Assessment Analytics in Education Designs, Methods and Solutions

Muhittin Sahin
 is Assoc. Prof. and project manager at Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye Human Resources Office in Ankara, Türkiye and visiting researcher at University of Mannheim, Germany. His research interests relate with instructional technology, learning analytics, educational data mining, multi-criteria decision making, statistic, sequential analysis, e-assessment, artificial intelligence in education, and intelligent learning management systems. He also collaborates in a project about developing an adaptive mastery testing system. He is the Associate Editor of the Technology, Knowledge and Learning  and Journal of the Knowledge Economy journals.

Dirk Ifenthaler
is Professor and Chair of Learning, Design and Technology at University of Mannheim, Germany and UNESCO Deputy Chair on Data Science in Higher Education Learning and Teaching at Curtin University, Australia.

His previous roles include Professorand Director, Centre for Research in Digital Learning at Deakin University, Australia, Manager of Applied Research and Learning Analytics at Open Universities, Australia, and Professor for Applied Teaching and Learning Research at the University of Potsdam, Germany. He was a 2012 Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence at the Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, at the University of Oklahoma, USA. At the University of Latvia, Latvia, he was involved in the Faculty of Education, Psychology and Art as a Visiting Senior Researcher. In 2023, Dirk was a Visiting Professor in the Dipartimento di Pedagogia, Psicologia, Filosofia at the University of Cagliari, Italy.

Dirk’s research focuses on the intersection of cognitive psychology, educational technology, data analytics, and organisational learning. His research outcomes include numerous co-authored books, book series, book chapters, journal articles, and international conference papers, as well as successful grant funding in Australia, Germany, and USA.

He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Technology, Knowledge and Learning and Editor-in-Chief of Educational Technology & Society.