Ryan S. Baker

After graduating from the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science,{{cite web|url=https://tams.unt.edu/alumni/faculty-members |title=Faculty Members |website=tams.unt.edu |access-date=2024-01-02}} Baker received a Sc.B. in Computer Science (2000) at Brown University, and his Ph.D. (2005) in Human–Computer Interaction from Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science.{{cite web|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37086320123 |title=IEEE Xplore Author Page}} His doctoral advisers were Kenneth Koedinger and Albert T. Corbett.

Baker is tenured Professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. His primary appointment is in the Teaching, Learning, and Leadership Division. He also affiliated with the Department of Computer and Information Science. Prior to joining Penn GSE, Baker was an associate professor in the Department of Human Development at Teachers College, Columbia University from 2013 to 2016; and an affiliate assistant professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute from 2013-2017.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}} He also served as the Julius and Rosa Sachs Distinguished Lecturer at Teachers College, Columbia University from 2012-2013.{{cite web| url=http://www.tc.columbia.edu/provost/opportunities/sachs-and-tisch-lectureships/ |title= Sachs and Tisch Lectureships |access-date=2017-06-03}}

Baker is associate editor of Computer-Based Learning in Context and associate Editor of the Journal of Educational Data Mining.

Baker was Founding President of the International Educational Data Mining Society.{{cite web|url=http://www.de.ed.ac.uk/news/honorary-appointments-top-researchers-learning-analytics-school |title=HONORARY APPOINTMENTS OF TOP RESEARCHERS IN LEARNING ANALYTICS WITH THE SCHOOL |publisher= University of Edinburgh |access-date=2017-06-03}} He served as founding Director of the Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center DataShop, at one time the world's largest public repository for educational interaction data.{{cite web|url=http://www.cmu.edu/datalab/about-datalab/edm-history.html |title=DataLab's EDM History |publisher= Carnegie Mellon University |access-date=2017-06-03}}

Baker taught the MOOC Big Data and Education multiple times,{{cite web| url= https://www.edx.org/course/big-data-education-pennx-bde1x |title = Big Data and Education |access-date=2017-06-03}} on both the Coursera and edX platforms. He also founded the world's first Masters program in Learning analytics.{{cite web| url= https://www.tc.columbia.edu/articles/2015/june/a-learning-experience-for-a-learning-analyst/ |title = TC's Ryan Baker: A Learning Experience for a Learning Analyst |date = 2015-08-27 |access-date=2024-08-01}}

Baker developed automated detectors that make inferences in real-time about students' affect and motivational and meta-cognitive behaviors, including the first automated detector of student disengagement,{{cite web| url=http://scholar.gse.upenn.edu/baker |title= Ryan Baker |access-date=2017-06-03}}{{cite web |url=http://www.learnlab.org/research/wiki/index.php/Gaming_the_system |title= Gaming the System |access-date=2017-06-03}} and work to link these constructs to long-term student achievement.{{cite news |last=Kantrowitz |first=Barbara |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-bring-new-rigor-to-education-research/ |title= Scientists Bring New Rigor to Education Research |work=Scientific American |date = 2014-07-15 |access-date=2017-06-03}} These automated detectors have been embedded into several online learning systems used at scale in the United States, including ASSISTments.{{cite news |last= Murphy |first= Annie Paul |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/16/magazine/how-computerized-tutors-are-learning-to-teach-humans.html?_r=0 |title= How Computerized Tutors are Learning to Teach Humans |work=New York Times Magazine |date=2012-09-16 |access-date=2017-06-03}}

Baker's research to develop automated detectors of engagement also led to the development of Baker Rodrigo Ocumpaugh Monitoring Protocol (BROMP), a protocol for classroom observation that has been used to study student engagement in a range of settings, including research on traditional classroom practices and informal field education.

Baker has co-authored peer-reviewed scientific papers with over 500 other scientists,{{cite news |last=Moriatis|first=Ioanna|url=https://the-learning-agency.com/the-cutting-ed/article/surpassing-erdos-ryan-bakers-journey-in-collaborative-education-research/ |title= Surpassing Erdős: Ryan Baker's Journey in Collaborative Education Research |work=The Cutting Ed |date = 2024-07-29 |access-date=2024-08-01}} including Neil Heffernan, Vincent Aleven, Bruce McLaren, Arthur C. Graesser, George Siemens, and Dragan Gasevic leading to him being listed as one of the most collaborative scientists in his field.{{cite conference |url= https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-974/lakdatachallenge2013_05.pdf | title= Analysis of the Community of Learning Analytics |author = Nawaz, S., Marbouti, F., & Strobel, J. |year= 2013 |s2cid= 3120155 |conference = Workshop on the Learning Analytics Data Challenge}} Baker has over 500 papers, with over 30,000 citations and an h-index over 60.{{cite web| url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hvs8PEoAAAAJ&hl=en |title=Google Scholar -- Ryan Baker |access-date=2024-08-01}}

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