Location: Bosque (The Commons)

Activities: After a general introduction and framing of the problems. The key activity will be the presentation and discussion of specific new and innovative measures that participants have submitted prior to the workshop. Participants will be requested to submit a measure or metric that they have or are currently working on that they believe is novel in some way - Measures do not necessarily need to be newly created but they should be new to the broader educational community. The workshop is methodologically agnostic and submissions of any type of measure, whether qualitatively or quantitatively derived are encouraged. Submissions will include a brief description, a sample data set (real or manufactured) and a visualization submitted through Github. Participants will be encouraged to keep submissions brief to lower the barrier to entry. At the end of the workshop, the most promising measures will be voted on to be award a small prize and assistance from the workshop organizers to make their measure usable by a broader audience.

Takeaways: The objectives of the proposed workshop are twofold. First, it aims to provide a forum to discuss, debate and advance the development of new measures and metrics in education. Second, the workshop will focus on understanding and overcoming obstacles to developing, validating and disseminating innovative measures and metrics. By exchanging knowledge and experiences, participants can gain insights into challenges and strategies to operationalize and distribute metrics more effectively.

Intended Audience:

Individuals interested in developing new measures for applied use in their institutions or research.

Tutorial Leader: Chris Moffett, Institution Digital Futures Institute