On Thursday April 1, 2021 the kick off meeting for the project "HELA - Improving HEI maturity to implement learning analytics" was held. The project is funded by the Croatian Science Foundation (HRZZ).
Principle Investigator, Prof. Nina Begičević Ređep, PhD. presented the project objectives, research activities and results.
In the first year of the project we planned a working meeting, research workshop on learning analytics (LA), focus groups at FOI and work on activities related to Objective 1: Identify use cases and gaps in use of LA in a blended educational environment in HE at the level of institutional policy, study programs, courses and lectures and Objective 2: Identify resources necessary to implement LA in a blended educational environment at levels of institution policy, study program and course.
Within Objective 1 will be preparedan LA concept map, metadata descriptors for LA use cases and a review of LA use cases, while within Objective 2 will be prepared a review of LA implementation resources.
In the first year of the project, researchers will also participate at summer schools, conferences and take part in online courses.
At the beginning of the project, scientific literature in amount of 9,000.00 HRK was purchased. This literature will be used for research in the first year of the project.
At the meeting participated Prof. Diana Šimić, PhD, Assoc. Prof. Igor Balaban, PhD, Barbara Šlibar, M. Inf., Danijel Filipović, M. Inf., Darko Grabar, M. inf., Ivana Đunđek Kokotec, PhDAsst. Prof. Nikola Kadoić, PhD, Petra Vondra, M. inf, Josipa Bađari, M.A. and an external project associate Sandra Kučina Softić, PhD from the University Computer Center, Croatia.