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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The ISILA project was presented at the 16th International eLearning Conference 2025, which took place in Belgrade from September 25-26. The event was organized by Belgrade Metropolitan University. Works presented at the conference focused on learning analytics, AI in education, Gamifications in education as well as other technologies and methodologies implemented in the field of […]

The University of Bergen has piloted the use of learning analytics in its STAT110 Basic Course in Statistics through the ISILA project. This blended course offers first-year students with foundational probability theory and statistical analysis skills, fostering practical interpretation and application across nine interactive modules on the Canvas platform. In the pilot, anonymized data from […]

Sofia University (SU) has successfully piloted its Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) course under the ISILA project. This course includes user-centered design, prototyping, usability evaluation, and interactive technologies, with 122 enrolled students with hands-on skills for crafting intuitive digital interfaces. The pilot leveraged a Learning Record Store (LRS) and multimodal dashboards to track engagement metrics like time […]

At the University of Bergen, Fantastic Data Course (DIGI110) was piloted as part of the ISILA project. This course is fully online and introduces students to the role of data and digitalization in society, encouraging critical reflection on technology’s impact. The pilot tested how learning analytics can support teaching and course design. Dashboards were used […]

As part of the ISILA project, the University of Eastern Finland piloted the Social Network Analysis (SNA) course with the aim of exploring how learning analytics can enhance student engagement and support. The pilot looked at how early signals from course activity and surveys could help identify students who might be struggling with participation, assignments, […]

We recently completed the piloting of the Data Management Systems course at the University of Eastern Finland as part of the ISILA project, which focuses on improving the quality and sustainability of learning through early intervention methods supported by learning analytics. The pilot explored how data-driven insights can help identify student needs at an early […]