Ep #34 | Virtual Museums with Prof. Dr. Stephan Schwan | Part 2

A discussion with Prof. Dr. Nikol Rummel about her latest research!

We continue with the second part of our interview with our guest Prof. Dr. Schwan. Learn more about the integration of educational technology in museums.

This is the first part of our interview with our guest Prof. Dr. Schwan. He has always been passionate about museums and explains why they are a great way of informal learning, and highlights the possibilities that educational technologies offer in this field.

In this pre-episode, Smardar and Despoina talk about how virtual museums make museum trips an engaging, immersive and accessible learning experience. They also prepare you for the next episode where we will interview an expert on this topic.

The wait is over! We are back with a new season of EduTech Xp. Get to know the new faces of the podcast in this episode, and look forward to a fresh start with new ideas, interesting topics, and amazing podcast guests.

This week, we welcome Dr. Marius Schönberger as our esteemed guest on EduTech Xp. Marius is extensively experienced in the fields of information systems, business administration and computer science. We talk to him about the opportunities of AI in education, and add to the growing discourse on how higher education institutions can adopt AI tools in their educational practices, without compromising on ethical aspects.

Educational Psychologist and PhD researcher at Saarland University - Kristin Altmeyer provides valuable insights into the various methods of measuring cognitive load, and how a device as simple as a pen can be used to assess learners' cognitive load. She also finishes the episode with some brilliant recommendations for existing and budding researchers.

Students pursuing the EduTech MSc. program at Saarland University (generation of 2022) engage in a candid dialogue and share their experiences from the course, their learnings and how they perceive the current and future trends in the field of educational technology.

In this episode, Paul Kirschner shares his valuable insights on how the field of instructional design is developing, current trends in this area and what prospective educators and instructors should be mindful of in their work.

In the second part of our interview with Tomohiro Nagashima, he gives a glance on his forthcoming research interests and the next steps of his work in ITS.