Dragan Gasevic
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Dr. Dragan Gašević | |
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| Born | July 5, 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 is Professor of Learning Analytics at Monash University. He is known for his role in establishing the learning analytics research community and for co-developing several software systems such as P3 [1], rBPMN Editor [2], LOCO-Analyst [3], OnTask [4], OVAL [5], and ProSolo [6].
Early life and education
Gašević obtained a bachelor's degree in computer science from the Military Technical Academy in Belgrade, Serbia, and a masters in computer science (software engineering) & a doctorate in computer science (artificial intelligence) both 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) [7]. He served as Co-Director (Learning Analytics) of the Centre for Research in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh (November 2015 - February 2018) [8].
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[9]. 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)[10] and as an editor of the Handbook of Learning Analytics[11].
See also
- Learning analytics
- Learning sciences
- Educational data mining
- Ryan Baker
- Arthur C. Graesser
- George Siemens
References
- ^ "P3 - Petri net tool".
- ^ "rBPMN Editor project page".
- ^ "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".
- ^ "Teasley elected as SoLAR leader".
- ^ "Dragan Gasevic's home page".
- ^ Lang, Charles; Siemens, George; Wise, Alyssa; Gašević, Dragan, eds. (2017). Handbook of Learning Analytics. Edmonton, AB, Canada: Society for Learning Analytics Research. ISBN 978-0-9952408-0-3.
External links
- Dragan Gašević's webpage http://sfu.ca/~dgasevic
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