Call for Papers 2025

We are thrilled to announce the upcoming 12th Learning Analytics Workshop at the DELFI conference, which will focus learning analytics in the era of large language models. This workshop aims to bring together researchers from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland to address the significant challenges and opportunities in the field of learning analytics.

We welcome contributions that describe successful implementations and exciting current research topics. The topics of interest are, but not limited to, the following:

  • Visual Learning Analytics and eXplainable Learning Analytics
  • Recommender and feedback systems
  • Multimodal learning analytics
  • Use of AI and learning analytics
  • Challenges from practice
  • Case studies, projects, and university-wide implementations
  • Scaling up (with) learning analytics
  • Ethical issues around the use of learning analytics as well as privacy and data protection
  • Datasets and tools valuable for learning analytics research

Regarding this year’s workshop focus, we particularly welcome submissions on the following topics:
The use of generative AI

  • for grading and feedback in learning analytics systems
  • for supporting stakeholders’ understanding of learning analytics results
  • for supporting learners to use learning analytics for adapting their learning processes
  • for supporting educators in adjusting their instruction based on learning analytics
  • of students as a variable for learning analytics and the insights this could provide about learners’ difficulties and learning paths
  • of students and the resulting biases to learning analytics models
  • for supporting data collection and analyses in learning analytics

Important dates

  • Paper submission deadline: 15 June 2025
  • Acceptance notification: 31 July 2025
  • Workshop at DELFI 25 in Freiberg: 08 September 2025
  • Camera-ready version: 20 September 2025

Submission guidelines

The submissions allow to present mature work, but also work-in-progress and preliminary results to the community. Submitted papers should be 6-8 pages long (excluding references). Papers can be submitted in English or German. Submissions will be peer-reviewed and, upon acceptance, published in the workshop proceedings.

Please use only the updated LNI LaTeX template, which is available both on Overleaf and as a CTAN template download.

The papers of the Learning Analytics Workshop will be published digitally together with the papers of the other DELFI workshops in the Workshop Proceedings via the Digital Library of the Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (German Informatics Society). Due to the publication guidelines, each paper must include an abstract in English.

Please submit your blinded submissions via email to clara.schumacher@uni-potsdam.de