Panellists
Abelardo Pardo
Associate Professor, the School of Electrical and Information Engineering
The University of Sydney
Abelardo Pardo is Associate Professor of Software for Educational Environments at The University of Sydney, Australia, and holds a PhD in Computer Science from University of Colorado at Boulder. He is the director of the Learning and Affect Technologies Engineering Research Laboratory, co-director of the Learning Analytics Research Group, and co-director of the Faculty of Engineering and IT Education Innovation Unit. His research interests are in the area of educational technology, learning analytics, personalized learning, use of technology for student support, and digital learning experiences.
He is the author of over 150 technical papers in scholarly journals and international conferences in the area of educational technology. He is currently associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, member of the executive board of the Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR) and senior member of ACM.