Boston Big Data for Education Meeting, February 16

Attendance is free, but please register here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSchfDqT5MRHxS5a2NYHjoQOzK5Bb0LtrjDWkfs4u12zdqZmKA/viewform).

MIT's Dr. Justin Reich (https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fopenlearning.mit.edu%2Fabout%2Four-team%2Fjustin-reich&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNF1Kow8fFH8O635Sa37WA6qLqfbkg) will give the morning keynote, while afternoon activities include the option of attending either a workshop on the Co-Design Lab: the 2018 Learning Analytics Challenge led by George Mu or a tutorial on Educational Data Mining taught by Dr. Amy Nurnberger (https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rd-alliance.org%2Fusers%2Famy-nurnberger&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNG2Jznohp1hPEohWe-6tSBnZ-ydXw) and Dr. Ryan Bake (http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fscholar.gse.upenn.edu%2Fbaker&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFqoRd05VDro7u0rcQ9UjczJL9I0w)r.

In addition, to these activities, our team will announce winners of our 1st Big Data in Education Competition, and we will facilitate community-building activities, including the opportunities to discuss potential collaborations with other meeting participants. Lunch and refreshments will be served!

Schedule:

9:00 Welcoming Statements by Beverly Woolf (https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cics.umass.edu%2Ffaculty%2Fdirectory%2Fwoolf_beverly&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFv8LSPqFEONIWlou54XhTWON00tA)

9:15 Keynote Address by Justin Reich (https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fopenlearning.mit.edu%2Fabout%2Four-team%2Fjustin-reich&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNF1Kow8fFH8O635Sa37WA6qLqfbkg)

Using Educational Data to Better Predict Long Term Educational Outcomes

10:15 Coffee break

10:30 Big Data in Education Competitions (Neil Heffernan (https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wpi.edu%2Fpeople%2Ffaculty%2Fnth&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNH1rkp3tVtpLl5xUMWncN6qUgmHfQ) & Ryan Baker (http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fscholar.gse.upenn.edu%2Fbaker&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFqoRd05VDro7u0rcQ9UjczJL9I0w))

We will release the results of a educational data mining competition. (https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fview%2Fassistmentsdatamining&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEACWidDfK_jEdc_WFnc2QwI2kHvw)

10:45 Speed Dating for Data Research

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Workshop with George Mu OR Tutorial with Amy Nurnberger & Ryan Baker

Co-Design Lab: the 2018 Learning Analytics Challenge (w/ George Mu)

In 2017, Boston Public Schools awarded a prize to a team from MIT for developing an optimized bus network that would save the district $3-5M a year in transportation costs. This open challenge demonstrated the power of analytics in solving pressing, immediate, and complex challenges facing our education system.

Join us for a design thinking lab, where we will convene a group of leading analytics academics and professionals with school system leaders to identify the next problem space for the 2018 Learning Analytics Challenge. Participants will collectively identify and select the most promising areas of opportunity for analytics to drive real-world impact in our PK-12 systems.

Tutorial in Educational Data Mining Methods (w/Amy Nurnberger & Ryan Baker)

In this session, Amy Nurnberger, Program Head, Data Management Services (http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Flibraries.mit.edu%2Fdata-management%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEOH8OBynprzx3LM0Ha6pkSk449DQ) at MIT, will discuss modern tools and practices for managing and working with large-scale educational data, and Ryan Baker of the University of Pennsylvania will lead a discussion on current core methods and applications for educational data mining methods.

2:30 Coffee break

4:00 Day ends