Recent Publications, Projects, Presentations, & Press
Serafini, Tiziana, , Rouamba, Guieswende, Ambroe, G. Alex (2021) “Translating Authentic Italian Text in a Technology-Enhanced Active Learning Classroom” Midwest Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SoTL) Annual Conference. Virtual.
Catlin Schalk, Catlin, Duan, Xiaojing, Woodard, Victoria Weber, Young, Kelley M, Ambrose, G. Alex (2021) “Visual and Predictive Analytics for Early Identification of Non-Thriving Students in an Introductory Chemistry Course” Midwest Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SoTL) Annual Conference. Virtual.
Goodrich, Victoria, McWilliams, Leo, Ambrose, G. Alex (2021) One College’s Experience: Exposing Inequities Caused by Pre-Matriculation Credit Earning Policies. AAC&U Virtual Conference on General Education, Pedagogy, and Assessment: Embracing the Best Emerging Practices for Quality and Equity.
Bartolini, A.; Running, C.; Duan, X.; Ambrose, G. Integrated Closed-Loop Learning Analytics Scheme in a First-Year Engineering Course. 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings. 2020.
Duan, Xiaojing, Ambrose, G. Alex, Wang, Chaoli, Abbott, Kevin, Woodard, Victoria, Schalk, Catlin (2020) PerformanceVis: Homework & Exam Analytics Dashboard for Inclusive Student Success. Learning Analytics & Knowledge Conference. Practitioner Demo. Frankfurt, Germany
Deng, H., Wang, X., Guo, Z., Decker, A., Duan, X., Wang, C., Ambrose, G., & Abbott, K. (2019). PerformanceVis: Visual analytics of student performance data from an introductory chemistry course. Visual Informatics.
Duan, Xiaojing, Ambrose, G. Alex, Wang, Chaoli, Abbott, Kevin, Woodard, Victoria, Young, Kelley (2020) Learning Analytics for Inclusive STEM Student Success. Learning Analytics & Knowledge Conference. Practitioner Report and Poster. Frankfurt, Germany
Ambrose, G. Alex (2019) ”Building Flexible Learning Spaces Utilizing Faculty & Student-Driven Design.” Educause Annual Conference, Chicago, IL
Ambrose, G. Alex, Duan, Xiaojing, Abbott, Kevin, Woodward, Victoria (2019) “Inclusive Learning Analytics to Improve STEM Student Success.” EDUCAUSE Main Conference, Chicago, IL
Ambrose, G. Alex, Burchett, Brian (Aug 2019) “Building Flexible Learning Spaces Utilizing Faculty & Student Driven Design.” International Forum on Active Learning Classrooms (IFALC), University of Minnesota.
Ambrose, G. Alex (2019) “Building Flexible Learning Spaces Utilizing Faculty & Student Driven Design.” Steelcase Active Learning Center $50k Grant Report
Ambrose, G. Alex, Duan, Xiaojing, Kanczuzewski, Kael, Young, Kelley M., & Gezelter, J. Daniel (2019) “Exams Evaluate Students: Who’s Evaluating Exams? Data-Informed Exam Design” 2019 Midwest Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference, Indiana University-South Bend.
Syed, M., Anggara, T., Duan, X., Lanski, A., Chawla, N. & Ambrose, G. A. (2018) Learning Analytics Modular Kit: A Closed Loop Success Story in Boosting Students Poster & Paper Presentation. Proceedings of the International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge
Syed, M., Anggara, T., Duan, X., Lanski, A., Chawla, N. & Ambrose, G. A. (2018) Learning Analytics Modular Kit: A Closed Loop Success Story in Boosting Students Proceedings of the International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge.
Celeste, M., Gronda E., Yang, Y., Tao, J., Wang, C., Duan, X., Ambrose, G., Abbott, K., Miller, P. (2018) CCVis: Visual Analytics of Student Online Learning Behaviors Using Course Clickstream Data. IS&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging Conference. [Click here for the paper]
Miller, Patrick, Duan, Xiajing (2018) “NGDLE Learning Analytics: Gaining a 360-Degree View of Learning” Educause Review.
Abbot, Kevin, Dawson, Maureen, Ambrose, G. Alex (2018) “How to Use Sakai and the Open Learning Record Warehouse with Learning Analytics to Empower First-Year Students to Thrive” Apereo Teaching & Learning Awards (ATLAS), Open Apereo Conference, Montreal, Canada.
Shazia Afzal, Bikram Sengupta, Munira Syed, Nitesh Chawla, G. Alex Ambrose, and Malolan Chetlur. “The ABC of MOOCs: Affect and its inter-play with behavior and cognition.” In 2017 Seventh International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII), pp. 279-284. IEEE, 2017.
Ambrose, G. Alex, Anggara, Trunojoyo (2018) “Liberate Learning Through Next Generation Assessment” Association of American Colleges & Universities, 9th Annual Forum on Digital Learning and ePortfolios Closing Plenary. Washington, D.C
Ambrose, G. Alex, Abbott, Kevin, Lanski, Alison (2017) “Under the Hood of a Next Generation Digital Learning Environment in Progress” Educause Review.
Ambrose, G. Alex, Anthony, Elizabeth, & Clark, G. Chris (2016) “Digital Badging in the MOOC Space” Educause Review.
Book Chapter contribution to: Eynon, Bret, and Laura M. Gambino. (2017) High-Impact ePortfolio Practice: A Catalyst for Student, Faculty, and Institutional Learning. Stylus Publishing.
Clark, G. Chris, Ambrose, G. Alex (2017) “Unbundling with Digital Badges: A Personalized Approach to Faculty Development” Educause Conference: ELI Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas.
Clark, G. Chris, Ambrose, G. Alex, Mettetal, Gwynn. Sullivan, Robin, (2017) “Digital badges and educational development” Event co-sponsored by the Teaching with Technology: Special Interest Group of the Professional and Organizational (POD) Network and the State University of New York Center for Professional Development, Webinar recording: Video
U.S. State Department, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) (Awarded 2016) “University of Notre Dame Partnership with Afghanistan’s Balkh University to Design, Train Deliver, & Assess a new Master’s Degree in Finance & Accounting” [$1.15 million]
Notre Dame News, “Notre Dame partners with Balkh University in Afghanistan to develop master’s program under $1.15 million USAID contract” (2016)
University Business Magazine “Badge breakthroughs: Micro-credentials awarded for in-demand skills give employers deeper detail about a student’s abilities” (2017)
University Business Magazine “Higher ed’s digital showcase: How colleges and universities use ePortfolios to promote the work of students and institutions” (2016).
Clark, G. Chris, Ambrose, G. Alex, Mettetal, Gwynn. Sullivan, Robin, Pedersen, David (2016) “Digital badges and educational development” Professional & Organizational Development (POD) Annual Conference, Louisville, KY.
Ambrose, G. Alex, Anthony, Elizabeth, DeJaegher, Duan, Xiaojing, Crystal, Dillon, John (Pending 2016) “Examining Digital Badge Impact on Learners’ Profiles, Performance & Perceptions in a Massive Open Online Course” ACM Learning At Scale L@S, Edinburgh
Nirandika Wanigasekara, John Dillon, Nigel Bosch, Alex Ambrose, Bikram Sengupta, Malolan Chetlur, Sidney D’Mello (Pending, 2016) “Describing Student Emotions and MOOC Retention.”, Educational Data Mining International Conference.
Lindstrom, Amelia, Wojtalik, Luke, CappelloLee, Jeremy, Holguin, Evan, Munro, Matthew Capdevielle, Matthew, Ambrose, Alex, Dillon, John (Pending, 2016). “Retention as a New Metric for Writing Center Assessment and Development.” IWCA @ CCCC Collaborative, Houston.
Munro, Matthew, CappelloLee, Jeremy, Holguin, Evan, Lindstrom, Amelia, Wojtalik, Luke, Capdevielle, Matthew, Dillon, John (Pending, 2016) “Historic Data and Smarter Writing Center Scheduling.” IWCA @ CCCC Collaborative, Houston.
Ambrose, G. Alex, Dillon, John, Wanigasekara, Nirandika, Chetlur, Malolan, Dey, Prasenjit, Sengupta, Bikram, D’Mello, Sidney (2016) “Student Affect during Learning with a MOOC” Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Learning Analytics And Knowledge. [Click here for the first draft of poster]
Ambrose, G. Alex, Myers, Dan, DeJaegher, Crystal, Duan, Xiaojing, Duan, Dillon, John (2015) “I Heart Stats MOOC Learning Analytics: What, Why, & How” University of Notre Dame’s Office of Digital Learning Digital Week.
Dillon, John, Ambrose, G. Alex, Everaldo, Aguiar, Wanigasekara, Nirandika, Sengupta, Bikram, Cheltur, D’Mello, Sidney (2015) “Affective Learning Analytics: Predicting Student Emotion in Massive Open Online Courses” Learning with MOOCs Workshop. Columbia University [Click here for the poster]
Ambrose, G. A., & Chen, H. L. (2015). 360° Folio Networking: Enhancing Advising Interactions and Expanding Mentoring Opportunities with ePortfolios. Theory Into Practice, 54(4), 317-325.
Aguiar, E., Ambrose, G. A., Chawla, N. V., Goodrich, V., & Brockman, J. (2014).Engagement vs Performance: Using Electronic Portfolios to Predict First Semester Engineering Student Retention. Journal of Learning Analytics, 1 (3) 7-33.
Nwanganga, Frederick, Aguiar, Everaldo, Ambrose, G. Alex, Goodrich, Victoria, Chawla, Nitesh. (2014) “Qualitatively Exploring Electronic Portfolios: A Text Mining Approach to Measuring Student Emotion as an Early Warning Indicator.” Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Learning Analytics And Knowledge. [Click here for Poster Presentation]
Goodrich, Victoria., Aguiar, Everaldo, Ambrose, G. Alex., McWilliams, Leo, Brockman, Jay, & , Chawla, Nitesh. (2014) “Integration of ePortfolios into First-Year Experience Engineering Course for Measuring Student Engagement” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Conference. [Runner Up for Best Paper]
Aguiar, E., Chawla, N. V., Brockman, J., Ambrose, G. A., & Goodrich, V. (2014).Engagement vs Performance: Using Electronic Portfolios to Predict First Semester Engineering Student Retention. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Learning Analytics And Knowledge. Pages 103-112. [Top 3 Conference Best Paper]
GRANTS
Ambrose, G. Alex, Hershkovitz, Arnon, Wang, Chaoli, Young, Kelley (2019) Measuring and Improving Learning and Teaching Skills at Scale (MILTSS). Notre Dame International Research Grant: Schlindwein Partnership [$15K]
U.S. State Department, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Co-PI and Faculty Development Consultant (2016). University of Notre Dame Partnership with Afghanistan’s Balkh University to design, train, deliver, & assess a new Master’s Degree in Finance & Accounting [$1.15 million]
IBM Shared University Research Grant, Co-PI (2015). Smarter Higher Education with Affect Learning Analytics in MOOCS. IBM Smarter Education Bangalore, India. [$60,000]
University of Notre Dame Office of Digital Learning Strategic Impact Grant, Co-PI (2015). Cross-Campus Next Generation Writing Assessment with Text Mining and Learner Analytics [$17,000]
National Science Foundation, Science Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Step Talent Expansion Program Grant, Collaborator (2012). Finding Your Vocation in STEM to enhance the number of science and engineering graduates at the University of Notre Dame. [$1,000,000]