Welcome to the Professorship for Learning Sciences and Educational Design Technologies
The Professorship for Learning Sciences and Educational Design Technologies addresses questions at the intersection of learning sciences and design. We investigate the role high- and low-tech materials play in STEM and digital skills education and designs for learning from constructionist and socio-material perspectives on learning. Our central aim is to contribute to equitable, diverse, and inclusive STEM and digital skills education.
The Professorship for Learning Sciences and Educational Design Technologies is located at the Department of Educational Sciences within TUM’s School of Social Sciences and Technology as well as TUM’s Institute for Advanced Studies through the Rudolf Mößbauer Fellowship Program.
Learn more about the work of the Learning Sciences and Educational Design Technologies research group through the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) at TUM: Anna Keune’s profile on the IAS website and Learning sciences work in IAS’s research area on Gender Diversity in Science and Engineering.
Research
Our research focuses on to the empirical study of learning in situ through qualitative, design-based research, and quantitative methods, including innovative methodological designs to capture instructional activities with digital and tangible tools.
Teaching
Our approach to teaching builds on research of how people learn well. Our teaching is guided by constructionist and connected learning principles as well as participatory instructional design. We honor students’ backgrounds and strengthen their voice.
LS Design Lab
We offer regular activities for the community in and around TUM through educational courses and research engagement at the Learning Sciences and Design Lab, a model space for equitable approaches to STEM learning. Contact us to learn more.