Dragan Gašević is Professor of
Learning Analytics
Learning analytics is the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of data about learners and their contexts, for purposes of understanding and optimizing learning and the environments in which it occurs.
The growth of online learning since ...
at
Monash University
Monash University () is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Named for prominent World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. The university has a ...
. He is a researcher in learning analytics and co-developed several software systems such as P3, rBPMN Editor, LOCO-Analyst, OnTask, OVAL, and ProSolo. He is recognized as Australia's field leader in educational technologies.
Early life and education
Gašević obtained a bachelor's degree in
computer science
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from the Military Technical Academy in Belgrade, Serbia, and a masters in
computer science
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(
software engineering
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) & a doctorate in
computer science
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(
artificial intelligence
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) both from the
University of Belgrade
The University of Belgrade ( sr, / ) is a public university in Serbia. It is the oldest and largest modern university in Serbia.
Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-b ...
. His doctoral supervisor was
Vladan Devedžić.
Career
Gašević worked as Postdoctoral Fellow at
Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a public research university in British Columbia, Canada, with three campuses, all in Greater Vancouver: Burnaby (main campus), Surrey, and Vancouver. The main Burnaby campus on Burnaby Mountain, located from ...
, as Assistant to Full Professor (January 2007 - January 2015) at
Athabasca University
Athabasca University (AU) is a Canadian public research university that primarily operates through online distance education. Founded in 1970, it is one of four comprehensive academic and research universities in Alberta, and was the first ...
, as Professor and
Sir Tim O'Shea Chair in
Learning Analytics
Learning analytics is the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of data about learners and their contexts, for purposes of understanding and optimizing learning and the environments in which it occurs.
The growth of online learning since ...
and
Informatics
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(February 2015 - February 2018) at the
University of Edinburgh
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, and as Professor of Learning Analytics at
Monash University
Monash University () is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Named for prominent World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. The university has a ...
(February 2018 – present). He served as the Canada Research Chair in Semantic and Learning Technologies at
Athabasca University
Athabasca University (AU) is a Canadian public research university that primarily operates through online distance education. Founded in 1970, it is one of four comprehensive academic and research universities in Alberta, and was the first ...
(January 2009 - January 2014). He served as Co-Director (
Learning Analytics
Learning analytics is the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of data about learners and their contexts, for purposes of understanding and optimizing learning and the environments in which it occurs.
The growth of online learning since ...
) of the Centre for Research in
Digital Education
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at the
University of Edinburgh
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(November 2015 - February 2018).
Role in Development of Learning Analytics Field
He is a co-founder and was the President (2015-2017) of the
Society for Learning Analytics Research. He served as a founding program chair of the
International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK) in 2011 and 2012 and the general chair in 2016 and as a founding program chair of the
Learning Analytics Summer Institute in 2013 and 2014. He served as a founding editor of the
Journal of Learning Analytics (2012-2017) and as an editor of the
Handbook of Learning Analytics.
See also
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Learning analytics
Learning analytics is the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of data about learners and their contexts, for purposes of understanding and optimizing learning and the environments in which it occurs.
The growth of online learning since ...
*
Learning sciences
Learning sciences (LS) is an interdisciplinary field that works to further scientific, humanistic, and critical theoretical understanding of learning as well as to engage in the design and implementation of learning innovations, and the improvem ...
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Educational data mining Educational data mining (EDM) is a research field concerned with the application of data mining, machine learning and statistics to information generated from educational settings (e.g., universities and intelligent tutoring systems). At a high lev ...
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Ryan S. Baker
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Arthur C. Graesser
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George Siemens
George Siemens is a Canadian expatriate professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Arlington and professor and director of the Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning at the University of South Australia. He is known for his theory ...
References
External links
*Dragan Gašević's webpag
http://sfu.ca/~dgasevic
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1976 births
Living people
University of Belgrade alumni
Monash University faculty