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ProfSimon Buckingham Shum

Director, Connected Intelligence Centre

Learning and Curriculum

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  • Director, Connected Intelligence Centre
    Learning and Curriculum
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FUNDED RESEARCH

Simon's research sits at the intersection of Learning Analytics, Sensemaking and Collective Intelligence: the design of human-centred computation to...

• make visible the dynamics of learning

• develop analytics that provide insight into 21stcentury graduate attributes

• scaffold social dialogue and rigorous argumentation with collaborative tools

• conduct reflective, collective deliberation on complex sociotechnical problems at a range of different scales

Simon's books are Visualizing Argumentation, Knowledge Cartography, and Constructing Knowledge Art. He has edited the proceedings of conferences including the International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge, and the the International Conference on the Pragmatic Web, was co-founder and general editor of the Journal of Interactive Media in Education (JIME), and has edited special issues of journals including the British Journal of Educational Technology, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, Journal of Learning Analytics, and the New Review of Hypermedia & Multimedia.

When in Europe 1995-2014, Simon was an investigator on many competitively funded UK/EU projects: https://simon.buckinghamshum.net/projects

FUNDED RESEARCH

  • GRANT
    AI LEARN: Artificial Intelligence Centre for the Empowerment of Human Learning
    Research Council of Norway1 Dec 2025 - 30 Nov 2030
    People funded by this grant:
    Research Council of Norway
  • GRANT
    [25144] Stakeholder Engagement for Net Zero Commission's Annual Report
    Net Zero Commission19 May 2025 - 29 Aug 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    Net Zero Commission
  • GRANT
    The ethics of knowledge graphs
    University of Technology Sydney4 Oct 2021 - 31 Dec 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Ford H,
    • Graham M,
    • Buckingham Shum S
    UTS ECR Research Capabilities Development Initiative
  • GRANT
    Human-Centred Teamwork Analytics in Healthcare Simulation
    Australian Research Council1 Jan 2021 - 30 Aug 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Buckingham Shum S,
    • Gasevic D,
    • Elliott D,
    • Gasevic D,
    • Martinez-Maldonado R
    ARC Discovery Projects - (DP210100060)
  • GRANT
    Building ATN Institutional Capacity for Text Analytics
    Australian Technology Network of Universities1 Feb 2018 - 31 Jan 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    • Gibson D,
    • Buckingham Shum S,
    • Nielson S,
    • Gibson A,
    • Dawson S
    ATN Teaching and Learning Grants
  • GRANT
    Scaling the Provision of Personalised Learning Support Actions to Large Student Cohorts
    Office for Learning & Teaching (Department of Education and Training)2 Jun 2016 - 31 Mar 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    • Schulte J,
    • Buckingham Shum S,
    • Martinez-Maldonado R
    OLT Strategic Priority Commissioned Projects - (OLT SP16-5264)
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Enabling connected learning via open source analytics in the wild: Learning Analytics beyond the LMS
    AUSTRALIAN LEARNING AND TEACHING COUNCIL LIMITED1 Feb 2015 - 31 Dec 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    • Buckingham Shum S,
    • Kitto K
    Australian Learning and Teaching Council Fund Social Learning Analytics, Connected learning, Semantic Technologies, xAPI, mathematical modelling
  • GRANT
    Visualising the UK General Election 2015 TV Debates (opens in a new tab)⁠
    Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council1 Nov 2013 - 29 Jun 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bachler M,
    • Buckingham Shum S,
    • Coleman S,
    • De Liddo A,
    • Moss G
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  • GRANT
    Relocating Choreographic Process: The impact of Grid technologies and collaborative memory on the documentation of practice-led research in dance (opens in a new tab)⁠
    Arts and Humanities Research Council1 Sep 2007 - 31 Dec 2009
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bailey H,
    • Buckingham Shum S,
    • Daw M,
    • Taylor S
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