Presentation given by Rebecca Ferguson from The Open University at the ESRC Research Impact: Making a Difference conference in Oxford, UK, on 19 April 2018

1. Building a European
learning analytics community
Rebecca Ferguson, Doug Clow, Bart Rienties
The Open University, UK
Learning Analytics Community Exchange (LACE)
#laceproject

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• Outreach & engagement
• Implementing an events strategy
• Network and associates strategy
• Measuring effectiveness
• Different content areas
• Writing / design guidelines
• Sustainability planning

5. Getting people talking

6. Building a mutually supportive network
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LACE Network
LACE Consortium

7. • Rebecca Ferguson, The Open University, UK
Introduction
• Alejandra Martínez Monés, University of Valladolid, Spain
Building on past collaborations
• Kairit Tammets, Tallinn University, Estonia
Work in Estonia
• Alan Berg, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Work in The Netherlands
• Anne Boyer, Université de Lorraine, France
Work in France
• Hendrik Drachsler (OUNL) and Adam Cooper (Cetis), LACE
Moving forward together – the LACE project
• Questions and discussion
Working with Associate Partners

8. An active international community
Annual two-day event – LASI Bilbao
Annual two-day event – LASI Korea
Annual two-day event – Nordic LASI

9. Continuing discussion

10. Julie Ward, MEP member
of the Culture and
Education Committee was
followed by Robert
Madelin, Director-General
of DG Connect, and
Dragan Gašević, president-
elect of SoLAR.
Their talks were followed
by overviews of the
current European-funded
learning analytics projects:
LACE, Lea’s Box, PELARS
and WatchMe.
European impact

11. An active team

12. “Building a European learning analytics community” by Rebecca
Ferguson, Doug Clow and Bart Rienties, The Open University,
was presented at the Social Sciences and Impact conference
“Impact: Making a Difference” on April 19, 2018.
Rebecca.ferguson@open.ac.uk
The LACE Project was supported by the European Commission Seventh Framework Programme, grant 619424.
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