Atezaz Ahmad, Author at EduTec Science

Jan212021 by Atezaz AhmadNo Comments

EduTec@ AI Camp 2021 In dialogue. With algorithms. For society.

https://kicamp.orgOn April 27, 2021, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the German Informatics Society (GI) will bring together selected AI talents up to the age of 35 with renowned AI experts from all over the world at the AI Camp 2021 in Berlin. Whether universities, startups or think tanks: young AI researchers from alldisciplines and backgrounds will meet in interactive fishbowl discussions, lecture sessions or hands-on workshops and address transdisciplinary future issues from the fields of society, sustainability, production, science, health, mobility, art and media. Starting as early as January, the hybrid on- and offline event will offer participants the opportunity to actively participate in the program design and to network on a topic-by-topic basis in virtual workshop and discussion formats. Artificial intelligence is not only…

Jul302020 by Atezaz AhmadNo Comments

Publication of the Compendium of Gamification Strategies: AR in STEM classes in the EU

Project, Publication

The only limit is our imagination: Augmented Reality Technology enters STEM classes in EU As a powerful storytelling tool, immersive media fundamentally change the way we interact with our environment. The EU-funded AR4STEAM project wants to use this potential for new ways of learning in school lessons in natural sciences and arts. With Augmented Reality (AR) we can merge digital dimension with the physical world and create completely new experiences. Reality becomes a creative canvas on which we can provide information in a completely new and exciting way. Artists and scientists have long recognized that immersive technologies appeal to recipients emotionally on a whole new level and create lasting impressions. AR makes the previously impossible a new reality. The only limit? Our imagination! Studies have shown that the use of…

May122020 by Atezaz AhmadNo Comments

Which Strategies are Used in the Design of Technical LA Infrastructure? A Qualitative Interview Study

Award, Conference, Publication

At the end of April the EDUCON2020 – IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference took place. The Educational Technologies team managed to contribute with a full research paper and a short paper. The full research by George Ciordas-Hertel has the title: "Which Strategies are Used in the Design of Technical LA Infrastructure?: A Qualitative Interview Study". This paper was awarded as best paper the area "Infrastructure and Technologies for Engineering Education". Here an abstract of the paper: In order to obtain a holistic perspective on learning, technical infrastructure at an institutional level can be advantageous for Learning Analytics (LA). If personal data is collected and processed in such infrastructure, legal requirements are of crucial importance. Recent studies have examined various aspects of LA infrastructure, such as ethical trade-offs and stakeholder needs.…

Mar282020 by Atezaz AhmadNo Comments

Best Poster Award at LAK20

Award, Conference, Project, Publication

Atezaz Ahmad, Jan Schneider, and Hendrik Drachsler won the best poster award at the 10th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK) Conference for Open Learning Analytics Indicator Repository (OpenLAIR).

Mar282020 by Atezaz AhmadNo Comments

Open Learning Analytics Indicator Repository (OpenLAIR)

Empirical Study, Open access, Publication

Open Learning Analytics Indicator Repository in short OpenLAIR is a system whose frontend consists of a dashboard. This dashboard will provide an interface that filters out the list of indicators and their metrics that can be used for a particular activity. All our results will be based on the literature that we have conducted previously. Our dashboard will contain learning events, learning activities, indicators, and metrics. Where Learning Event is learning or teaching event occurs during a learner’s activity or a teacher’s activity. Leclercq and Poumay identified eight learning events: create, explore, practice, imitate, receive, debate, meta-learn, and experiment. (Learning) activity is an activity where an action that the learner does in an LMS environment, for example, posting, discussing, uploading, etc. (Duval, 2011). Usually, in the LMS environment, all these…

Mar242020 by Atezaz AhmadNo Comments

What is Learning Analytics? Just in time for the LAK20 online conference DIPF eduserver compiled a dossier about learning analytics

Conference, Open access, Publication

Find out more about the definitions of learning analytics, the scientific societies, networks, projects, conferences, critical voices and learning analytics internationally in the dossier of the German eduserver: https://www.bildungsserver.de/Learning-Analytics-an-International-Overview-7514_eng.html

Mar162020 by Atezaz AhmadNo Comments

#Work from Home: AR4STE(A)M – EU Team keeping up the good spirits

Project

Technology is a blessing in times of social distancing and quarantine due to the global pandemic of #COVID-19. The AR4STE(A)M - Team is keeping up the good spirits using this opportunity to promote eLearning technolgies such as augmented reality and gamification for students and teachers of STEM subjects all over Europe! Stay Safe and eLearn! #New Poster created to promote AR and Gamification in European Curricula https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTdsvTL9pnY&feature=youtu.be #Video Compilation of the AR4STE(A)M Kick Off Meeting in Florence

Jan232020 by Atezaz AhmadNo Comments

Kick-Off of the European Project for Augmented Reality and Gamification Strategies in STEM subjects in European Schools

Project

Espresso and Learning Apps – From 22nd to 24th January, the 7 partner organisations under the lead of the DIPF met at the ITT technical college in Florence. The Team of the EU project successfully kicked-off “AR4STEAM” and will, together with partners from civil society and the school sector in Europe, start to promote the use of augmented reality and gamification strategies in STEM subjects in schools over the next 2 ,5 years to make science lessons more attractive and innovative for teachers and students.

Nov132019 by Atezaz AhmadNo Comments

Stakeholder Attitudes Towards Digitalization in Higher Education Institutions

Conference, Publication

Abstract: We report the results of a group concept mapping study on the topic of digital transformation in German higher education. Students, teachers and administrative employees participated in the study where they first gathered statements which were then clustered and ranked according to importance and feasibility. The results show agreement between all groups that matters of culture and mentality remain the biggest factors for a successful digitalization of higher education. While we found agreement between groups on the importance of topics, those working at the institution are more pessimistic of cultural changes than students. The unification of service platforms and the development of validated didactical concepts for digital learning offerings are also seen as open challenges. Full Reference: Biedermann, D., Kalbfell, L., Schneider, J. & Drachsler, H., (2019). Stakeholder attitudes towards digitalization…

Sep162019 by Atezaz AhmadNo Comments

EC-TEL 2019

Conference, Publication, Workshop

Also at the 14th "European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning" from 16th to 19th September in Delft, Netherlands, the team from Educational Technologies and the Information Centre Education was involved with several contributions on the topic: "Transforming Learning with Meaningful Technologies". Two articles were presented: Scheffel, M., Tsai, Y., Gaševic, D., Drachsler, H. (2019). Policy matters: Expert recommendations for learning analytics policy«. 14th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2019, Delft, 16-19 September 2019, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). Cham: Springer. Scheffel, M., van Limbeek, E., Joppe, D., van Hooijdonk, J., Kockelkoren, C., Schmitz, M., Ebus, P., Sloep, P. & Drachsler, H. (2019). The means to a blend: A practical model for the redesign of face-to-face education to blended learning. 14th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL…