Team
The team includes learning scientists, designers, educational psychologists, educators, and educational technology specialists.
Head of the professorship
Prof. Dr. Anna Keune (she/her)
+49 (89) 289 - 29110
Room 443
anna.keune@tum.de
ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-1985-2313
Prof. Dr. Anna Keune is Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Learning Sciences and Educational Design Technologies and TUM-IAS Rudolf Mößbauer fellow at the Technical University of Munich. Anna’s research and teaching stands at the intersection of learning sciences and design. Anna investigates high and low-tech educational design technologies to advance knowledge about STEM learning, transforming what counts as participation and expanding who participates. Her research is guided by constructionist, posthumanist, and participatory theoretical commitments.
Research staff
Santiago Hurtado, M.Ed. (he/him)
+49 (89) 289 - 29111
Room 442
s.hurtado@tum.de
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7826-8862
Santiago Hurtado is a research assistant and doctoral student at the Professorship. Santiago’s background is in educational and social psychology from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia and TUM. His research is focused on learner-centered design in STEM+C education with a focus on understanding youth practices on social media as a rich source of learning.
Verena Kappes, M.Ed. (she/her)
+49 (89) 289 - 29111
Room 442
verena.kappes@tum.de
Verena Kappes is a research assistant and doctoral student at the Professorship. As a former early childhood educator, Verena holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology (LMU, Germany) with a specialization in Psychopathology and Clinical Neuroscience. Verena leverages her practical experiences toward the study of AI ethics literacy in educational technology.
Administrative assistant
Iris Zezelj (she/her)
+49 (89) 289 - 24302
Room 251
iris.zezelj@tum.de
Student assistants
Daniela Villarreal Bermúdez (she/her)
Daniela Villarreal Bermúdez (B.A. Psychology) is a student research assistant at the Professorship for Learning Sciences and Educational Design Technologies. Daniela supports ongoing research on computational crafting with fiber crafts and is writing her Master thesis on the use of sewing for learning spatial visualization skills in collaboration with the Creativity Labs (UCI).
Alumni
We are grateful to the alumni of the Professorship for Learning Sciences and Educational Design Technologies.
Mitsou Palomino (she/her)
Mitsou Palomino (B.A. Psychology) is a student research assistant at the Professorship for Learning Sciences and Educational Design Technologies. Mitsou supports ongoing research on the Connected Algorithmic Learning project and the Tangible Computational Design for Learning, which is the focus of her Master's thesis.
Hilal Calisir, M.A. (she/her)
Hilal Calisir (M.A. Preschool Education) is a student research assistant at the professorship, where she is supporting ongoing research on the Connected Algorithmic Learning project and the Computational Crafting Lab. Hilal is writing her Master thesis at the professorship on an innovative assessment of structural design learning in collaboration with the Professorship of Structural Design (TUM).
Gabriela Cintra (she/her)
Student assistant (2022)