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# MLA_BLAC 2017
MLA and BLAC Workshops at LAK 2017

### • Workshop on Methodology in Learning Analytics (MLA)
• Workshop on Building the Learning Analytics Curriculum (BLAC)

### Joint Proceedings of the Workshop on Methodology in Learning Analytics (MLA) and the Workshop on Building the Learning Analytics Curriculum (BLAC)
co-located with 7th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference (LAK 2017)

### Vancouver, Canada, March 13th-14th, 2017.

Edited by

### Yoav Bergner, New York University, NY, USA
Charles Lang, Teachers College, Columbia University, NY, USA
Geraldine Gray, Institute of Technology Blanchardstown, Dublin, Ireland
Stephanie Teasley, University of Michigan, MI, USA
John Stamper, Carnegie Mellon University, PA, USA

## Table of Contents

- Preface

### Session 1: Workshop on Methodology in Learning Analytics (MLA)

- A Focus on Methodology in Learning Analytics: Building a Structurally Sound Bridge Discipline (Editorial)
  Yoav Bergner, Charles Lang, Geraldine Gray
- Statistical Approaches to the Model Comparison Task in Learning Analytics
  Josh Gardner, Christopher Brooks
- Infrastructure for Replication in Learning Analytics
  Christopher Brooks, Ryan Baker, Juan Miguel Limjap Andres

### Session 2: Building the Learning Analytics Curriculum (BLAC)

- Building the Learning Analytics Curriculum (Editorial)
  Charles Lang, Stephanie Teasley, John Stamper
- What Does a Learning Analytics Practitioner Need to Know?
  Leah Macfadyen
- Building the Learning Analytics Curriculum: Should we Teach (a Code of) Ethics?
  Paul Prinsloo, Sharon Slade
- Digital Learning Design Framework for Social Learning Spaces
  Vitomir Kovanović, Srećko Joksimović, Dragan Gašević, George Siemens

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