Postdoctoral Researcher in the Educational Technologies at studiumdigitale, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

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Atezaz Ahmad is a postdoctoral researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Research and Information and Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He completed his PhD with a thesis titled “Uncharted Territories: Learning Analytics Indicators from a Learning Design Perspective”, in which he developed the Learning Analytics and Design Alignment (LADA) framework to systematically align Learning Design (LD) and Learning Analytics (LA). During his PhD, he also worked on developing and evaluating OpenLAIR, a tool that supports course designers, teachers, students, and educational researchers in selecting appropriate learning design activities, LA indicators, and metrics for course design or LA dashboards. Additionally, he conducted research on natural language processing (NLP) methods to automate the extraction of LA indicators and metrics from the literature, ensuring that OpenLAIR remains up to date.
    1. Atezaz Ahmad (2025). Uncharted territories: learning analytics indicators from a Learning Design perspective. PhD Dissertation at Goethe University Frankfurt. Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg. Pages 192, DOI: 10.21248/gups.93965.
    2. Ahmad, A.; Schneider, J.; Schmitz, M.; Schiffner, D. and Drachsler, H. (2024). Students Want to Experiment While Teachers Care More About Assessment! Exploring How Novices and Experts Engage in Course Design. In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU; ISBN 978-989-758-697-2; ISSN 2184-5026, SciTePress, pages 15-26. DOI: 10.5220/0012537900003693 * Best paper nominee!
    3. Ahmad, A.; Schneider, J.; Schiffner, D.; Islamovic, E. & Drachsler, H. (2023). LAxplore: An NLP-Based Tool for Distilling Learning Analytics and Learning Design Instruments out of Scientific Publications. In Proceedings of the 15th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - Volume 1: KDIR, ISBN 978-989-758-671-2, ISSN 2184-3228, pages 230-239. DOI: 10.5220/0012163600003598
    4. Ahmad, A., Kiesler, N., Schiffner, D., Schneider, J., and Wollny, S. (2023). Caught in the Lifelong Learning Maze: Helping People with Learning Analytics and Chatbots to Find Personal Career Paths. In International Journal of Information and Education Technology. vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 423-429, 2023..
    5. Ahmad, A., Yordanov, I.I., Yau, J., Schneider, J., Drachsler, H. (2023). A Trusted Learning Analytics Dashboard for Displaying OER. In: Otto, D., Scharnberg, G., Kerres, M., Zawacki-Richter, O. (eds) Distributed Learning Ecosystems . Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-38703-7_15
    6. Ahmad, A.; Schneider, J.; Weidlich, J.; Di Mitri, D.; Yau, J.; Schiffner, D. and Drachsler, H. (2022). What Indicators Can I Serve You with? An Evaluation of a Research-Driven Learning Analytics Indicator Repository. In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1, ISBN 978-989-758-562-3, ISSN 2184-5026, pages 58-68.
    7. Ahmad, A., Schneider, J., Griffiths, D., Biedermann, D., Schiffner, D., Greller, W., Drachsler, H. (2022). Connecting the dots – A literature review on learning analytics indicators from a learning design perspective. Special Issues Article in Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12716
    8. Karademir, O., Ahmad, A., Schneider, J., Mitri, D. D., Jivet, I., & Drachsler, H. (2021, October). Designing the Learning Analytics Cockpit-A Dashboard that Enables Interventions. In International Conference in Methodologies and intelligent Systems for Techhnology Enhanced Learning (pp. 95-104). Springer, Cham.
    9. Ahmad, A., Schneider, J., & Drachsler, H. (2020, September). OpenLAIR an Open Learning Analytics Indicator Repository Dashboard. In European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (pp. 467-471). Springer, Cham.
    10. Ahmad, A., Schneider, J., Drachsler, H., (2020). Open Learning Analytics Indicator Repository., The 10th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference LAK20 (2020), pages 41-43. * Best poster award!
    11. Hiebl, J., Ahmad, A., Scharnberg, G., Drachsler, H., Heck, T., Hölterhof, T. (2019). Designing Multi-faceted Open Informational Ecosystems for Learning and Teaching. Forschungsworkshop auf der ECER 2019, Hamburg
    • Educational Technology
      • Learning Analytics
      • Learning Design
    • Responsible AI
    • Natural Language Processing
    • Data Mining
    • Human Computer Interaction
  • PhD in Computer Science from Goethe University Frankfurt, 2025, Germany
  • Master of Science in Software System Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, 2018, Germany
  • Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering, IIUI, 2014, Pakistan