LAK25 Workshop: Foundational ideas and advanced methods in QE

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Workshop Description

March 3, 2025 | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

This workshop delves into the foundational concepts and emerging methods in Quantitative Ethnography (QE), focusing on its application within Learning Analytics (LA). As researchers face challenges in analyzing large-scale qualitative data, QE offers a solution by combining qualitative richness with statistical rigour. The workshop, extending from the previous LAK24 session, emphasizes technical proficiency with QE tools, such as the ENA web tool, rENA, and BERT-topic, alongside traditional methods. From novices to intermediates, participants will engage in hands-on activities and discussions centered around data coding, model creation, theoretical saturation, and closing the interpretative loop, enhancing their capacity to integrate QE in their research practices.




Agenda
9:00 - 9:15 Introduction
9:15 – 10:00 QE data preparation and codeing
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 12:00 Workshop 1:
Participants choose from ENA webtool; rENA; BERTopic
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 14:45 Workshop 2:
Participants choose from ENA webtool; rENA; BERTopic
14:45 - 15:00 Break
15:00 - 16:00 Group discussion and reflections
16:00 Social



Facilitators
Golnaz Arastoopour Irgens

Golnaz Arastoopour Irgens
Vanderbilt University,
United States

Kamila Misiejuk

Kamila Misiejuk
University of Bergen, Norway

Rogers Kaliisa

Rogers Kaliisa
University of Oslo, Norway

Shaun Kellogg

Shaun Kellogg
NC State University,
United States

Jennifer Sciana

Jennifer Sciana
UW Madison,
United States

Brendan Eagan

Brendan Eagan
UW Madison,
United States

Yeyu Wang

Yeyu Wang
UW Madison,
United States

Yuanru Tan

Yuanru Tan
UW Madison,
United States