The Learning Observer

A Prototype Platform for the Integration of Learning Data

Workshop at AIED 2024 in Recife, Brazil

In this tutorial workshop, we will introduce The Learning Observer. This is a project whose goal is to set up an open, transparently-governed consortium to manage student data in the student and public interest. The open-source platform we are developing for this is at a prototype stage, but is designed to permit the integration of diverse learning data, use of sophisticated machine learning techniques over that data, and the presentation of real-time teacher dashboards. We are architecting it to support open-science and SEER-aligned research methodology.

This workshop will have between two and four segments:

• Technology segment An overview of what we’re building, a deep dive into how we’re architecting it, feedback on how to make it useful to a broad set of AIED projects, and perhaps partnerships.
• Policy segment: How do we structure this as a consortium going forward, to make sure we maintain transparency, support for diverse populations, accountability, and act in the student interest?
• Optional/TBD: Design Workshop.
• Optional/TBD: Next-Generation Psychometrics