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LABORATORIES / SIX CONNECTED RESEARCH DIRECTIONS

Clear questions shape research directions.

The six laboratories focus on learning processes, AI, curricula, assessment, language and governance. Navigation groups help explain their research connections.

6 laboratories
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Learning and technology

Digital Education and Learning Sciences Laboratory

How do learners understand, participate and sustain their learning in digital environments?

Learning processes and cognitive supportOnline and blended learning experiences
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Learning and technology

AI in Education and Learning Analytics Laboratory

How can we determine whether AI tools in education actually help learning?

Generative AI and teaching supportLearning analytics and interpretation of evidence
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Teaching and assessment

Curriculum Design and Teaching Innovation Laboratory

How can learning objectives become coherent teaching designs that can be evaluated?

Curriculum structure and alignment of objectivesActive and challenge-based learning
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Teaching and assessment

Competency Assessment and Education Quality Laboratory

What learning evidence can support credible and fair educational assessment?

Learning outcomes and competency frameworksAuthentic assessment and learning evidence
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Language and governance

Multilingual Education and Intercultural Learning Laboratory

How do language and cultural differences affect learning participation and collaboration between institutions?

Multilingual teaching and language supportIntercultural collaboration and international learning
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Language and governance

Higher Education Governance and Lifelong Learning Laboratory

How can educational institutions support continued learning at different stages of life?

Higher education governance and institutional developmentLifelong learning and adult education
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HOW WE APPROACH RESEARCH

Starting with educational questions,
bringing evidence into practice.

Clear questions, understandable methods and careful interpretation of evidence form the basis of educational exchange.

01

Question

Begin with a specific question faced by learners, educators or institutions, and define the research context and participants.

02

Design

Choose suitable methods and develop a course prototype, teaching task, assessment approach or comparative framework.

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Evidence

Combine observations, work samples, feedback and appropriate data to analyse effects, differences and conditions of applicability.

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Exchange

Turn methods, findings and limitations into material for discussion, supporting peer exchange and improvements in practice.

Research involving learners should specify data use, personal data protection and research ethics arrangements for the particular context.

EXCHANGE & PARTICIPATION

Start an exchange with a question.

Choose a laboratory of interest and introduce your teaching context, research interests or ideas for institutional collaboration.

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