The LATUX workflow: designing and deploying awareness tools in technology-enabled learning settings

Roberto Martinez-Maldonado, Abelardo Pardo, Negin Mirriahi, Kalina Yacef, Judy Kay, Andrew Clayphan

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Abstract

Designing, deploying and validating learning analytics tools for instructors or students is a challenge requiring techniques and methods from different disciplines, such as software engineering, human-computer interaction, educational design and psychology. Whilst each of these disciplines has consolidated design methodologies, there is a need for more specific methodological frameworks within the cross-disciplinary space defined by learning analytics. In particular there is no systematic workflow for producing learning analytics tools that are both technologically feasible and truly underpin the learning experience. In this paper, we present the LATUX workflow, a five-stage workflow to design, deploy and validate awareness tools in technology-enabled learning environments. LATUX is grounded on a well-established design process for creating, testing and re-designing user interfaces. We extend this process by integrating the pedagogical requirements to generate visual analytics to inform instructors' pedagogical decisions or intervention strategies. The workflow is illustrated with a case study in which collaborative activities were deployed in a real classroom.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLAK 2015: Fifth International Conference on Learning Analytics And Knowledge, 21—20 March 2015, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
EditorsPaulo Blikstein, Agathe Merceron, George Siemens
Place of PublicationNew York NY USA
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages1-10
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9781450334174
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Learning Analytics & Knowledge Conference 2015: Scaling Up: Big Data to Big Impact - Marist College, Poughkeepsie, United States of America
Duration: 16 Mar 201520 Mar 2015
Conference number: 5th
https://web.archive.org/web/20150328092339/http://lak15.solaresearch.org/home
https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/2723576 (Conference proceedings)

Conference

ConferenceInternational Learning Analytics & Knowledge Conference 2015
Abbreviated titleLAK 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States of America
CityPoughkeepsie
Period16/03/1520/03/15
Internet address

Keywords

  • Awareness
  • Dashboard
  • Design
  • Groupware
  • Visualisations

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