1st Berlin Workshop On MOOC Research5th February 2015, 15.00 - 19.00

1 Context

Researchers all over the world bang their heads against the wall trying to figure out how tobring education into the digital age. So, where do massive open online courses (MOOCs)and Learning Analytics fit in? Great research is already being conducted and presented atinternational conferences (LAK15, L@S15, EDM15). But let’s be honest, Berlin is where themagic happens! iversity, your favourite online course provider invites you to network and join themovement. Join us and research in the start-up way: Not much presenting, lots of interaction,lots of fun!

2 Schedule

15.00 Hello and Speed Geeking

15.45 Zhilin Zheng: Composing learninggroups in MOOCs.

17.15 Christian Toth: The Role of Person-ality Traits in MOOCs.

16.00 Questions 17.30 Questions

16.05 Marcus Klusener: Predicting Stu-dents’ Performance.

17.35 Haeseon Yun: A Learning Analyt-ics Approach for the Digital TextbookProject.

16.20 Questions 17.50 Questions

16.25 Albrecht Fortenbacher: A GenericApproach to Data Modeling for Learn-ing Environments.

17.55 Lara Ruppertz/Tim Vogelsang: Onthe Validity of Peer Grading and aCloud Teaching Assistant System.

16.40 Questions 18.10 Questions

16.45 Break-Out-Coffee-Sessions 18.15 Break-Out-Pizza-Sessions

18.45 Nuggets / Take-Aways

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3 Speakers

Albrecht Fortenbacher HTW Berlin ProfessorMarcus Klusener HTW Berlin PhD CandidateNiels Pinkwart HU Berlin ProfessorZhilin Zheng HU Berlin PhD CandidateChristian Toth Uni Mainz PhD CandidateHaeseon Yun Seoul National University PhD CandidateLara Ruppertz iversity Head of Course DevelopmentTim Vogelsang iversity Head of Business Intelligence

4 Venue

The workshop takes place 5th February 15.00 - 19.00 o’clock. The address is SonnenburgerStraße 73, 10437 Berlin. Look!

Figure 1: Venue

5 Organizers

Tim Vogelsang, Head of Business Intelligence, iversity.org

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