The LACE project connects players in the fields of learning analytics and educational data mining to support the development of a European community and share best practices. The project aims to promote knowledge sharing, increase the evidence base of learning analytics, and contribute to defining its future directions. Key activities include organizing events, creating a knowledge base of learning analytics evidence, and producing reviews on latest developments in the field.

1. TheLACEproject members
Open Universiteit, NL
Cetis, UK
The Open University, UK
Infinity Technology Solutions, IT
Skolverket, SE
Kennisnet, NL
Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus, NO
ATiT, BE
EDEN, UK
www.laceproject.eu
EU Grant Nr 619424
LACE connects players in the fields of Learning
Analytics (LA) and Educational Data Mining (EDM) in
order to support the development of a European
community and share emerging best practices.
Objectives
Promote knowledge creation and exchange
Increase the evidence base about Learning Analytics
Contribute to the definition of future directions
Build consensus on pressing topics like data
interoperability, data sharing, ethics and privacy, and
Learning Analytics supported instructional design
Activities
Organise events to connect organisations that are
conducting LA/EDM research
Create and curate a knowledge base to capture
evidence for the effectiveness of Learning Analytics
Produce reviews to inform the LACE community about
latest developments in the field
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2. Outcomes
1 Evaluation Framework for Learning Analytics (EFLA)
http://www.laceproject.eu/evaluation-framework-for-la/
We develop the EFLA framework to evaluate the effects of Learning
Analytics for different stakeholders in a standardised way. The latest version of the
framework and related surveys are available on the LACE website.
2 Evidence Hub
http://evidence.laceproject.eu/
The Evidence Hub is a place for recording, organising and searching evidence about
Learning Analytics. It seeks to bring together evidences about the effects of
Learning Analytics in the school, higher education and workplace sectors.
3 Learning Analytics Reviews
http://www.laceproject.eu/learning-analytics-review/
The Learning Analytics Review is a series of articles and briefings for schools,
workplace and higher education with an interest in the impact of Learning Analyt-
ics. The topics of the review range from privacy, ethics, quality aspects, and specific
sector reports to measuring learner emotions.
4 The LACE Community
http://www.laceproject.eu/join-community/
LACE developes a unified community for Learning Analytics in Europe. Our current
associate partner network consists of more than 66 organisations and many more
followers on twitter and LinkedIn. Join the community and receive privileged access
to latest events and news on the fast developing field of Learning Analytics.
5 Expert Studies
We organise meetings with experts from diverse backgrounds on pressing
LA/EDM topics. The insights of those meetings are reported in the LACE blog and
summarised in the LACE Expert Studies that are ranging from Ethics and Privacy,
Evaluation of Learning Analytics, Data Interoperability, until the Vision of the Future
of Learning Analytics.
Ethics & Privacy: http://www.laceproject.eu/ethics-privacy/
Interoperability: http://www.laceproject.eu/data-interoperability/
Future of LA: http://www.laceproject.eu/future-of-learning-analytics/
6 Stakeholder Interviews
http://www.laceproject.eu/videos/
LACE has captured so far over 36 interviews with different stakeholders and key
players of the learning analytics field. Join our YouTube channel and stay tuned for
diverse views on Learning Analytics from the practitioner side.
Where LACE can support you
• (Co-) organise workshops
• Distribute information to the European community
• Contribute to Learning Analytics Studies for the Evidence Hub
• (Co-) edit and/or author a Learning Analytics Review article
Find out more about LACE
• Visit the project web site at:
http://www.laceproject.eu/
• Join the community / become an associate partner at:
http://www.laceproject.eu/join-community/
• Follow @laceproject on Twitter and the #laceproject hashtag