Book: Visualizing Argumentation (Springer) Simon Buckingham Shum. Simon Buckingham Shum is Professor of Learning Informatics at the UK Open University’s Knowledge Media Institute, an 80-strong lab at the convergence of learning sciences, web media, collaboration tools and the social/semantic web. He researches, teaches and consults on learning analytics, social learning media, collective intelligence and dialogue/argument visualization. simon.buckinghamshum.net In KMi he leads the Hypermedia Discourse group, and serves as KMi Associate Director (Technology) interfacing KMi’s R&D with the OU’s strategic development. He is also a Visiting Fellow at University of Bristol Graduate School of Education. Learning Analytics: Simon was Programme Co-Chair for the LAK12 Learning Analytics conference, and chaired the LAK13 Discourse-Centric Learning Analytics workshop and the LASI13 Dispositional Learning Analytics workshop.
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