Keynote Speaker

“Challenges and Perspectives on the Development of Human Learning with AI”

Professor Marcus Specht, Learning Sciences in Higher Education at the Research Center for Higher Education of the Future (CATALPA) at the Fernuniversität in Hagen, Germany

Abstract

The talk will connect perspectives from the learning sciences on human learning with the emerging changes and challenges brought about by the rise of generative AI and new technologies. It will then examine current approaches to technology adoption in education and propose a living lab approach for the interdisciplinary development of learning innovations. This approach emphasizes the integration of new technologies with continuous scientific evaluation and research.

Bio

Prof. Dr. Marcus Specht is Professor Learning Sciences in Higher Education at the Research Center for Higher Education of the Future (CATALPA) at the Fernuniversität in Hagen. He is also Professor for Digital Education at the Technical University of Delft. He received his Diploma in Psychology in 1995 and a Dissertation from the University of Trier in 1998 on adaptive information technology. From 2001 he headed the department “Mobile Knowledge” at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology (FIT). From 2005 to 2018 he was Professor for Learning Technologies at the Open Universiteit Nederland and head of the Learning Innovation Lab. His research focus is on Computational Thinking, Learning Analytics, AI in Education, and Virtual and Augmented Reality for Education. Prof. Specht is an Apple Distinguished Educator and was President (2013-2015) of the International Association of Mobile Learning. He currently is president of the European Association for Technology Enhanced Learning (EATEL). He is Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education.