Juan Pablo Sarmiento is an educational researcher, film editor, and educator. He has taught courses on Creativity, Design Thinking, Visual Communication, and Film at PUC-Chile. He is a doctoral student at NYU Steinhardt's Educational Communications program focusing on the study of creativity, and participatory design for Learning Analytics.
He is a researcher at the LEARN research network, participating in projects for a student-facing dashboard, and on skill-building around faculty-facing learning analytics. He is also involved in research and development projects at NYU's Office of Student Success, researching Leave of Absence students and developing content to improve student's social-emotional skills. He has also worked as a video ethnographer and documentarian, both in research and film projects.
Selected Publications
- Wise, A. F., Sarmiento, J. P. & Boothe Jr., M. (2021). Subversive Learning Analytics. In Proceedings of the 11th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference. Nominated for best short paper. (In Press).
- Sarmiento, J. P., Campos, F., & Wise, A. F. (2020). Engaging students as co-designers of learning analytics. (Best Practitioner report in the 10th international learning analytics and knowledge conference)
- Santo, R., Sarmiento, J. P., & Ahn, J. (2018). Projected Worlds: How Informal Digital Learning Organizations Conceptualize Organizing Youth Futures. International Society of the Learning Sciences, Inc.[ISLS].
- Ahn, J., Santo, R., Sarmiento, J. P. et. al. (2019). Reclaiming Digital Futures. [Report and website].