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Australia
2023

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Computer Science

D-Index
60
Citations
13782
World Ranking
3251
National Ranking
90

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Simon Buckingham Shum is affiliated with the University of Technology Sydney in Australia. Their research spans multiple fields with a focus on the intersection of computer science and social sciences. Key subject areas include computer science applications, education, artificial intelligence, developmental and educational psychology, and information systems.

Their work extensively addresses topics related to online learning and analytics, innovative teaching and learning methods, e-learning and knowledge management, reflective practices in education, artificial intelligence in healthcare and education, intelligent tutoring systems, adaptive learning, and online and blended learning.

Simon Buckingham Shum has contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • Ethics of AI in Education: Towards a Community-Wide Framework, 2021, International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education
  • Explainable Artificial Intelligence in education, 2022, Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence
  • Rethinking the entwinement between artificial intelligence and human learning: What capabilities do learners need for a world with AI?, 2022, Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence
  • Educator perspectives on learning analytics in classroom practice, 2020, The Internet and Higher Education
  • What Do You Mean by Collaboration Analytics? A Conceptual Model, 2021, Journal of Learning Analytics

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education
  • Journal of Learning Analytics
  • British Journal of Educational Technology
  • ASCILITE Publications
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Collaborative work features multiple frequent co-authors, such as:

  • Roberto Martínez-Maldonado
  • Vanessa Echeverría
  • Antonette Shibani
  • Gloria Milena Fernandez-Nieto
  • Simon Knight

Best Publications

  • Ethics of AI in Education: Towards a Community-Wide Framework

    Wayne Holmes;Kaska Porayska-Pomsta;Ken Holstein;Emma Sutherland

  • Social learning analytics

    Simon Buckingham Shum;Rebecca Ferguson

  • Visualizing Argumentation: Software Tools for Collaborative and Educational Sense-Making

    Paul A. Kirschner;Simon J. Buckingham Shum;Chad S. Carr

  • Social learning analytics: five approaches

    Rebecca Ferguson;Simon Buckingham Shum

  • Argumentation-based design rationale

    Simon Buckingham Shum;Nick Hammond

  • Learning dispositions and transferable competencies: pedagogy, modelling and learning analytics

    Simon Buckingham Shum;Ruth Deakin Crick

  • ScholOnto: an ontology-based digital library server for research documents and discourse

    Simon Buckingham Shum;Enrico Motta;John Domingue

  • Human-Centred Learning Analytics

    Simon Buckingham Shum;Rebecca Ferguson;Roberto Martinez-Maldonado

  • Hypermedia Support for Argumentation-Based Rationale

    Simon J. Buckingham Shum;Albert M. Selvin;Maarten Sierhuis;Jeff Conklin

  • Epistemology, Assessment, Pedagogy: Where Learning Meets Analytics in the Middle Space

    Simon Knight;Simon Buckingham Shum;Karen Littleton

  • Graphical argumentation and design cognition

    Simon J. Buckingham Shum;Allan MacLean;Victoria M. E. Bellotti;Nick V. Hammond

  • Facilitated hypertext for collective sensemaking: 15 years on from gIBIS

    Jeff Conklin;Albert Selvin;Simon Buckingham Shum;Maarten Sierhuis

  • The roots of computer supported argument visualization

    Simon Buckingham Shum

  • Hypermedia support for argumentation-based rationale: 15 years on from gIBIS and QOC

    Simon Buckingham Shum;A.M. Selvin;Maarten Sierhuis;Jeffrey Conklin

  • Student retention and learning analytics: A snapshot of Australian practices and a framework for advancement

    Cassandra Colvin;Tim Rogers;Alexandra Wade;Shane Dawson

  • Discourse-centric learning analytics

    Anna De Liddo;Simon Buckingham Shum;Ivana Quinto;Michelle Bachler

  • Knowledge Cartography: Software Tools and Mapping Techniques

    Alexandra Okada;Simon J. Buckingham Shum;Tony Sherborne

  • Cohere: Towards Web 2.0 Argumentation

    Simon Buckingham Shum

  • Learning Analytics for 21st Century Competencies

    Simon Buckingham Shum;Ruth Deakin Crick

  • Analyzing the usability of a design rationale notation

    Simon Buckingham Shum

  • Learning analytics and AI: Politics, pedagogy and practices

    Simon J. Buckingham Shum;Rosemary Luckin

Frequent Co-Authors

Enrico Motta
Enrico Motta The Open University
John Domingue
John Domingue The Open University
Dragan Gasevic
Dragan Gasevic Monash University
David De Roure
David De Roure University of Oxford
Nigel Shadbolt
Nigel Shadbolt University of Oxford
Shane Dawson
Shane Dawson University of South Australia
Karen Littleton
Karen Littleton The Open University
Austin Tate
Austin Tate University of Edinburgh
Caroline Haythornthwaite
Caroline Haythornthwaite Syracuse University
Victoria Bellotti
Victoria Bellotti Palo Alto Research Center

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