Welcome to SLATE
In January 2015 the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research (KD) invited applications for a national learning sciences centre in learning analytics. The University of Bergen (UiB) won the competition with Professor Barbara Wasson’s application for a Centre for the Science of Learning & Technology (SLATE).
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What is SLATE?
SLATE is a true University Centre; all 6 Faculties signed the application form. Placed at the Faculty of Psychology, it is initially funded by KD for 5 million NOK/year for a period of 5 years. Barbara Wasson is the Centre Director; Astrid Tolo is the Assistant Director.
SLATE is a global research centre designed for the advancement of the Learning Sciences.
Its MISSION is to advance the frontiers of the sciences of learning and technology through integrated research.
Its goals for the first 5 years include:
- Generate empirical data that can advance and transform educational practice, in the broadest sense at the intersection of learners, technology, and pedagogy.
- Ensure that research addresses all facets of human learning throughout a lifetime; including learning in the workplace, and during leisure time.
- Inform the use of data analytics approaches in education by understanding the impact of learning analysis on learners, teachers, institutions, and society.
- Apply computational approaches such as data mining, learning analytics, machine learning algorithms, predictive modelling, and data visualisations as a lens to better inform learning, teaching, and assessment in both educational and workplace settings.
- Advance our understanding of emergent technologies, new work patterns, and future learning pathways of “next gen” learners in order to better prepare them for a world where content is pervasive, dynamic, and continuously accessible across multiple channels and devices.
Learn more on the SLATE website.
www.slate.uib.no, @SlateResearch and SLATE på Facebook
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