Originally posted on lilab.eu
The 2017 edition of the Learning Analytics & Knowledge conference beat all the previous records with 344 submissions from 1000 authors and 415 participants, the acceptance rate of the full paper was 34%.
Submission stats #lak17 well done to our phds to be part of it with full papers @m_a_s_c @dimstudi0 pic.twitter.com/Uqb5qJP4ci
— HDrachsler (@HDrachsler) March 15, 2017
Multimodality is the main focus
The trending topic of #LAK17 is undoubtedly multimodality. Two keynotes out of three Sanna Jarvela and Sydney D'Mello focus on multimodal data for learning. The topic is also reflected in many studies presented during the parallel presentations.