Procedural generation of problems for elementary math education

Mathematics education plays an essential role in children’s development, and there are many online applications aimed at supporting this process. However, manually creating math problems with a variety of textual and visual content is very time-consuming and expensive. This article presents a generic approach for procedural generation of...

Remote work is in my blood - reflections on motivating first year students during the COVID-19 pandemic

Ikigai in online learning with Platzi

This thesis project explores how to maintain students' motivation to learn with the e-learning platform Platzi. Latin American EdTech company Platzi provides online courses related to jobs in the digital economy to a Spanish-speaking audience. Despite many new benefits of e-learning, like on-demand learning, it also comes with new challenges...

“Feel free to ask”: Nudging to promote asking questions in the online classroom

Asking questions is vital for learning, yet students seldom exhibit this behavior. Given the increasing presence of online classrooms in tertiary education, it is much needed to examine ways to encourage students to ask questions and increase their engagement. Despite the critical role of asking questions to enhance learning, little is known...