laser-welcome-slides.Rmd

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  title: "2022 Summer Workshop"
  subtitle: "Learning Analytics in STEM Education Research Intitute" 
  author: "**Dr. Shaun Kellogg**"
  institute: "Instituttional Affiliation"
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### .font100[[go.ncsu.edu/laser-schedule](go.ncsu.edu/laser-schedule)]

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# Agenda

<br>

## 1. Welcome to the Friday Institute!

## 2. Meet the LASER Team

## 3. LASER Institute Core Components

## 4. Goals for the Year, the Week, and Today


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# The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation

At The Friday Institute, **our mission is to advance K-12 education through innovation** in teaching, learning and leadership so that ALL students are prepared to succeed in a rapidly changing world.

- **Educate.** We conduct professional learning, research and evaluation.
- **Innovate.** We design supports, tools and structures for educational change.
- **Inspire.** We convene and collaborate with partners in education, government and private industries to inform standards, policy and practice.

The LASER Institute is a prime example of how we [Think and Do](https://www.ncsu.edu/think-and-do/) at the Friday Institute and we hope that you will carry this mission and vision forward! 

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<img src="img/team_2022.png" height="450px"/>


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# LASER Institute Components

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.panel[.panel-name[Learning Labs]

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Each topic (FS, TM, ML, and SNA) consist of four progressively sequenced labs that include:
- A Presentation & Code-Along
- Essential Readings
- Coding Case Study or R Primers
- LASER Badge

]

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<img src="img/learning-labs.png" height="350px"/>
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]



.panel[.panel-name[Guest Speakers]

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Authors of the recently updated [Handbook of Learning Analytics](https://www.solaresearch.org/publications/hla-22/): 
- What is learning analytics?
- LA for Supporting Collaboration
- Data Literacy and Learning Analytics
- LA and Learning at Scale
- Fairness, Bias, and Equity in LA

]

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<img src="img/laser-keynote.png" height="300px"/>
.font80[.center[[2021 LASER Keynote](https://youtu.be/gKM3T_CzC10)]]
]



]

.panel[.panel-name[Community]
We've partnered with [Participate, Inc.](https://www.participate.com) to help us: 
- develop in-person and online **community-building activities**
- organize **affinity groups** for collaborative research 
- structure monthly **progress updates** with scholars
- facilitate online **discussions forums** 
]


.panel[.panel-name[Planning & Research]

Time and support is provided for scholars to develop a professional learning plan and work with your own data to further research goals.

> *I am thrilled to share with you all about a recently funded project that was influenced by my participation in LASER.  I hope also to continue growing collaborations that have emerged out of this community!* 

.pull.right[2021 LASER Scholar]

]

]

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# LASER Institute Goals

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.panel[.panel-name[This Year]

1. **Disciplinary Knowledge**: Deepen understanding of LA methodologies, literature, applications and ethical issues as they relate to STEM education and equity.

2. **Technical Skills:** Develop proficiency with R,  GitHub and other tools for collaboration, reproducible research and computational analysis.

3. **Social Capital:** Expand their professional networks, connecting with researchers and experts in LA related fields, as well as other scholars focused on STEM education.

]

.panel[.panel-name[This Week]

1. **Have fun.** Learning new methods can be rewarding but hard, especially when coding is involved, but we want to you enjoy yourselves this week.  
2. **Make friends.** We have an amazing groups of scholars participating this year, use this opportunity to get to know them better. 
3. **Make a plan.** You won't be come an expert in LA in a week, but we want to you leave this week with a plan to continue learning and apply it to your research. 
4. **Earn a badge.** You'll be exposed to a wide range of new concepts and techniques this week, we want you to dig into one and demonstrate what you've learned. 
5. **Provide Feedback.** We've revamped our curriculum and need your input to figure out what works well and how we can improve. 

]

.panel[.panel-name[Today]

1. **Community Building (9:15)** - Get to know some "facts" about your colleagues. 

1. **Learning Lab Intros (10:00)** - Learn about the each topic area (FS, ML, TM, and SNA) and accompanying labs to help choose a learning path this week. 

1. **Keynote Speakers (1:30)** Learn what exactly Learning Analytics is from our esteemed guest speaker Dr. George Siemens.

1. **Laser Toolkit Orientation (2:15)** Git comfor-R-table with GitHub and RStudio, our primary tools for LASER and reproducible research. 

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## .font130[.center[**Thank you!**]]


.center[<img style="border-radius:50%;" src="img/shaun.jpeg" height="200px"/><br/>**Shaun Kellogg**<br/><mailto:sbkellog@ncsu.edu>]

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This work was supported by the National Science Foundation grant DRL-2025090 (ECR:BCSER). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
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