Biography

Marco Kalz is full professor of digital education at the Heidelberg University of Education. His research interest lies on the use of open education, pervasive technologies and formative assessment to support (lifelong) learning and knowledge construction. He has published more than 140 peer-reviewed publications.

Marco is associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, and editorial board member of Educational Technology Research and Development and the Journal of Computing in Higher Education. He is a fellow of the Interuniversity Center for Educational Sciences (ICO) and the Dutch research school on information and knowledge systems (SIKS). He is director of the study program E-Learning and Media Education and co-director of the Heidelberg Education for Sustainable Development Center. Over the years he could secure approx. 3.3 Mio EUR of research funding for his institutions from competitive projects with a total budget of 25 Mio EUR. Besides European projects he was and is regularly involved in educational innovation and consulting projects with partners inside and outside of his institutions including clients like the International Labour Organisation, United Nations Environment Program, the European Commission, UNESCO or other international and national organizations.

Interests
  • Open Education
  • Peer Feedback
  • Data Science in Education
  • Learner intentions
  • Educational scalability
Education
  • PhD in Educational Technology, 2009

    Open University of the Netherlands

  • MA Multimedia Didactics, 2003

    University Nuremberg-Erlangen

  • 1st State Examination for Teachers, 2000

    University of Cologne

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Professor of Digital Education
Heidelberg University of Education
Apr 2018 – Present Heidelberg, Germany

Responsibilities include:

  • Director of study program E-Learning and Media Education
  • Research on TEL
  • Teaching in MA and Teacher Education
 
 
 
 
 
Elected president
European Association of Technology-Enhanced Learning (EATEL)
Sep 2018 – Sep 2021 Hannover, Germany

Responsibilities include:

  • Strategic management of the association
  • Legal and financial administration
  • Representation and networking with other professional organisations
 
 
 
 
 
Professor of Open Education
Open University of the Netherlands
Apr 2015 – Present Heerlen, The Netherlands

Responsibilities include:

  • Research group leader
  • Member of the management board of the Welten Institute
  • Supervision of doctoral students

Projects

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GINI2

GINI2

Assistierte und einfach generierte intelligente Musiklehre im interaktiven Lernraum mittels Smartphone

JOKER

JOKER

Journalistische und crossmediale Kompetenzentwicklung für Studierende

PhD Martine Schophuizen

PhD Martine Schophuizen

Educational Innovation towards Organizational Development. The Art of Governing Open and Online Education in Dutch Higher Education Institutions

PhD Eyal Rabin

PhD Eyal Rabin

Through the Lens of the Learner: Using Learning Analytics to Predict Learner-Centered Outcomes in Massive Open Online Courses

OLCOS

OLCOS

Open eLearning Content Observatory Services

OpenScout

OpenScout

Skill-based scouting of open user-generated and community-improved content for management education and training

EMuRgency

EMuRgency

New approaches for resuscitation support and training in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine

Data2Teach

Data2Teach

Wie Daten Schule und Schulen Daten machen

DeTEL

DeTEL

Doctoral Education for Technology-Enhanced Learning

PhD Maartje Henderikx

PhD Maartje Henderikx

Mind the Gap. Unravelling learner success and behaviour in Massive Open Online Courses

EMMA

EMMA

European Multiple MOOC Aggregator

ENTER_EdTech

ENTER_EdTech

Entering the EdTech Entrepreneurship World

SOONER

SOONER

Structuration of Open Online Education in the Netherlands

PhD Julia Kasch

PhD Julia Kasch

Scaling the Unscalable? Interaction and Support in Open Online Education

PhD Bernardo Tabuenca

PhD Bernardo Tabuenca

Ubiquitous technology for lifelong learners

PhD Dirk Boerner

Ambient Learning Displays

INTERACT Europe

INTERACT Europe

Innovative collaboration for Inter-specialty cancer training across Europe

TRANSITION

Digital Transition and digital resilience in oncology

Recent Publications

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(2022). Open Education as Social Movement? Between Evidence-Based Research and Activism. Handbook of Open, Distance and Digital Education.

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(2022). Annotation of a Dutch Essay Corpus with Argument Structures and Quality Indicators. Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands Journal.

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(2022). What do they TEL(L)? A systematic analysis of master programs in technology-enhanced learning.. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education.

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(2021). Exploring predictors of instructional resilience during emergency remote teaching in higher education. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education.

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