Marcelo Worsley

Assistant Professor
Learning Sciences and
Computer Science
Northwestern University

marcelo(dot)worsley(at)northwestern(dot)edu

Curriculum Vitae


Works in Progress

Worsley, M. & Blikstein, P. (under review). On the Origins of Students' Ideas: Identifying Reasoning Strategies in the Context of Engineering Design with Everyday Materials. The Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research.
Worsley, M. & Blikstein, P. (under review). A Multimodal Analysis of Making. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education.
Worsley, M., (in progress). Bridging Engineering Education and Conceptual Change: An Analysis of Changes in Students' Perceptions of Structural Stability during Hands-on, Collaborative Learning Tasks.

Dissertation

Worsley, M. (2014). Making with Understanding: Research on Studies from a Constructionist Learning Environment. PhD Dissertation Stanford University. [pdf]

Papers

Ochoa, X. & Worsley, M. (2016). Augmenting Learning Analytics with Multimodal Sensory Data. Journal of Learning Analytics, 3(2), 213–219. http://dx.doi.org/10.18608/jla.2016.32.10 [pdf]
Blikstein, P. & Worsley, M. (2016). Multimodal Learning Analytics and Education Data Mining: using computational technologies to measure complex learning tasks. Journal of Learning Analytics, 3(2), 220-238. http://dx.doi.org/10.18608/jla.2016.32.11[pdf]
Worsley, M., Abrahamson, D., Blikstein, P., Grover, S., Schneider, B., & Tissenbaum, M. (2016). Situating multimodal learning analytics. In C.-K. Looi, J. L. Polman, U. Cress, & P. Reimann (Eds.), "Transforming learning, empowering learners," Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS 2016) (Vol. 2, pp. 1346-1349). Singapore: International Society of the Learning Sciences. [pdf]
Worsley, M. Scherer, S., Morency, L.P., & Blikstein, P. (2015). Exploring Behavior Representation for Learning Analytics. In Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Multimodal Interaction. ACM, New York, USA. pp. 251-258. [pdf]
Worsley, M, Chiluiza, K., Grafsgaard, J., & Ochoa, X.,. (2015). 2015 Multimodal Learning and Analytics Grand Challenge. In Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Multimodal Interaction. ACM, New York, USA. pp. 525-529. [acm]
Worsley, M. & Blikstein, P. (2015). Using Learning Analytics to Study Cognitive Disequilibrium in a Complex Learning Environments. In Proceedings of the 5th Annual Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge, ACM, New York, USA. pp. 426-247. [acm]
Ochoa, X., Worsley, M., Chiluiza, K., & Luz, S. (2014). MLA'14: Third Multimodal Learning Analytics Workshop and Grand Challenges. In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI '14). ACM, New York, NY, USA. pp. 531-532. [acm]
Worsley, M. (2014). Multimodal Learning Analytics as a Tool for Bridging Learning Theory and Complex Learning Behaviors. In Proceedings of the 2014 ACM workshop on Multimodal Learning Analytics Workshop and Grand Challenge (MLA '14). ACM, New York, NY, USA. pp. 1-4.[pdf]
Worsley, M. & Blikstein, P. (2014). Deciphering the Practices and Affordances of Different Reasoning Strategies through Multimodal Learning Analytics. In Proceedings of the 2014 ACM workshop on Multimodal Learning Analytics Workshop and Grand Challenge (MLA '14). ACM, New York, NY, USA. pp. 21-27. [pdf]
Blikstein, P., Worsley, M., Piech, C., Gibbons, A., Sahami, M., & Cooper, S. (2014). Programming Pluralism: Using Learning Analytics to Detect Patterns in Novices' Learning of Computer Programming. International Journal of the Learning Sciences. Vol. 23, Iss. 4. pp. 561-599. [pdf]
Worsley, M. & Blikstein, P. (2014). The Impact of Principle-Based Reasoning on Hands-on, Project-Based Learning. In Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference of the Learning Sciences. Vol 3. pp 1147-1151. [pdf]
Worsley, M. & Blikstein, P. (2014). Using Multimodal Learning Analytics to Study Learning Mechanisms. In Proceedings of the 2014 Educational Data Mining Conference. pp. pp 431-432. [pdf]
Worsley, M. & Blikstein, P. (2014). Making Smarter not Harder: Using Principle-based Reasoning to Promote Object Closeness and Improve Making. In Proceedings of the 2014 FabLearn Conference.[pdf]
Worsley, M. & Blikstein, P. (2014). Analyzing Engineering Design through the Lens of Computation. Journal of Learning Analytics.[pdf]
Morency, L. Oviatt, S., Scherer, S. Weibel, N. & Worsley, M. (2013). ICMI 2013 Grand Challenge Workshop on Multimodal Learning Analytics. In Proceedings of the 15th ACM international conference on Multimodal interaction (ICMI '13). ACM, New York, NY, USA. [pdf]
Worsley, M., &; Blikstein, P. (2013). Programming Pathways: A Technique for Analyzing Novice Programmers' Learning Trajectories. In Artificial Intelligence in Education. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 844-847. [pdf]
Gomes, J. Yassine, M., Worsley, M., & Blikstein, P. (2013) Analysing Engineering Expertise of High School Students Using Eye Tracking and Multimodal Learning Analytics. In Proceedings of the Educational Data Mining 2013 (EDM '13). Memphis, TN, USA. 375-377. [pdf]
Worsley, M. & Blikstein, P. (2013). Toward the Development of Mulitmodal Action Based Assessment. In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK '13). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 94-101. [pdf]
Worsley, M. (2012). Multimodal Learning Analytics: Enabling the Future of Learning through Multimodal Data Analysis and Interfaces. In Proceedings of the 14th ACM international conference on Multimodal interaction (ICMI '12). ACM, New York, NY, USA. 353-356. Doctoral Consortium Best Paper Runner-up. [pdf]
Scherer,S., Worsley,M. & Morency, L. (2012). 1st international workshop on multimodal learning analytics: extended abstract. In Proceedings of the 14th ACM international conference on Multimodal interaction (ICMI '12). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 609-610. [pdf]
Worsley, M. & Blikstein, P. (2012). An Eye For Detail: Techniques For Using Eye Tracker Data to Explore Learning in Computer-Mediated Environments. In the Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS '12). Sydney, Australia. 561-562. [pdf]
Worsley, M., Johnston, M. & Blikstein P. (2011). OpenGesture: a low cost authoring framework for gesture and speech based application development and learning analytics. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC '11). ACM, New York, NY, USA. 254-256. [pdf]
Worsley, M. & Blikstein P. (2011). What's an Expert? Using learning analytics to identify emergent markers of expertise through automated speech, sentiment and sketch analysis. In Proceedings for the 4th Annual Conference on Educational Data Mining. Eindhoven, Netherlands. 235-240. [pdf]
Worsley, M. & Johnston, M. (2010). Multimodal Interactive Spaces: MagicTV and MagicMAP. Spoken Language Technology Workshop (SLT '10), IEEE. San Francisco, CA, USA. 161-162. [pdf]

Conference Presentations

Worsley, M. & Blikstein, P. (2014). An Approach for Combining Qualitative Analysis with Learning Analytics to Study Learning Processes in Open-Ended Environments. Paper Presented at the 2014 American Education Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference.
Worsley, M. & Blikstein, P. (2013). Designing for Diversely Motivated Learners. Paper Presented at the Digital Fabrication and Making In Education Workshop at the 2013 Interactive Design for Children Conference (IDC 2013), New York, NY, USA. [pdf]
Worsley, M. & Blikstein P. (2012). A Framework for Characterizing Student Changes in Student Identity During Constructionist Learning Activities. Paper Presented at Constructionism 2012. Athens, Greece. [pdf]
Worsley, M. & Blikstein P. (2012). OpenGesture: A Low-Cost, Easy-to-Author Application Framework for Collaborative, Gesture-, and Speech-Based Learning Applications. Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association (AERA). Vancouver, Canada. [pdf]
Blikstein, P., Safdari. M., & Worsley, M. (2012) Using Dynamic Time Warping and Cluster Analysis to Analyze the Learning of Computer Programming. Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association (AERA). Vancouver, Canada.
Blikstein, P., Safdari. M., & Worsley, M. (2012) Using Dynamic Time Warping and Cluster Analysis to Analyze the Learning of Computer Programming. Paper Presented at the 10th Annual International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS). Sydney, Australia.
Blikstein, P., & Worsley, M. (2011). Computing What the Eye Cannot See: Educational Data Mining, Learning Analytics and Computational Techniques for Detecting and Evaluating Learning. Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association (AERA). New Orleans, LA, USA.
Worsley, M. & Blikstein, P. (2011). Using machine learning to examine learner's engineering expertise using speech, text, and sketch analysis. Paper Presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society (JPS). San Francisco, CA, USA.
Worsley, M. & Blikstein P. (2010). Towards the Development of Learning Analytics: Student Speech as an Automatic and Natural Form of Assessment. Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association (AERA). New Orleans, LA, USA. [pdf]
Worsley, M., & Blikstein, P. (2010). Learning Analytics - Natural Assessments for Constructionist Learning Environments. HSTAR-Cicero Workshop on Learning, Learning Environments and Technologies. Stanford, CA, USA.