Prof. Dr. Marcus Specht is Professor for Digital Education at the Technical University of Delft and Director of the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Center for Education and Learning. 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 EATEL.
Innovations of Marcus Specht
Collaborative Design Lab for Education and Learning
Created: 15/10/2020
Modified: 05/09/2023
Modified: 05/09/2023
TU Delft invests in Collaborative Design Labs for Education purposes, allowing for concurrent and integrated product development activities in virtual learning environments. A PhD and teaching support are appointed to deliver empirical evidence for effects of these Labs.
Evaluating Innovation
Created: 19/10/2022
Modified: 31/01/2023
Modified: 31/01/2023
To ensure sustainable and resilient innovation in engineering education, we need a coherent planning and evaluation strategy.
State of education of four key engineering approaches at the TU Delft
Created: 29/06/2021
Modified: 31/01/2023
Modified: 31/01/2023
The 4TU.CEE strategic agenda of 2022-2025 prioritizes the following engineering education themes: Digital skills & computational thinking, Ethics & responsible engineering, Challenge-based education, and Entrepreneurial engineering education.
USING PEER ASSESSMENT IN INCLUSIVE DIGITAL EDUCATION
Created: 08/08/2023
Modified: 08/08/2023
Modified: 08/08/2023
In this workshop, participants design peer assessment (PA) for their own (engineering ) course using the various forms of PA such as peer reviewing (each other’s work), peer grading(continuous feedback on mastery), and peer evaluation (group work) based on the literature.