From: Vitomir Kovanovic <Vitomir.Kovanovic@unisa.edu.au> To: "air-l@listserv.aoir.org" <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Cc: Bcc: Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2021 00:19:19 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] New Round for Master of Science in Learning Analytics (University of Texas at Arlington) [apologies for multiple copies]

Hi all,

The University of Texas at Arlington is currently accepting applications for the second cohort of our Master of Science in Learning Analytics program in the Department of Psychology. Applications are due November 19 with the next term starting in January.

The program is 100% online, does not require any travel to the university, and includes a special tuition model to substantially reduce the cost for prospective out-of-state and international students. If you know someone who might be interested, please share with them!

To learn more, visit https://go.uta.edu/msla

UTA M.S. in Learning Analytics

Interactions in digital environments produce data. Learning analytics is the field of study that uses this data to understand what individuals have learned, how teams perform most effectively, and the networks that support social and organizational knowledge development. The University of Texas at Arlington's Master of Science in Learning Analytics (MSLA) is the world's first fully online program intended for individuals who want to pursue a career in fields that are impacted by the digitization of learning, sensemaking, and knowledge processes in complex information environments.

The 36-credit hour program offers two pathways, with one requiring a traditional research thesis and the other requiring a capstone project. Additionally, students following both paths will complete six core courses and electives that suit their needs and contexts. Why Learning Analytics?

Learning analytics is a rapidly growing area of research and practice that uses data science to make sense of the world and to improve teaching, learning, and knowledge processes in a variety of contexts, such as informal settings, schools, universities, corporations, and non-profit organizations. It sits at the nexus of learning science, education, computer science, and psychology and uses a range of analytics approaches.

Course Listing LAPS 5310 - Learning Analytics Fundamentals LAPS 5320 - Experimental Design & Methodology LAPS 5330 - Psychology of Learning & Learning Sciences LAPS 5340 - Big Data Methods LAPS 5350 - Privacy & Ethics in Learning Analytics LAPS 5360 - Introduction to Data Analysis and R LAPS 5370 - Introduction to Statistical Analysis LAPS 5375 - Probability and Statistical Inference LAPS 5376 - Applied Regression Analysis LAPS 5377 - Linear Models and Experimental Design LAPS 5378 - Multidimensional Scaling and Clustering LAPS 5380 - Causal Inference for Program Evaluation LAPS 5388 - Advanced Methods in Educational Data Management/Learning Analytics LAPS 5390 - Learning Design and Analytics LAPS 5391 - Independent Study LAPS 5392 - Cognition, Computers and Metacognition LAPS 5393 - Natural Language Processing for Educational Research LAPS 5394 - Social Network Analysis LAPS 5395 - Human and Artificial Cognition LAPS 5610 - Capstone

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jack Qiu <jacklqiu@gmail.com> To: AoIR mailing list <Air-L@listserv.aoir.org> Cc: Bcc: Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2021 11:07:42 +0800 Subject: [Air-L] Webcast Wednesday: Atlas of AI by Kate Crawford Dear all,

You're welcome to join the Asian launch for Professor Kate Crawford's new book: *Atlas of AI*:* Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence *(Yale University Press, 2021). This book maps out the planetary networks of AI systems and how they are reshaping the world toward undemocratic governance and increased inequality.

*Time: *Sep 29, 2021, 08:00-9:30 PM (Singapore time UTC+8) *Registration Link:* https://cutt.ly/FmOptUW (Zoom webinar, free of charge) *Book author & main speaker: *Professor Kate Crawford is renowned for her world-leading scholarship on AI (artificial intelligence) from social, political, and cultural perspectives. Formerly founding director of the AI Now Institute at NYU, Crawford is currently a Research Professor of Communication and STS at the Annenberg School of University of Southern California, a Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, and the inaugural Visiting Chair for AI and Justice at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. Her academic research has been published in journals such as *Nature*, *Science*, and *Information, Communication & Society*. Beyond academic journals, she has also written for *The New York Times, The Atlantic, Harpers’ Magazine*, among others. Her work also includes collaborative art projects and critical visual design. Her project* Anatomy of an AI System *with Vladan Joler — which maps the full lifecycle of the Amazon Echo — won the Beazley Design of the Year Award in 2019, and is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the V&A Museum in London. *Moderator: *Dr. Rosemary Overell (Department of Communications and New Media, National University of Singapore) *Lead discussants:* Drs. Kokil Jaidka and Jack Linchuan Qiu (Department of Communications and New Media, National University of Singapore)

Sorry for cross-posting if you have already seen this.

Best, -- Jack Linchuan Qiu, Ph.D.

Professor & Research Director <https://ap5.fas.nus.edu.sg/fass/cnmqlj/>, Dept of Communications & New Media, <https://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/cnm/> National U of Singapore New article, "Radical praxis of computing in the PRC <https://doi.org/10.1080/24701475.2021.1949817>", *Internet Histories* (2021) New article, "Effects of digital media upon labor knowledge and attitudes <https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2021.1933565>", *iCS* (2021) New special issue of *Comunicação e Sociedade,* "Digital Platforms in Connected Economies <https://revistacomsoc.pt/index.php/revistacomsoc/issue/view/175>" (2021) New special issue of *China Perspectives,* "Agency beyond Precarity <https://www.cefc.com.hk/issue/china-perspectives-2021-1/>" (2021) Chapter, Toward a sustainable information society, in Routledge Handbook of Digital Media and Comm < https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-Digital-Media-and-Communicat...

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(2020) Special issue of *Contracampo: Brazilian J of Comm,* "Platform Labor <https://periodicos.uff.br/contracampo/issue/view/2137/showToc>" (2020)

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