In short, I am a Lecturer at the Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University, UK. I have a background in educational science and computer sciences. I am fascinated by research that combines both areas of research. Currently, I am researching methods to automatically analyse reflective thought in writings.
Try out ReflectR, a simple demonstration of reflective writing analytics: http://qone.eu/reflectr.
See my biography for more information.
Dr. Thomas Ullmann is a Lecturer at the Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University, UK. He researches especially in the area of Technology Enhanced Learning, with his background in empirical educational science, and computer science. His current focus of research is text analytics for learning. He is especially interested in the automated detection of reflection in writings.
Try out ReflectR, a simple demonstration of reflective writing analytics: http://qone.eu/reflectr
He is part of the team that steers the the learning analytics of the whole Open University. In his role as Data Wrangler, he especially supports the the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies, with its three schools ‘Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport’, ‘Health, Wellbeing and Social Care’, and 'Languages and Applied Linguistics' with bespoke Learning Analytics. Furthermore, he is the Data Wrangler for Learning Teaching Innovation at the OU.
His current teaching interests are H818 ‘The network practitioner’ and H817 ‘Openness and innovation in elearning’, which are part of the Master in Online and Distance Education at the OU.
Previously he was working for several EU funded projects, such as the FP7 funded Catalyst project (http://catalyst-fp7.eu/), and the STELLAR Network of Excellence project (http://www.stellarnet.eu/), as well as the FP6 funded X-Media project (http://www.x-media-project.org/). For CATALYST he led the development and evaluation of the Collective Intelligence Dashboard. During STELLAR he focused on the development of the STELLAR Science 2.0 infrastructure for researchers in the field of Technology Enhanced Learning. He also developed the social networking platform for technology-enhanced learning TELeurope.eu (http://teleurope.eu). He developed Knowledge Lenses for the SemSearch Semantic Search Engine within the X-Media Project to support information exploration tasks of knowledge engineers. For the SocialLearn project he created the ELLIMent tool, supporting mentees in developing their life long learning skills within a mentor relationship. ELLIMent builds upon the Effective Life Long Learning Inventory.
His latest biography is available from http://qone.eu/ullmann.
2020
- Alrashidi, Huda; Ullmann, Thomas; Ghounaim, Samiah and Joy, Mike. (). A Framework for Assessing Reflective Writing Produced Within the Context of Computer Science Education. In: Companion Proceedings 10th International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK20, 24/03/2020, Frankfurt, Germany.
- Alrashidi, Huda; Joy, Mike; Ullmann, Thomas and Almujally, Nouf. (). Validating the Reflective Writing Framework (RWF) for Assessing Reflective Writing in Computer Science Education Through Manual Annotation. In: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Springer International Publishing, Cham, 323-326.
- Alrashidi, Huda; Joy, Mike; Ullmann, Thomas and Almujally, Nouf. (). Educators' Validation on a Reflective Writing Framework (RWF) for Assessing Reflective Writing in Computer Science Education. In: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Springer International Publishing, Cham, 316-322.
2019
- Clow, Doug; Coughlan, Tim; Cross, Simon; Edwards, Chris; Gaved, Mark; Herodotou, Christothea; Nguyen, Quan; Rienties, Bart; Thorne, Sam and Ullmann, Thomas (). Scholarly insight Winter 2019: a Data wrangler perspective. Open University, Milton Keynes.
- Alrashidi, Huda; Joy, Mike and Ullmann, Thomas. (). A Reflective Writing Framework for Computing Education. In: ITiCSE 2019: Proceedings of the 24th Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, 15 Jul - 17 July 2019, Aberdeen, UK.
2018
- Ullmann, Thomas; Lay, Stephanie; Coughlan, Tim; Lister, Katharine; Cross, Simon; Rienties, Bart and Whitelock, Denise. (). Understanding SEaM student comments from a Big(ger)Data perspective: what are students saying?. In: CALRG Annual Conference 2018, 18-19 Jun 2018, The Open University, Milton Keynes.
- Ullmann, Thomas; Lay, Stephanie; Cross, Simon; Edwards, Chris; Gaved, Mark; Jones, Edwina; Hidalgo, Rafael; Evans, Gerald; Lowe, Sue; Calder, Kathleen; Clow, Doug; Coughlan, Tim; Herodotou, Christothea; Mangafa, Chrysoula and Rienties, Bart (). Scholarly insight Spring 2018: a Data wrangler perspective. Open University UK, Milton Keynes.
2017
- Rienties, Bart; Cross, Simon; Marsh, Vicky and Ullmann, Thomas. (). Making sense of learner and learning Big Data: reviewing 5 years of Data Wrangling at the Open University UK. Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-learning, 32 (3) pp. 279-293.
- Rienties, Bart; Rogaten, Jekaterina; Nguyen, Quan; Edwards, Chris; Gaved, Mark; Holt, Deborah; Herodotou, Christothea; Clow, Doug; Cross, Simon; Coughlan, Tim; Jones, Jan and Ullmann, Thomas (). Scholarly insight Spring 2017: A Data Wrangler Perspective. Open University UK.
- Rienties, Bart; Clow, Doug; Coughlan, Tim; Cross, Simon; Edwards, Chris; Gaved, Mark; Herodotou, Christothea; Hlosta, Martin; Jones, Jan; Rogaten, Jekaterina and Ullmann, Thomas (). Scholarly insight Autumn 2017:a Data wrangler perspective. Open University UK.
- Coughlan, Tim; Ullmann, Thomas Daniel and Lister, Kate. (). Understanding Accessibility as a Process through the Analysis of Feedback from Disabled Students. In: W4A '17 Proceedings of the 14th Web for All Conference on The Future of Accessible Work, ACM, New York, USA.
2016
- Kravcik, Milos; Mikroyannidis, Alexander; Pammer, Viktoria; Prilla, Michael and Ullmann, Thomas (). Proceedings of the 6th Workshop on Awareness and Reflection in Technology Enhanced Learning. In conjunction with the 11th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning: Adaptive and Adaptable Learning.. CEUR.
- Ferguson, Rebecca; Brasher, Andrew; Clow, Doug; Cooper, Adam; Hillaire, Garron; Mittelmeier, Jenna; Rienties, Bart; Ullmann, Thomas and Vuorikari, Riina (). Research Evidence on the Use of Learning Analytics: Implications for Education Policy. Joint Research Centre, Seville, Spain.
- Rienties, Bart; Edwards, Chris; Gaved, Mark; Marsh, Vicky; Herodotou, Christothea; Clow, Doug; Cross, Simon; Coughlan, Tim; Jones, Jan and Ullmann, Thomas (). Scholarly insight 2016: a Data wrangler perspective. Open University UK.
2015
- Kravcik, Milos; Mikroyannidis, Alexander; Pammer, Viktoria; Prilla, Michael and Ullmann, Thomas Daniel (). Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on Awareness and Reflection in Technology Enhanced Learning. Aachen, Germany: CEUR Workshop Proceedings.
2013
- Kravcik, Milos; Krogstie, Birgit; Moore, Adam; Pammer, Viktoria; Pannese, Lucia; Prilla, Michael; Reinhardt, Wolfgang and Ullmann, Thomas Daniel (). Proceedings of The 3rd Workshop on Awareness and Reflection in Technology-Enhanced Learning in conjunction with The 8th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning: Scaling up learning for sustained impact (ECTEL 2013). CEUR-WS.org.
2012
- Moore, Adam; Pammer, Viktoria; Pannese, Lucia; Prilla, Michael; Rajagopal, Kamakshi; Reinhardt, Wolfgang; Ullmann, Thomas and Voigt, Christian (). Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Awareness and Reflection in Technology-Enhanced Learning. CEUR-WS.
2011
- Reinhardt, Wolfgang and Ullmann, Thomas (). Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Awareness and Reflection in Personal Learning Environments. In conjunction with the PLE Conference 2011. Southampton, United Kingdom, July 11, 2011. The Web Science Trust.
- Reinhardt, Wolfgang; Ullmann, Thomas; Scott, Peter; Pammer, Viktoria; Conlan, Owen and Berlanga, Adriana (). Proceedings of the 1st European Workshop on Awareness and Reflection in Learning Networks. In conjunction with the 6th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning: Towards Ubiquitous Learning 2011. Palermo, Italy, September 21, 2011. CEUR-WS.
- Ullmann, Thomas Daniel; Ferguson, Rebecca; Buckingham Shum, Simon and Deakin Crick, Ruth. (). Designing an online mentoring system for self-awareness and reflection on lifelong learning skills. In: 1st Workshop on Awareness and Reflection in Personal Learning Environments. In conjunction with the PLE Conference 2011., 11-13 Jul 2011, Southampton, UK.
2010
- Duval, Erik; Wild, Fridolin; Scott, Peter; Ullmann, Thomas and Lindstaedt, Stefanie (). Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Research 2.0. CEUR-WS.
Completed
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LAEP (The implications and opportunities of learning analytics for European educational policy) | 2015 - 2016 |
Past
Conference Presentation
15th March 2017
Reflective writing analytics: empirically determined keywords of written reflection
Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference 2017 Vancouver, Canada
