TY - GEN
T1 - Fourth Annual Workshop on A/B Testing and Platform-Enabled Learning Research
AU - Ritter, Steve
AU - Heffernan, Neil
AU - Williams, Joseph Jay
AU - Lomas, Derek
AU - Bicknell, Klinton
AU - Roschelle, Jeremy
AU - Motz, Ben
AU - McNamara, Danielle
AU - Baraniuk, Richard
AU - More Authors, null
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Learning engineering adds tools and processes to learning platforms to support improvement research. One kind of tool is A/B testing-common in large software companies and also represented academically at conferences like the Annual Conference on Digital Experimentation (CODE). A number of A/B testing systems focused on educational apps have arisen recently, including UpGrade and E-TRIALS. A/B testing can help improve educational platforms, yet challenging issues in education go beyond the generic paradigm. In response, a number of of digital learning platforms is opening their systems to learning-improvement research by instructors and/or third-party researchers, with specific supports necessary for education-specific research designs. This workshop will explore how A/B testing in educational contexts is different, how learning platforms are opening up new possibilities, and how these empirical approaches can be used to drive powerful gains in student learning. It will also discuss forthcoming opportunities for funding to conduct platform-enabled learning research.
AB - Learning engineering adds tools and processes to learning platforms to support improvement research. One kind of tool is A/B testing-common in large software companies and also represented academically at conferences like the Annual Conference on Digital Experimentation (CODE). A number of A/B testing systems focused on educational apps have arisen recently, including UpGrade and E-TRIALS. A/B testing can help improve educational platforms, yet challenging issues in education go beyond the generic paradigm. In response, a number of of digital learning platforms is opening their systems to learning-improvement research by instructors and/or third-party researchers, with specific supports necessary for education-specific research designs. This workshop will explore how A/B testing in educational contexts is different, how learning platforms are opening up new possibilities, and how these empirical approaches can be used to drive powerful gains in student learning. It will also discuss forthcoming opportunities for funding to conduct platform-enabled learning research.
KW - A/B Testing
KW - Digital Experimentation
KW - Educational Technology
KW - Learning Engineering
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85167871230&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/3573051.3593397
DO - 10.1145/3573051.3593397
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85167871230
T3 - L@S 2023 - Proceedings of the 10th ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale
SP - 254
EP - 256
BT - L@S 2023 - Proceedings of the 10th ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale
PB - Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
T2 - 10th ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale, L@S 2023
Y2 - 20 July 2023 through 22 July 2023
ER -