Lessons learned: Refined guidelines for intervention
Over the past months, our consortium has conducted extensive piloting activities across multiple institutions, courses, and learning environments. These pilots have provided valuable, real-world insights into how learning analytics can effectively support teaching and learning. Building on these experiences, we are pleased to announce that the ISILA guidelines have now been updated and refined. From […]
Multimodal dashboards workshop at BMU
At Belgrade Metropolitan University on December 12th, 2025, the ISILA workshop took a highly practical and participatory approach. After exploring key concepts in learning analytics and multimodal data, attendees moved into hands-on activities, working in groups to design interventions tailored to their own teaching contexts. The session blended structured guidance with creative problem-solving, allowing participants […]
“Teach the teachers” Multiplier Event at BMU
On December 12th 2025, at the Niš campus of Belgrade Metropolitan University, educators gathered for a focused “Teach the Teacher” training as part of the ISILA project. The session introduced learning analytics through a practical and pedagogically grounded lens, highlighting how data can support more responsive and personalized teaching. The training began by framing learning […]
Do Multimodal Learning Analytics Interventions Work? Insights from ISILA Piloting
As part of the ISILA project, one of our key questions has been both simple and ambitious: Do multimodal learning analytics interventions actually work in real educational settings? Following extensive piloting across partner institutions, we can now offer a clear and evidence-based answer—yes, they do, but with important nuances. What Do We Mean by “Multimodal” […]
Presenting our paper at Koli Calling 2025
This week, ISILA team members Sonsoles López-Pernas and Mohammed Saqr participated in the Koli Calling 2025, celebrated every year in Koli National Park (Finland). We presented our research contribution titled “The dynamics of the self-regulation process in student-AI interactions: The case of problem-solving in programming education”. We modeled student-AI interaction when completing a web programming […]
Presenting ISILA’s Vision at Ahram Canadian University in Cairo: Improving Learning Quality through Early Intervention
As part of the ISILA project’s ongoing efforts to enhance digital learning and promote sustainable educational practices through learning analytics, project member Ramy Elmoazen recently delivered an online presentation to Ahram Canadian University in Cairo. The lecture, titled “Developing Effective Digital Learning: Design and Analytics Perspectives,” explored innovative approaches to improving the quality of teaching […]
Announcing New Book: Advanced Learning Analytics Methods: AI, Precision and Complexity
We are delighted to announce the release of a new open-access book edited by ISILA members Mohammed Saqr and Sonsoles López Pernas, titled Advanced Learning Analytics Methods: AI, Precision and Complexity. This new publication brings together the most recent advances in learning analytics, spanning from Explainable AI (XAI) and Generative AI (GenAI) to complex systems […]
Comparative Analysis of Student Performance Across Different Cohorts in Higher Education
Tracking student progress throughout their coursework is a common topic in educational research. While valuable insights can be gained from analyzing learner data, such analysis can sometimes be misleading, particularly when it involves predicting students’ final course achievements or drawing generalized conclusions from these predictions that do not account for individual student engagement. The study […]
Multimodal dashboard workshop at SU
Sofia University’s workshop on October 18th, 2025 provided a structured yet accessible introduction to learning analytics within the ISILA framework. The session guided participants from foundational concepts to practical demonstrations, gradually building confidence in how data can inform teaching decisions. Attention was given to combining multiple data sources and translating them into meaningful insights. The […]
Presenting ISILA Insights at ICSLE 2025: RAG vs. Vanilla LLaMA for Actionable Early Intervention in Learning Analytics
ISILA Member Ramy Elmoazen has presented a study titled “Assessing AI-Driven Learning Analytics Recommendations: Comparative Analysis of RAG and vanilla LLaMA” at the International Conference on Smart Learning Environments (ICSLE 2025). This work directly advances the ISILA project’s core mission of improving the quality and sustainability of learning through early intervention methods based on learning […]