracRce:
LAK16 & SoLAR, Apereo
collabora?on
Research & Policy & Prac?ce
Research:
Visions of the Future study
Workshops on the Visions
Policy:
Brussels Policy development
New PracRce:
Feed-through to other LA
projects - LAEP, SHEILA,
LS4U
Research & Policy &
Prac?ce
Research:
EP4LA workshops
Policy:
JLA SI EP4LA
LACE review
New PracRce:
DELICATE checklist
Project: Lea’s Box, SHEILA, LAEP
Research & Policy & Prac?ce
Research:
Interoperability
xAPI profiles
Policy:
LAW Manifesto & Profile
LACE Reviews
New PracRce:
xAPI standardisa?on
Research & Policy & Prac?ce

13. 9 November 2016
ExploitaRon & Sustainability
LACE – Annual Review – Luxembourg – 4 February 2015
Iden?fied 7 main outcomes to sustain aker the project lifecycle and that went
into the proposal for a SIG LACE @ SoLAR
1. Evalua?on Framework for Learning Analy?cs (EFLA)
2. Evidence Hub
3. Learning Analy?cs Reviews
4. The LACE Voice (Website, LinkedIn, Twi]er, YouTube, Slideshare)
5. LACE Community (80 Associate partners, 600 Policymakers)
6. Expert Studies (Ethics & Privacy, Interoperability, Vision Future)
7. Stakeholder interviews (51 interviews)
Project LACE (Learning Analy?cs Community EXCHANGE)
SIG LACE (Learning Analy?cs Community EUROPE) @ SoLAR
For Individuals become a member:
• Receive latest news & Trend Reports
• Exclusive invita?on to community events
• No fee involved
For LA Projects become a BOARD member
• Use the SIG LACE @ SoLAR as sustainability & exploita?on point
• Depending on Exploita?on ac?vi?es annual fee of 1000 – 2000 EUR
• Become Board Member of SIG LACE @ SoLAR

14. SHEILAproject.eu
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SIG LACE

15. “LACE Project overview” by Hendrik Drachsler, OUNL was
presented at the PELARS Policy event in Brussels on
09 November, 2016.
hendrik.drachsler@ou.nl
This work was undertaken as part of the LACE Project, supported by the European Commission Seventh
Framework Programme, grant 619424.
www.laceproject.eu
@laceproject
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