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Twentieth European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning

Two Decades of TEL: from Lessons Learnt to Challenges Ahead

Newcastle and Durham, UK, 15-19 September 2025

Chairs

General Chair

Rafael Ferreira Mello

Rural Federal University of Pernambuco, Brasil

Programme Chair

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Kairit Tammets

School of Digital Technologies, Tallinn University, Estonia

Programme Chair

Sergey Sosnovsky

Utrecht University, Netherlands

Sergey is Assistant Professor of Software Technology for Learning and Teaching at the Department of Information and Computing Sciences (Utrecht University). His research interests lie at the crossroads of Technology-Enhanced Learning, Adaptive Systems and New Web Technologies.

Poster/Demo Chair

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Gerti Pishtari

University for Continuing Education, Krems, Austria

Gerti Pishtari is a research fellow at the Department for Continuing Education Research and Educational Technologies, at Danube University Krems, Austria. He conducted his PhD research at Tallinn University, Estonia, exploring how the alignment of learning design and analytics can support different stakeholders with an interest in the mobile learning design process. Currently, he is investigating the potential […]

Poster/Demo Chair

Tanya Nazaretsky

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

Workshop Chair

Irene-Angelica Chounta

University of Duisburg-Essen

Irene-Angelica Chounta holds a Professorship on Computational Methods in Modeling and Analysis of Learning Processes in the Department of Human-Centered Computing and Cognitive Science, University of Duisburg-Essen and she is the head of the research group colaps (https://www.uni-due.de/colaps/). Her research focuses on computational learning analytics (LA) for technology-enhanced learning (TEL), artificial intelligence in education (AIED) […]

Workshop Chair

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Justin Edwards

University of Oulu, Finland

Doctoral Symposium Chair

Ilona Buchem

Berlin University of Applied Sciences, Germany

As a Professor of Media and Communication at Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Dr. Ilona Buchem teaches courses in bachelor’s and master’s programs, both on campus and online, including Digital Business (BSc.) and Media Informatics (MSc.). As the head of the Communications Lab, Ilona Buchem leads a number […]

Doctoral Symposium Chair

Mutlu Cukurova

University College London, UK

Mutlu Cukurova is Professor of Learning and Artificial Intelligence at University College London. Prof. Cukurova investigates the potential of AI to understand and support human learning with a particular interest in “learning how to learn” and solving complex problems collaboratively. His work emphasises human-AI complementarity, aiming to address the pressing socio-educational challenge of preparing people for […]

Doctoral Symposium Chair

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Carrie Demmans Epp

University of Alberta, Canada

Communication Chair

Jindi Wang

Durham University, United Kingdom

Communication Chair

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Kateryna Zabolotna

Learning and Educational Technology Research Lab, University of Oulu, Finland

Website Chair

Bhoomika Agarwal

Bhoomika Agarwal

Open University of the Netherlands

Short bio: Bhoomika Agarwal is a PhD candidate at the department of Technology-enhanced Learning and Innovation of the Faculty of Educational Sciences of the Open University of the Netherlands. Her PhD aims to create an Ethical Framework for Artificial Intelligence in Education. Besides her PhD, she likes to dabble in coding, poetry, origami and reading […]

Website Chair

Zhaoxing Li

University of Southampton, UK

Proceedings Chair

Elyda Freitas

Universidade de Pernambuco, Brasil

Proceedings Chair

Edna Milena Sarmiento Marquez

Tallinn University, Estonia

Practitioner & Industry Chair

Qi Zhou

University College London, UK

Practitioner & Industry Chair

Daniel Spikol

University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Local Organization Chair

Lei Shi

Lei Shi

Newcastle University, United Kingdom

I am an Associate Professor in the Open Lab at Newcastle University. My research interest is improving interactions between humans and AI by integrating HCI approaches with AI technologies that facilitate effective collaboration and co-creation. I am particularly interested in intelligent tutoring systems (ITS) that enable and advance productivity, adaptability, participation, diversity, inclusion, and heterogeneity. […]

Local Organization Chair

Alexandra I. Cristea

Durham University, UK