"Learning analytics in Higher Education in Japan", October 6 at Pitt.

The University of Pittsburgh's Intelligent Systems Program in the School of Computing and Information will host Dr. Hiroaki Ogata and Dr. Brendan Flanagan, both of Kyoto University, and their talk "Learning analytics in Higher Education in Japan" on October 6.

This talk provides an overview of the Educational Big Data research project in Higher Education, Japan. This research focuses on e-book based learning logs and developed visual analytics tools for improving course design and learning materials. This talk will also introduce initial findings.

Additional talks and presentations on the topic by Dr. Ogata are available on YouTube.

The talk runs from 12:30 to 1:30 pm in 5317 Sennott Square (map) and is free and open to the public.