Landon Basham

Credentials: MA in Learning Sciences & MS in Educational Psychology: Learning Analytics

Position title: Math Instructor and Data Impact Analyst at Akademeia High School

Email: lbasham@wisc.edu

Address:
Warsaw, Poland

“Completing an online master’s degree proved to be an exciting challenge, academically, professionally, and personally. Though I appreciated the opportunities to build hard skills of programming, machine learning, and visual story-telling, I succeeded (and will continue to succeed) because of the relationships I developed over these two short years. From the professors to the instructional assistants to my fellow colleagues, support was always close by, and networks were firmly forged.”

STEM Learning Scientist and Analyst

Landon works as a secondary mathematics teacher in Warsaw, Poland, teaching the iGCSE and British A-Level curricula to international students Years 9-13 (grades 8-12 US equivalent). He will also be serving as the Head of Year 9 in the 2023-24 school year as well as developing and leading the role of Data Impact Analyst, with which he plans to leverage the skills and knowledge from the UW-Madison Learning Analytics Masters to monitor academic trends across grade levels and improve learning outcomes for all subjects. In addition to his MS in Educational Psychology from UW-Madison, Landon also earned an MA in Learning Sciences from Northwestern University and a BA in Anthropology from the University of Kentucky.

Visual Data Story-telling

Landon continuously hones his craft within data visualization and story-telling through various online challenges and certificates, personal portfolio projects, and career stakeholder needs. He frequents conferences and webinars to build his network as well as his expertise, and he enjoys mentoring younger learners to become stronger analytical thinkers and clear communicators, skills he views as vital for an evolving educational and economic landscape. His backgrounds within the arts, social sciences, and STEM education blend seamlessly for contributions to the field of learning analytics.