Learning analytics summer institute Spain 2019 : Learning analytics in higher education : Preface to the conference proceeding

Abstract

The seventh edition of the Learning Analytics Summer Institute Spain, LASI Spain 19 was held in Vigo on June 27th and 28th, 2019. Under the main theme of “Learning Analytics in Higher Education”, the conference was organized by Universidade de Vigo, in collaboration with the SNOLA (Spanish Network of Learning Analytics) research network and TELGalicia. LASI Spain 19 is conceived as a platform to catalyze educators, technologists, researchers, enterprise and policymakers around shaping the next generation of learning infrastructures to truly serve the needs now facing the education sector. LASI Spain 19 is part of the Learning Analytics Summer Institute locals; LASI worldwide events,sponsored by SoLAR (Society for Learning Analytics Research), are strategic events that bring the right mix of people together for an intensive ‘summer camp’ that serves as an intellectual and social springboard to accelerate the maturation of learning analytics.