Dr Sasha Poquet

I am a researcher at the Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning, at the University of South Australia.  I am interested in how human, technological, and artificially intelligent agents can change peer learning behaviour  and knowledge processes in digital settings. My research is situated on the intersection of learning analytics and computational social science.

I work on projects that

• study how networks of learners form,
• measure social learning behaviours, and
• analyse the mechanisms of peer effects through digitally-mediated communication.

Other research interests include:

• human interaction with artificially intelligent agents during their knowledge processes
• complexity leadership in learning analytics adoption
• changing underlying cognition of experts using simulations

My work thus far has been guided by a broad question: What do effective learning networks look like, and how can they be facilitated? By ‘the effectiveness of the network’ I refer to network’s capacity to foster individual or group-level learning outcomes of interest, ie. learning gain, perceived learning, quality of the shared discourse, formation of group identity or a community, development of an innovative idea in a competition, etc.

Vice-President, Executive Committee of the Society for Learning Analytics Research (SOLAR) http://www.solaresearch.org/

Member of the InterLab Network http://interlab.me/

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy University of South Australia

• Master of Arts (Educational Sociology) in Lifelong Learning The Danish School of Education, Aarhus University

Work history

I have recently joined the Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning at the UniSA after a postdoctoral position with the Institute for Applied Learning Science and Educational Technology, at the National University of Singapore. Prior to receiving my doctoral degree, I had ten years experience teaching and implementing non-formal educational projects in the tertiary and adult education sectors. During this time I also spent 3.5 years working in a non-formal adult education system at a Scandinavian folk high school. I received my PhD in Learning Analytics at the University of South Australia; my Masters in Lifelong Learning is from a joint program by Aarhus University (Denmark), Deusto University (Spain), and the Institute of Education, London (the UK).