Dragan Gasevic
Dr. Dragan Gašević | |
|---|---|
| Gašević in Edinburgh, Scotland in November 2017 | |
| Born | 1976 |
| Citizenship | Canada, Serbia, Bosnia |
| Alma mater | University of Belgrade (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Learning Analytics |
| Institutions | Monash University, University of Edinburgh, Athabasca University, Simon Fraser University |
| Academic advisors | Vladan Devedžić |
Dragan Gašević (born 1976 in Han Pijesak, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is Professor of Learning Analytics at Monash University. He is known for his role in establishing the learning analytics research community, for his pioneering research in learning analytics, and for co-developing several software systems such as P3 [1], LOCO-Analyst [2], OnTask [3], OVAL [4], and ProSolo [5].
Early life and education
Gašević obtained a bachelor's degree in computer science from Military Technical Academy in Serbia, master of science in computer science (software engineering) from the University of Belgrade and a doctorate in computer science (artificial intelligence) from the University of Belgrade. His doctoral supervisor was Vladan Devedžić.
Career
Gašević worked as Postdoctoral Fellow at Simon Fraser University (March 2005 - January 2007), as Assistant Professor (January 2007 - June 2009), Associate Professor (July 2009 - June 2014), and Professor (July 2014 - January 2015) at Athabasca University, as Professor and Sir Tim O'Shea Chair in Learning Analytics and Informatics (February 2015 - February 2018) at the University of Edinburgh, and as Professor of Learning Analytics at Monash University (February 2018 - present). He served as the Canada Research Chair in Semantic and Learning Technologies at Athabasca University (January 2009 - January 2014) [6]. He served as Co-Director (Learning Analytics) of the Centre for Research in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh (November 2015 - February 2018) [7].
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) [8].
See also
- Learning analytics
- Learning sciences
- Educational data mining
- Ryan Baker
- Arthur C. Graesser
- George Siemens
References
- ^ "P3 - Petri net tool".
- ^ "LOCO-Analyst website".
- ^ "The OnTask Project".
- ^ "Using Video Annotation Software to Develop Student Self-Regulated Learning".
- ^ "ProSolo Technologies Inc".
- ^ "Dragan Gasevic's home page".
- ^ "Dragan Gasevic profile page at Monash University".
- ^ "Dragan Gasevic's home page".
External links
- Dragan Gašević's webpage http://sfu.ca.ca/~dgasevic
- Dragan Gašević's profile page at Monash University https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/dragan-gasevic
- Dragan Gašević's profile page at University of Edinburgh https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/dragan-gasevic
- Twitter: @dgasevic
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